llama-index-readers-llama-parse
llama-index readers llama-parse integration
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No. The package is explicitly deprecated and no longer maintained; the description directs users to migrate to llama-cloud instead. While it has low install friction and no known vulnerabilities, installing a deprecated package for new projects introduces maintenance risk and locks you into an unsupported codebase. Use llama-cloud for new work.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires a valid LlamaParse API key from https://cloud.llamaindex.ai and Python 3.10 or later.
- Low install friction with two straightforward runtime dependencies.
- The package is marked active with a recent release (142 days old), though the description explicitly states it has been deprecated in favor of llama-cloud.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits use in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions, requiring only license and copyright notice retention.
last release 2026-03-25 (142 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 9,186,515 downloads/mo, #1,556 on PyPI
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pip install llama-index-readers-llama-parse
from llama_parse import LlamaParse
parser = LlamaParse(api_key="llx-...", result_type="markdown")
documents = parser.load_data("./my_file.pdf")- Whether the deprecation notice means the package will stop receiving security updates or bug fixes
- Current API availability and whether the free tier mentioned in the description remains available
- Compatibility guarantees with future versions of llama-index-core and llama-parse
What it is and what it does
This package integrates LlamaParse, a document parsing API by LlamaIndex, into Python workflows to convert PDF files into structured markdown or text. It wraps the llama-parse API client and provides both synchronous and asynchronous methods to load and parse single or batch PDF files, returning LlamaIndex-compatible document objects suitable for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems.
The package is designed to work seamlessly with LlamaIndex's SimpleDirectoryReader, allowing you to specify it as the default PDF handler when loading directories of documents. However, the package description explicitly states it is deprecated and directs users to migrate to the llama-cloud package instead, meaning it is no longer actively maintained and should be considered end-of-life for new projects.
Use it for
- Parse PDF documents into markdown for ingestion into LlamaIndex RAG pipelines
- Batch-process multiple PDFs asynchronously to extract structured content for semantic search
- Integrate PDF parsing as the default file handler in LlamaIndex's SimpleDirectoryReader for directory-based document loading
- Convert PDFs to text format for downstream NLP or information extraction tasks within LlamaIndex workflows
Worth the install?
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No.
The package is explicitly deprecated and no longer maintained; the description directs users to migrate to llama-cloud instead. While it has low install friction and no known vulnerabilities, installing a deprecated package for new projects introduces maintenance risk and locks you into an unsupported codebase. Use llama-cloud for new work.
Install
llama-index-readers-llama-parse on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with two straightforward runtime dependencies. The package is marked active with a recent release (142 days old), though the description explicitly states it has been deprecated in favor of llama-cloud.
Requires a valid LlamaParse API key from https://cloud.llamaindex.ai and Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
MIT license permits use in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions, requiring only license and copyright notice retention.
Quickstart
pip install llama-index-readers-llama-parse
from llama_parse import LlamaParse
parser = LlamaParse(api_key="llx-...", result_type="markdown")
documents = parser.load_data("./my_file.pdf")Verify before relying
- Whether the deprecation notice means the package will stop receiving security updates or bug fixes
- Current API availability and whether the free tier mentioned in the description remains available
- Compatibility guarantees with future versions of llama-index-core and llama-parse
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release <4.0,>=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagesllama-index-corellama-parse |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 142 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 9,186,515 / month, #1,556 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: llama_index_readers_llama_parse-0.6.1-py3-none-any.whl
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See also llama-index-readers-file · llama-parse · llama-index-readers-confluence · llama-index · llama-cloud-services · llama-cloud · llama-index-indices-managed-llama-cloud · llama-index-legacy · llama-index-vector-stores-chroma · llama-index-core