LiteParse Document Parser

Use when parsing PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, or images locally. Supports text extraction, JSON output with bounding boxes, batch processing, and page screenshots. No cloud dependencies.

LiteParse

Parse unstructured documents (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images, and more) locally with LiteParse: fast, lightweight, no cloud dependencies or LLM required.

Installation

Already installed via Homebrew:

brew install llamaindex-liteparse

Verify:

lit --version

Supported Formats

Category	Formats
PDF	.pdf
Word	.doc, .docx, .docm, .odt, .rtf
PowerPoint	.ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .odp
Spreadsheets	.xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .ods, .csv, .tsv
Images	.jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .tiff, .webp, .svg

Dependencies:

• Office documents → LibreOffice (brew install --cask libreoffice)
• Images → ImageMagick (brew install imagemagick)

Usage

Parse a Single File

# Basic text extraction
lit parse document.pdf

# JSON output with bounding boxes
lit parse document.pdf --format json -o output.json

# Specific page range
lit parse document.pdf --target-pages "1-5,10,15-20"

# Disable OCR (faster, text-only PDFs)
lit parse document.pdf --no-ocr

# Higher DPI for better quality
lit parse document.pdf --dpi 300

Batch Parse a Directory

lit batch-parse ./input-directory ./output-directory

# Only PDFs, recursively
lit batch-parse ./input ./output --extension .pdf --recursive

Generate Page Screenshots

# All pages
lit screenshot document.pdf -o ./screenshots

# Specific pages
lit screenshot document.pdf --target-pages "1,3,5" -o ./screenshots

# High-DPI PNG
lit screenshot document.pdf --dpi 300 --format png -o ./screenshots

Key Options

Option	Description
--format json	Structured JSON with bounding boxes
--format text	Plain text (default)
--target-pages "1-5,10"	Parse specific pages
--dpi 300	Higher rendering quality
--no-ocr	Disable OCR (faster for text PDFs)
--ocr-language fra	Set OCR language
-o output.json	Save to file

Config File

For repeated use, create liteparse.config.json:

{
  "ocrLanguage": "en",
  "ocrEnabled": true,
  "maxPages": 1000,
  "dpi": 150,
  "outputFormat": "json",
  "preciseBoundingBox": true
}

Use with:

lit parse document.pdf --config liteparse.config.json

When to Use

• PDF text extraction — fast local parsing
• Document conversion — Office docs to text/JSON
• Screenshot generation — for LLM visual analysis
• Batch processing — multiple files at once
• Offline/air-gapped — no cloud required