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LlamaIndex (framework)

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Maintained by LlamaIndex, Inc.25

LlamaIndex is an open-source Python framework for building LLM agents, event-driven workflows, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) over private data. It is split into a core package and hundreds of integration packages for models, embeddings, and vector stores; the company also offers a TypeScript SDK. The README says the company now focuses mainly on its LlamaParse platform but keeps the framework available as an open toolkit.257

Last reviewedEntry updated Documented release Unknown

Availability and license

Overall availability

Public

Documented as available to the general public. Access conditions and license terms may still apply.13

Availability is separate from permission: read the license before using or redistributing.

The MIT license covers the framework. LlamaParse, which can be used with the framework, is a separate commercial hosted service with its own terms of service.328

Public materials checklist

Items for a framework under USASI rubric v0.1. Unknown means unassessed or insufficient evidence.
Public materials checklist for LlamaIndex (framework)
ItemStatusNotes and evidence
Source codeIs the source code publicly readable?Public1
DocumentationIs user documentation published?Public5
InstallationAre installation instructions or packages publicly available?Publicpip install llama-index installs a starter bundle. Alternatively, llama-index-core can be installed with selected integration packages, including ones for local models through Ollama and Hugging Face embeddings.6
Supported platformsAre supported operating systems or hardware documented?UnknownThe installation guide does not state supported Python versions or operating systems.
Release statusAre versioned releases published?PublicVersioned releases (the 0.14.x series as of September 2026) are published on GitHub.4

What it is useful for

Building agents that use tools over a user's documents and data, multi-step workflows with branching, retries, and human review, and RAG pipelines that ingest data through connectors, index it, and query it.52

Run and use notes

Documented facts only. No hardware or performance claims are made without a cited source and stated assumptions.
  • The installation guide says the default setup uses OpenAI models for text generation and embeddings and needs an OPENAI_API_KEY. Other providers, including local models, need their own integration packages.6

Organization context

U.S. eligibility

Project eligibility rests on documented governing or maintaining entities, not on contributors.

Eligible · basis: U.S.-governed project

The README attributes the framework to LlamaIndex, "the company behind LlamaParse", and the repository is under the company's run-llama GitHub organization. The developer docs describe it as built by the makers of LlamaParse. LlamaIndex, Inc. provides the company's services under Delaware law, and its 2025 press release boilerplate says it is based in San Francisco. The LICENSE file's copyright line names an individual rather than the company, and this assessment does not rely on it. No foundation or multi-organization governance body is documented.25893

Assessed Sep 29, 2026

Sources

  1. 1.
    run-llama/llama_index (external site: github.com)

    LlamaIndex · Repository · accessed Sep 29, 2026

  2. 2.
    LlamaIndex README (external site: github.com)

    LlamaIndex · Repository · accessed Sep 29, 2026

  3. 3.
    LlamaIndex LICENSE (external site: github.com)

    LlamaIndex · License · accessed Sep 29, 2026

  4. 4.
    LlamaIndex releases (external site: github.com)

    LlamaIndex · Release notes · accessed Sep 29, 2026

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  8. 8.
    Terms of Service (external site: llamaindex.ai)

    LlamaIndex · Official page · published Jun 7, 2024 · accessed Sep 29, 2026

  9. 9.
    LlamaIndex Secures $19 Million Series A to Power Enterprise-Grade Knowledge Agents (external site: prnewswire.com)

    LlamaIndex (via PR Newswire) · Announcement · published Mar 4, 2025 · accessed Sep 29, 2026

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