# LlamaIndex integrates MiniCPM-OCR into its LiteParse document parser

> Original title: LiteParse integrates with MiniCPM-OCR from @openBMB 🚀

- Source: LlamaIndex
- Published: 2026-11-05T20:00:08.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/nkguwklelwjeea44809114yv8
- Original: https://x.com/llama_index/status/2118433203526533150

## Summary

LlamaIndex says its open-source LiteParse document parser now integrates with MiniCPM-OCR from OpenBMB, a lightweight OCR model that runs on cropped layout regions. The company says MiniCPM-OCR beats Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 on content faithfulness on ParseBench. LiteParse lets users connect any existing OCR model when OCR is required.

## Post

LiteParse integrates with MiniCPM-OCR from @openBMB 🚀 

MiniCPM-OCR is a new lightweight OCR model that performs OCR after capturing cropped layout regions. On ParseBench, it beats Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 on content faithfulness.

LiteParse is our ultra-fast OSS document parser. When OCR is required, LiteParse lets you connect any existing OCR model.

See the integration: https://github.com/run-llama/liteparse/tree/main/ocr/minicpmocr