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Simon Willison: LiteParse for the Web — Client-Side PDF Text Extraction Runs Entirely in Browser via WebAssembly
Simon Willison ported LlamaIndex's open-source LiteParse PDF extraction tool to run entirely in the browser using WebAssembly, eliminating the need for server-side processing. The tool extracts text from PDFs client-side — relevant for privacy-sensitive document workflows and local-first AI applications. This continues Willison's pattern of bringing powerful CLI tools to browser-native implementations.
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