The best DeepResearch alternatives

deer-flow

bytedance/deer-flow

An open-source long-horizon SuperAgent harness that researches, codes, and creates. With the help of sandboxes, memories, tools, skill, subagents and message gateway, it handles different levels of tasks that could take minutes to hours.

Choose deer-flow if…

• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (84.9k)
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need agentic or agentic-framework

Shares agent, deep-research, llm with DeepResearch.

khoj

khoj-ai/khoj

Your AI second brain. Self-hostable. Get answers from the web or your docs. Build custom agents, schedule automations, do deep research. Turn any online or local LLM into your personal, autonomous AI (gpt, claude, gemini, llama, qwen, mistral). Get started - free.

Choose khoj if…

• GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (38.0k)
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need ai or assistant

Shares agent, llm with DeepResearch.

agentscope

agentscope-ai/agentscope

Build and run agents you can see, understand and trust.

Choose agentscope if…

• you want the more widely starred option (35.3k)
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need chatbot or large-language-models

Shares agent, llm with DeepResearch.

owl

camel-ai/owl

🦉 OWL: Optimized Workforce Learning for General Multi-Agent Assistance in Real-World Task Automation

Choose owl if…

• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need multi-agent-systems or task-automation

Shares agent, artificial-intelligence with DeepResearch.

Memori

MemoriLabs/Memori

Memori is agent-native memory infrastructure. A LLM-agnostic layer that turns agent execution and conversation into structured, persistent state for production systems. Built for enterprise, Memori works with the data infrastructure you already run, no rip-and-replace, and deploys across managed cloud, single-tenant cloud, VPC, and on-premises.

Choose Memori if…

• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need agent-memory or agenticai

Shares agent, llm with DeepResearch.

E2B

e2b-dev/E2B

Open-source, secure environment with real-world tools for enterprise-grade agents.

Choose E2B if…

• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need ai or ai-agent

Shares agent, llm with DeepResearch.

Decepticon

PurpleAILAB/Decepticon

Autonomous Hacking Agent for Red Team

Choose Decepticon if…

• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need ai or cybersecurity

Shares agent, llm with DeepResearch.

Integuru

Integuru-AI/Integuru

The first AI agent that builds permissionless integrations through reverse engineering platforms' internal APIs.

Choose Integuru if…

• GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need agents or ai-agent

Shares agent, llm with DeepResearch.

claude-code-book

lintsinghua/claude-code-book

《御舆：解码 Agent Harness》42万字拆解 AI Agent 的Harness骨架与神经 —— Claude Code 架构深度剖析，15 章从对话循环到构建你自己的 Agent Harness。在线阅读网站：

Choose claude-code-book if…

• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need agent-architecture or ai-agent

Shares agent, llm with DeepResearch.

OpenHands

OpenHands/OpenHands

🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven Development

Choose OpenHands if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Python
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (92.6k)
• you want the more recently updated codebase

Shares agent, artificial-intelligence, llm with DeepResearch.

holaOS

holaboss-ai/holaOS

Open-source agentic workspace enterprises can make their own. Connect the systems you already run — 100+ integrations, MCP, chat tools, apps, browser, local files — with shared memory. Any agent (Claude Code, Codex), any model, or BYOK. Set up in clicks, not months. Local-first: your data never leaves your machines.

Choose holaOS if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Python
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need agent-harness or agent-os

Shares agent, artificial-intelligence, llm with DeepResearch.

rig

0xPlaygrounds/rig

⚙️🦀 Build modular and scalable LLM Applications in Rust

Choose rig if…

• you would rather work in Rust than Python
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you want the more recently updated codebase

Shares agent, artificial-intelligence, llm with DeepResearch.