Difylanggenius/dify
Build, run and monitor LLM apps and agent workflowsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 158kcommit 10 hours agolive demo85worth
Open-source alternatives to gpt-researcher
24 projects in the catalog share a category with gpt-researcher (Agents & frameworks or RAG & vector DBs). They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 19 run with Docker, 20 have a permissive license and 24 had a commit in the last 90 days.
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| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-researcher (this project) | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 30k | |
| Dify | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 158k | |
| LlamaIndex | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 52k | |
| Haystack | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 27k | |
| MaxKB | Docker / self-host | Yes | GPL-3.0 | 23k | |
| LangChain4j | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 13k | |
| DocsGPT | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 18k | |
| Local Deep Research | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 9.1k | |
| BISHENG | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 12k | |
| DeepSearcher | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 8.3k | |
| Composio | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 30k | |
| Firecrawl | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 188k | |
| Paperclip | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 96k | |
| Crawl4AI | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 85k | |
| nanobot | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 49k | |
| LightRAG | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| Langflow | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 155k | |
| DeerFlow | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 83k | |
| Open Notebook | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| Mem0 | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 66k | |
| OpenHands | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 90k | |
| DeepTutor | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 41k | |
| OpenMAIC | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| Hindsight | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 45k | |
| n8n | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 207k |
Web apps (11)
Firecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawl
Web data API that turns sites into LLM-ready dataPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 188kAGPL-3.0commit 12 hours ago77worth
Paperclippaperclipai/paperclip
Manage teams of AI agents at workEnterpriseAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 96kMITcommit 9 hours ago89worth
nanobotHKUDS/nanobot
Ultra-light self-hosted personal AI agentPersonalAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-hostCLI★ 49kMITcommit 18 hours ago87worth
Langflowlangflow-ai/langflow
Visual framework for building AI agents and workflowsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 155kMITcommit 2 days ago85worth
DeerFlowbytedance/deer-flow
Long-horizon super agent that researches, codes and createsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 83kMITcommit 9 hours ago85worth
Open Notebooklfnovo/open-notebook
Open-source NotebookLM alternativePersonalNotes & docsRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 40kMITcommit 9 hours ago85worth
OpenHandsOpenHands/OpenHands
AI software engineering agent platformPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsWebDocker / self-host★ 90kMITcommit 17 hours ago83worth
DeepTutorHKUDS/DeepTutor
Personalized AI tutorPersonalAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 41kApache-2.0commit 6 days ago83worth
OpenMAICTHU-MAIC/OpenMAIC
Multi-agent interactive classroomPersonalAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 40kMITcommit 24 hours ago83worth
n8nn8n-io/n8n
Workflow automation with native AI capabilitiesPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksAutomationWebDocker / self-host★ 207kcommit 20 hours ago81worth
Self-hosted Docker apps (8)
MaxKB1Panel-dev/MaxKB
Platform for enterprise agentsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 23kGPL-3.0commit 5 days ago80worth
DocsGPTarc53/DocsGPT
Private AI platform for agents and searchEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 18kMITcommit 18 hours ago79worth
Local Deep ResearchLearningCircuit/local-deep-research
Deep research with local or cloud LLMsPersonalAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 9.1kMITcommit 14 hours ago78worth
BISHENGdataelement/bisheng
LLM DevOps platform for enterprise AIEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 12kApache-2.0commit last week77worth
Crawl4AIunclecode/crawl4ai
Web crawler that turns sites into LLM-ready MarkdownPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 85kApache-2.0commit last week88worth
LightRAGHKUDS/LightRAG
Simple and fast graph-based RAGPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 40kMITcommit last week86worth
Mem0mem0ai/mem0
Memory layer for AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 66kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago84worth
Hindsightvectorize-io/hindsight
Agent memory that learnsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 45kMITcommit 19 hours ago82worth
Libraries & SDKs (5)
LlamaIndexrun-llama/llama_index
Data framework for LLM applications and agentsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 52kMITcommit 2 days ago85worth
Haystackdeepset-ai/haystack
AI orchestration for production LLM appsEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 27kApache-2.0commit 20 hours ago81worth
LangChain4jlangchain4j/langchain4j
LLM apps on the JVMEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 13kApache-2.0commit 23 hours ago80worth
DeepSearcherzilliztech/deep-searcher
Deep research on private dataPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsLibrary / SDK★ 8.3kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago67worth
ComposioComposioHQ/composio
Toolkits and auth for AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksMCP serversLibrary / SDK★ 30kMITcommit 22 hours ago80worth