Local Deep Research

Verdict: Self-hosted deep-research agent that works with local or cloud LLMs and 10+ search engines (arXiv, PubMed, your own documents), producing cited reports while keeping data local and encrypted.

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✅ Good fit if you want private, cited deep-research reports on your own hardware.

⛔ Not for you if you want instant answers with zero setup.

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Free (MIT open source) · Official site: https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research · source checked 2026-10-23 (HTTP 200)

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