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Open-source AI research tools
9 open-source research & search tools. Research & Search tools listed as Free because they are open-source projects you can download and run. Check each project's license, and note that hosting and model costs may still apply.
How to read this page. The tools are grouped by category and are not ranked. Pricing labels come from vendors' own pages when we could confirm them. Always verify plans and limits on the vendor's site.
Research & Search (9)
| Tool | What it does | Pricing | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andi | AI search assistant that gives short answers with sources instead of a list of links. | Free | Official site |
| GPT Researcher | Open-source deep research agent. | Free | Official site |
| iAsk.ai | AI search engine that answers questions with sourced responses. | Free | Official site |
| Morphic | Open-source AI answer engine with generative UI. | Free | Official site |
| NotebookLM | Google's Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM) that summarizes and chats over your uploaded sources, with audio overviews. | Free | Official site |
| PaperQA | Open-source agentic RAG for scientific papers from FutureHouse. | Free | Official site |
| Semantic Scholar | Free AI-powered search engine for scientific literature. | Free | Official site |
| Vane | Open-source AI-powered answering engine (formerly Perplexica). | Free | Official site |
| Zotero | Free, open-source reference manager for collecting and citing research. | Free | Official site |