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GPT Researcher

Autonomous research agent that conducts deep web research on any topic by planning research queries, browsing multiple sources, synthesizing findings, and generating comprehensive reports. Differentiates as a purpose-built research agent (not coding-focused) that orchestrates search, scraping, and synthesis into a coherent workflow. 27.2K GitHub stars with 210 contributors; an early mover in the 'deep research' agent pattern that inspired similar features in ChatGPT and Gemini.

GPT Researcher (assafelovic/gpt-researcher), v3.5.0 (May 28 2026); 27.5k stars, Apache-2.0. Autonomous deep-research agent that plans sub-queries, searches web/local sources, and writes cited reports. Confirmed live June 2026.

Openness

5 high confidence

5.0

license: Apache-2.0(OSI)
source: public
core-gated: ungated

Verified Apache-2.0 OSI, full source public, no proprietary tier. License/version/stars confirmed via primary GitHub source.

https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher recorded 2026-06-04
Apache-2.0, public source, v3.5.0 May 28 2026, 27.5k stars (verified)

Adoption

3 medium confidence

3.0

~105,483 PyPI downloads last month (gpt-researcher); 'used by' 261 dependent repos; 27.5k stars corroborate. Places it in the 100K-1M reach band on monthly download volume.

https://pypistats.org/packages/gpt-researcher recorded 2026-06-04
105,483 downloads last month
https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher recorded 2026-06-04
261 dependent repos, 27.5k stars

Capability

3 medium confidence

3.0

Solid, focused deep-research agent; no headline GAIA/benchmark number, scored on feature matrix. Narrower than general coding/multi-tool agents; mid-tier.

https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher recorded 2026-06-04
deep research, tree exploration, multi-source cited reports, local+web

Unchanged since 2026-07-30 (last edited, not re-checked)