Open-source version of OpenAI's Deep Research
Last night, OpenAI launched Deep Research, a tool for AI-powered deep web searches. In a few hours, I built an open-source alternative using Next.js, Firecrawl, and Vercel's AI SDK. Instead of using a fine-tuned version of o3, this method uses Firecrawl's extract + search with a reasoning model to deep research the web. The system is built using Vercel’s AI SDK for handling requests and streaming data, with an agent-based approach that manages search, extraction, and analysis. It uses Firecrawl to find and extract structured data, which is then processed through a progressive analysis system…
Open-source version of OpenAI's Deep Research launched on February 3, 2025 with 8 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
An open source deep research clone. AI Agent that reasons large amounts of web data extracted with Firecrawl - nickscamara/open-deep-research
An Open-Source clone of Open AI's Deep Research experiment. Instead of using a fine-tuned version of o3, this method uses Firecrawl's extract + search with a reasoning model to deep research thefrom github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Last night, OpenAI launched Deep Research, a tool for AI-powered deep web searches. In a few hours, I built an open-source alternative using Next.js, Firecrawl, and Vercel's AI SDK. Instead of using a fine-tuned version of o3, this method uses Firecrawl's extract + search with a reasoning model to deep research the…
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