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zilliztech/deep-searcher

Open Source Deep Research Alternative to Reason and Search on Private Data. Written in Python. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/zilliztech/deep-searcher · homepage · Python · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

35/100

  • Activity 53
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 40

Flags: prerelease_only

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 572
  • days_rel: 560
  • days_push: 287
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

8224 stars · 797 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

DeepSearcher is an open-source deep research tool that combines LLMs (DeepSeek, OpenAI, Claude, Qwen, etc.) with vector databases like Milvus to search, reason over, and generate reports from private data. It is a Python application suited for enterprise knowledge management and intelligent Q&A over internal documents.

Use cases

  • run deep research queries over private enterprise documents
  • build an intelligent Q&A system on internal knowledge bases
  • index local files into a vector database for retrieval
  • generate comprehensive research reports from private data
  • search internal data securely without sending it to third parties
  • compare answers from multiple LLM reasoning models over a private corpus

When to choose

  • you need a self-hosted deep research alternative that keeps data private
  • your organization already uses Milvus or Zilliz Cloud for vector storage
  • you want agentic RAG with reasoning models over local documents
  • you need flexible swapping of LLM and embedding providers

When to avoid

  • you only need simple keyword search without LLM reasoning
  • you want a fully managed SaaS research product with no setup
  • your data is small enough that a plain LLM chat with file upload suffices
  • you need web crawling today, as it is still under development

Facets

application · maturity active

rag search-engine vector-database llm-inference agent-framework chatbot large-language-models databases artificial-intelligence python self-hosted cli deep-research agentic-rag milvus private-data-search enterprise-knowledge-management deepseek document-loader retrieval-augmented-generation ai-agents search docker

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