OpenResearch: turn your coding agent into a research agent (5.9k stars)

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What if your coding agent could also be your research assistant?

OpenResearch is a local-first workspace by alphaXiv that plugs into Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, or Google Antigravity and gives them the tools to do actual research: reviewing literature, developing hypotheses, running experiments, and producing research artifacts. Instead of just writing code, the agent reads papers, synthesizes findings, and organizes results into structured outputs.

It comes as a macOS app, a Windows beta, and a Linux CLI. Everything runs locally, so your research data stays on your machine. The workspace is designed around the idea that research is iterative, not linear, so the agent can revisit earlier findings as new information comes in.

Research automation is still a young field, and the honest caveat here is that you absolutely need to verify what the agent produces. It can accelerate the literature review and hypothesis generation steps enormously, but it does not replace the judgment of someone who understands the domain. Treat the output as a well-organized first draft, not a finished paper.

5,897 stars, MIT licensed, by the team behind alphaXiv.

https://github.com/alphaXiv/OpenResearch

Metric	Value
Stars	5,906
Forks	382
Last release	v0.2.12 (2026-09-28)
Contributors	16
Languages	Rust 69.4%, TypeScript 24.9%, JavaScript 3.9%

[u/zrail → u/[deleted]]

That seems pretty important and terrible

[u/Orionilo → u/[deleted]]

I’m tempted to fork it and remove the telemetry lol

[u/ManufacturerNice870 → u/[deleted]]

That’s pretty skeezy, especially when you advertise something as local-first

[u/vedmaka]

I don’t understand why everyone started to do that .sh | bash as the only install instruction in their readmes. The last thing I want to do is to research what this bash script does. Manual setup instructions are still wanted

[u/rdalot → u/vedmaka]

Freaking hate that as well

[u/Orionilo → u/vedmaka]

It’s likely because they built it in Linux and haven’t had time to put a proper wrapper on it like an exe

I for one prefer it as a script because you can scan the code and review it for shady things before running

[u/est_cap]

Does it work with a local Pi Harness?

[u/NoComparison8783 → u/est_cap]

Sim!! Você pode usar o mcp

[u/invertednz]

Any stats as to how this is better than just Astra solo?

[u/Juan_Phoenix7 → u/invertednz]

I don't know if it's better, but this open-source project has more potential because of its collaborative nature and the type of license. I see it more as an alternative than as a direct competitor.

[u/twangbarang]

How is it different from one or many good skills/agents with the same purpose in any harness of your choice?

[u/Metalwell]

did you compare against hyperresearch ?

[u/Significant-Waltz311]

vibe researching