1. gpt-researcher
30,310 stars+114 this week
GPT Researcher the first open deep research agent designed for both web and local research on any given task.
deer-flow alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like bytedance/deer-flow
deer-flow has 84,424 stars, gained 358 in 7 days and was last pushed Oct 26, 2026; the top pick, gpt-researcher, has 30,310 stars and gained 114 in 7 days.
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How they compare
Flowy lists 108 other Research plugins like deer-flow, ranked by shared technologies, then GitHub stars; nothing in this list is paid.
| Plugin | Stars | 7 days | Updated | License | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deer-flowThis page | 84,424 | +358 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 29 skills, 2 agents |
| 1gpt-researcher | 30,310 | +114 | Oct 10, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 1 skill, 1 MCP server |
| 2open-science | 5,387 | +57 | Oct 27, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 26 skills |
| 3medgeclaw | 618 | -1 | Mar 12, 2026 | not available | 7 skills |
| 4ask-search | 537 | -1 | Mar 22, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
| 5cute-agent | 209 | not available | Oct 24, 2026 | not available | 32 skills |
| 6last30days | 65,709 | +768 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
| 7nature-skills | 51,234 | +1,276 | Oct 28, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 24 skills |
| 8mathmodelagent | 6,252 | +30 | Oct 3, 2026 | not available | 10 skills |
| 9openkb | 4,810 | +31 | Jul 22, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 4 skills |
| 10bgauryy-octocode-2 | 956 | +4 | Oct 21, 2026 | MIT | 13 skills |
| 11union-search-skill | 763 | +11 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
| 12browser-search | 538 | +1 | Oct 22, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. open-science
5,387 stars+57 this week
The open-source AI research workbench for scientific research and agent workflows.
3. medgeclaw
618 stars-1 this week
Open-source AI research assistant for biomedicine — chat to run RNA-seq, drug discovery, clinical analysis, and more.
4. ask-search
537 stars-1 this week
Self-hosted web search for AI agents — zero API key, full privacy
5. cute-agent
209 stars
一个面向全网研究与复杂数据分析的云端智能体，能在公开网络、YouTube、BiliBili、X、小红书、Hacker News上研究任何主题 。项目wiki：https://zread.ai/OWWZO/ai-agent
6. last30days
65,709 stars+768 this week
An AI agent-led search engine scored by upvotes, likes, and real money - not editors.
7. nature-skills
51,234 stars+1,276 this week
符合nature论文学术表达和科研绘图的Skill
8. mathmodelagent
6,252 stars+30 this week
🤖📐专为数学建模设计的 Agent & skills ,自动完成数学建模，生成一份完整的可以直接提交的论文。 An Agent Designed for Mathematical Modeling ,Automatically complete mathmodel and…
9. openkb
4,810 stars+31 this week
Scale to long documents • Reasoning-based retrieval • Native multi-modality • No Vector DB 📢 Recent Updates Google Open Knowledge Format…
10. bgauryy-octocode-2
956 stars+4 this week
Evidence-first code research for AI agents and developers.
11. union-search-skill
763 stars+11 this week
一次搜索 51 个渠道，默认返回每个渠道取到的全部结果，再按页面地址去重。覆盖网页、GitHub、YouTube、知乎、播客和 AI 搜索。
12. browser-search
538 stars+1 this week
=20.19"> A skill for AI agents.
Questions about deer-flow alternatives
What is the best alternative to deer-flow?
gpt-researcher is the first of 12 alternatives to deer-flow by shared technologies: it has 30,310 stars (behind deer-flow), gained 114 stars this week and ships 1 MCP server, which deer-flow does not.
Which deer-flow alternative has the most skills?
cute-agent has the most, with 32 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. deer-flow has 29.
Is deer-flow free?
Yes. deer-flow is published under the MIT license, so it is free to use.