Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
~95% on SimpleQA (e.g. Qwen3.6-27B on a 3090). Supports all local and cloud LLMs (llama.cpp, Ollama, Google, ...). 10+ search engines - arXiv, PubMed, your private documents. Everything Local & Encrypted.
Best matched with other inference tools.
Get up and running with Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.
Best matched with other inference tools.
ollama has the larger GitHub footprint with 182.2K stars.
Local Deep Research is currently growing faster at +1.7K stars this week.
Local Deep Research has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 92/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Local Deep Research | ollama |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence status | Basic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTC | Verified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC |
| GitHub stars | 8.9K | 182.2K |
| Weekly growth | +1.7K | +450 |
| Health score | Strong92/100 | Strong88/100 |
| Contributors | 70 | 600 |
| Commits per week | 80.5 | 24.5 |
| Open issues | 352 | 3.2K |
| Language | Python | Go |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-08-17 04:18 UTC | 2026-10-04 05:57 UTC |
| Last release | v1.10.5 | v0.23.2 |
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