MIT-licensed open-source system that researches a topic and writes a full cited report
STORM (Stanford) is listed under Deep Research & Documents, in the Research & Learning category on Flocci AI Tools. MIT-licensed open-source system that researches a topic and writes a full cited report. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.
STORM (Stanford) is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 396 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.
STORM (Stanford) works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on self-hosting and the web.
STORM (Stanford) does 3 things the catalog singles out: Mit-licensed open-source system that researches a topic and writes a full cited report; perspective-guided simulated conversations to deepen research before writing; co-storm variant adds human-ai collaborative curation.
MiroThinker is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Deep Research & Documents sub-category and is free. Tongyi DeepResearch, GPT Researcher and ima.copilot (Tencent ima) also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.
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