Tongyi DeepResearch

30.5B-parameter MoE agent (3.3B active) with 128K context for long-horizon research

What Tongyi DeepResearch does

  • 30.5B-parameter MoE agent (3.3B active) with 128K context for long-horizon research
  • Free demos on Hugging Face Space and ModelScope
  • Also reachable through OpenRouter API
  • Apache 2.0; ReAct and IterResearch Heavy modes

Tongyi DeepResearch — straight answers

What is Tongyi DeepResearch?

Tongyi DeepResearch is listed under Deep Research & Documents, in the Research & Learning category on Flocci AI Tools. 30.5B-parameter MoE agent (3.3B active) with 128K context for long-horizon research. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.

Is Tongyi DeepResearch free?

Tongyi DeepResearch is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

Can I use Tongyi DeepResearch in a browser, or is there an app?

Tongyi DeepResearch works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on self-hosting, an API and the web.

What can Tongyi DeepResearch do?

Tongyi DeepResearch does 4 things the catalog singles out: 30.5b-parameter moe agent (3.3b active) with 128k context for long-horizon research; free demos on hugging face space and modelscope; also reachable through openrouter api; apache 2.0; react and iterresearch heavy modes.

What is the best free alternative to Tongyi DeepResearch?

MiroThinker is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Deep Research & Documents sub-category and is free. STORM (Stanford), GPT Researcher and ima.copilot (Tencent ima) also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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