gpt-researcher vs llama_index

gpt-researcher and llama_index share 34 technologies: anyio, starlette, AIOHTTP, soupsieve, tinycss2, SQLAlchemy, cryptography, litellm, MCP, nltk, Ollama, OpenAI, tavily-python, tokenizers, LangChain, tiktoken, filetype, jinja2, lxml, markupsafe, pymupdf, pypdf, unstructured, beautifulsoup4, mistune, pillow, annotated-types, jsonschema, jsonschema-specifications, marshmallow, pydantic-core, referencing, Pydantic, and psutil. Both are written in Python.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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gpt-researcher

An autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers

Python30.5kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 3582a68What is gpt-researcher built with?

Only in gpt-researcher

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run-llama

llama_index

LlamaIndex is the document processing platform for AI

Python52.8kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit 444fdf0What is llama_index built with?

Only in llama_index

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
gpt-researcher51,624 lines written233 code files
llama_index473,236 lines written2,055 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
gpt-researcher3.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Jules, and Codex
llama_index0.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
gpt-researcherLast push October 10, 20262,477 commits30,542 stars
llama_indexLast push November 5, 20267,963 commits52,820 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
gpt-researcher149 test files36.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
llama_index1,607 test files46.5% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, gpt-researcher or llama_index?
llama_index, with 473,236 lines written; gpt-researcher has 51,624.

The proof: run-llama/llama_index's code at commit 444fdf0

Which has more GitHub stars, gpt-researcher or llama_index?
llama_index, with 52,820 stars; gpt-researcher has 30,542.

The proof: run-llama/llama_index on GitHub

Which has more tests, gpt-researcher or llama_index?
llama_index, with 1,607 test files; gpt-researcher has 149.

The proof: run-llama/llama_index's code at commit 444fdf0

Which was updated more recently, gpt-researcher or llama_index?
llama_index: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and gpt-researcher's on October 10, 2026.

The proof: run-llama/llama_index's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, gpt-researcher or llama_index?
gpt-researcher: an AI signed 3.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Jules, and Codex; in llama_index, 0.2%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in assafelovic/gpt-researcher

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