Deep-Research-skills vs k-dense-byok
The two are close in size: 2.1k stars for Deep-Research-skills, 1.1k for k-dense-byok. Over the days we have tracked them Deep-Research-skills moved +107% and k-dense-byok +23.5%, so Deep-Research-skills is growing faster right now.
k-dense-byok leads on context depth and privacy and model freedom and setup ease. Deep-Research-skills does not take any axis by a clear margin.
Stars and commit dates come from our own daily tracking. The six axes are read off each project's documentation by our review pipeline, so they describe what a project says about itself, not what we measured in its code.
Where they stand today
Provides a structured two-phase (outline then deep investigation) human-in-the-loop research workflow packaged specifically as skills for Claude Code / OpenCode / Codex, including parallel web research modules and report generation.
- Stars
- 2.1k
- Tracked growth
- +107%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 13d ago
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Depends on model provider
A local-first, bring-your-own-keys AI research assistant that runs on your computer and bundles domain-specific scientific skills, workflows, and a living lab notebook.
- Stars
- 1.1k
- Tracked growth
- +23.5%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 13h ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Your API key (pay-per-use) or free local models
Six axes, head to head
Each axis runs 0 to 5. The label under a score is what that project's own docs claim, not a category average.
| Axis | Deep-Research-skills | k-dense-byok |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● Web-only | ●●●●● Whole-project access |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● Human-in-the-loop | ●●●●● Clarifying prompts & review |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Config file options | ●●●●● Configurable skills & presets |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Cloud APIs | ●●●●● Fully local optional |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Specific providers | ●●●●● BYOK + local models |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● Manual install steps | ●●●●● Quick local start |
Which one to pick
Pick Deep-Research-skills if…
Claude/OpenCode/Codex integration — choose this when you run those agent clients and want an extensible, human-in-the-loop two-phase workflow (outline + deep web research) that outputs organized markdown reports.
Pick k-dense-byok if…
Privacy-first — run a full scientific assistant locally or use your own OpenRouter key while keeping projects and data on your machine, with many prebuilt scientific skills and workflows.
- Context depth: Whole-project access (5/5 against 1/5)
- Privacy: Fully local optional (5/5 against 3/5)
- Model freedom: BYOK + local models (5/5 against 3/5)
- Setup ease: Quick local start (5/5 against 3/5)
What people want from each one
K-Dense-AI/k-dense-byok
Questions people ask
Is Deep-Research-skills better than k-dense-byok?
k-dense-byok leads on context depth and privacy and model freedom and setup ease. Deep-Research-skills does not take any axis by a clear margin. Deep-Research-skills is worth picking when claude/OpenCode/Codex integration — choose this when you run those agent clients and want an extensible, human-in-the-loop two-phase workflow (outline + deep web research) that outputs organized markdown reports.
Which of Deep-Research-skills and k-dense-byok keeps my code private?
Deep-Research-skills: Cloud APIs (3/5). k-dense-byok: Fully local optional (5/5).
What does each one cost to run?
Deep-Research-skills: Depends on model provider. k-dense-byok: Your API key (pay-per-use) or free local models.
Full profiles: Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills and K-Dense-AI/k-dense-byok. Everything else in Research agents.