DeepTutor vs ai-job-search

The two are close in size: 42.1k stars for DeepTutor, 63.2k for ai-job-search. Over the days we have tracked them DeepTutor moved +42% and ai-job-search +127.1%, so ai-job-search is growing faster right now.

DeepTutor leads on privacy and model freedom and setup ease. ai-job-search 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

A self-hostable, multi-agent tutoring platform with built-in RAG, three-layer persistent memory and a pluginable Skills ecosystem for lifelong personalized learning.

Stars
42.1k
Tracked growth
+42%
Maturity
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Last commit
2d ago
Language
Python
License
Apache-2.0
Cost to run
Free to self-host; uses your model API key or local LLMs

Local-first, end-to-end job-application framework that scrapes portals, tailors LaTeX CVs/cover letters, runs a drafter–reviewer agent pipeline, and archives applications for repeatable, owned job hunting.

Stars
63.2k
Tracked growth
+127.1%
Maturity
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Last commit
1d ago
Language
Python
License
MIT
Cost to run
Requires Claude Code (Anthropic) CLI / third‑party access.
0%+127%90 tracked days
HKUDS/DeepTutorMadsLorentzen/ai-job-search

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.

AxisDeepTutorai-job-search
Context depth
How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository.
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Multi-doc RAG
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Repo + documents
Noise control
How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only.
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Basic filters
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Reviewer + dedupe
Customization
How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config.
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Plugin & skills
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Templates & portals
Privacy
Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only.
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Fully local
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Third-party cloud
Model freedom
Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one.
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BYOK + local
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Claude + others
Setup ease
What it takes to get a first useful run out of it.
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One-command start
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CLI + deps

Which one to pick

Pick DeepTutor if…

Privacy-first — run locally or with your own API keys while getting a production-grade, extensible tutoring stack (agents, RAG, persistent memory, and Skills marketplace).

  • Privacy: Fully local (5/5 against 2/5)
  • Model freedom: BYOK + local (5/5 against 3/5)
  • Setup ease: One-command start (5/5 against 3/5)
Runs in cli, web-app. Works with byok, openai, anthropic, gemini, local-ollama.

Pick ai-job-search if…

Extensible end-to-end workflow — use it when you want a local CLI that orchestrates scraping, fit scoring, CV/cover-letter generation (LaTeX), and a reviewer agent to produce production-ready applications you control.

Runs in cli. Works with anthropic, other-fixed.

What people want from each one

Questions people ask

Is DeepTutor better than ai-job-search?

DeepTutor leads on privacy and model freedom and setup ease. ai-job-search does not take any axis by a clear margin. DeepTutor is worth picking when privacy-first — run locally or with your own API keys while getting a production-grade, extensible tutoring stack (agents, RAG, persistent memory, and Skills marketplace).

Which of DeepTutor and ai-job-search keeps my code private?

DeepTutor: Fully local (5/5). ai-job-search: Third-party cloud (2/5).

What does each one cost to run?

DeepTutor: Free to self-host; uses your model API key or local LLMs. ai-job-search: Requires Claude Code (Anthropic) CLI / third‑party access..

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