Week 45, updated 2 Nov 2026

Research & web data GPT Researcher

Is GPT Researcher safe?

Short answer: Caution. StackGrade's weekly scan of assafelovic/gpt-researcher gives it a Caution label for 8 critical-severity known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV). It does list 83 high-severity advisories in runtime dependencies, which don't change the label. Critical advisories are counted once per package; a known issue in a locked package version does not prove GPT Researcher is exploitable in your setup. Automated scan of commit 3582a68 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit.

Updated : the last week its score, rank or safety result changed.

Autonomous agent that does deep research on any topic with any LLM provider.

  • 30,422 stars
  • pushed 10 Oct
  • Apache-2.0
  • Python

github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher · gptr.dev

31score out of 100

#46of 52 overall#5in Research & web datasame score as Week 44

  • Maintenance 30%14
  • Adoption 30%22
  • Docs 20%69
  • Community 20%–
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Score over the last 4 weeks: 33, 32, 31, 31.

Caution

8 critical-severity known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV).

How this score works

Each part is a percentile among all 52 tracked tools, so 50 is average for this list. Community is not measured yet; the score uses the other 80%.

  • Maintenance: Last push 10 Oct 2026. Last 10 GitHub releases within 240 days (about 1.1 per 30 days), latest release 26 Sept 2026. Issue close time: fewer than 5 closed issues, so not used.
  • Adoption: 30,422 stars (70%), 4,166 forks (30%).
  • Docs: README 19,059 characters, 28 headings, 16 code blocks, install section: yes.

Methodology

#5 of 6 in Research & web data

Ranked by score. The yellow row is this tool.

Research & web data, Week 45score 0–100, safety
  1. 1Firecrawl#1 overall78No issues found
  2. 2Browser Use#15 overall62Caution
  3. 3MarkItDown#22 overall54No dependencies scanned
  4. 4Crawl4AI#26 overall52Caution
  5. 5GPT Researcher#46 overall31Caution
  6. 6STORM#49 overall26Caution

Safety scan, 2 Nov 2026

Automated scan of commit 3582a68, 674 files. Not a manual audit.

Caution

  • 8Critical dependency advisories83 high, 74 medium, 13 low. OSV, runtime dependencies only.
  • 0Install hooksNo npm install scripts found.
  • 0Remote-code patternsFor example eval(fetch(…)).
  • 49Agent files checked0 phrases flagged for review.
  • 2curl | sh installersIn docs or program code. Information only.
Why this label?

Why this label:

  • 8 critical-severity known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV)

Known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV): 8 critical, 83 high, 74 medium, 13 low, 1 unrated

  • aiohttp@3.9.5 (PYSEC-2026-2102) in backend/requirements.txt
  • pillow@9.5.0 (PYSEC-2026-4330) in backend/requirements.txt
  • pillow@9.5.0 (PYSEC-2026-4332) in backend/requirements.txt
  • pillow@9.5.0 (PYSEC-2026-457) in backend/requirements.txt
  • pillow@9.5.0 (GHSA-332p-7hrc-92wf) in backend/requirements.txt

Also found (informational, does not change the label):

  • 83 high-severity known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV)
  • Documents curl|sh style installer (2 occurrences, e.g. docs/docs/gpt-researcher/frontend/discord-bot.md)
  • Critical advisories counted once per package: 13 matches across 3 lockfiles

Notes:

  • 3 affected packages only in dev/test/docs manifests, not counted
  • Telemetry/analytics references in code: telemetry

Automated scan of commit 3582a68 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit. 674 files checked. What we check

Repo activity

From the GitHub API, fetched 2 Nov 2026.

  • 2Releases, 90 daysLatest v3.7.0, 26 Sept
  • –Median issue closeFewer than 5 closed issues
  • 30.4kStars+129 since 26 Oct
  • 4.2kForks73 open issues
  • 2023Repo created12 May 2023
30 days ago2 Nov
0 releases in the last 30 days, one mark each (GitHub releases feed, last 10 entries).

0 releases in the last 30 days (GitHub releases feed, last 10 entries).

Questions about GPT Researcher

Answers use this week's StackGrade data.

Is GPT Researcher safe to use?

Caution. StackGrade's weekly scan of assafelovic/gpt-researcher gives it a Caution label for 8 critical-severity known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV). It does list 83 high-severity advisories in runtime dependencies, which don't change the label. Critical advisories are counted once per package; a known issue in a locked package version does not prove GPT Researcher is exploitable in your setup. Automated scan of commit 3582a68 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit.

How does StackGrade score GPT Researcher?

GPT Researcher scores 31 out of 100 in Week 45: #46 of 52 tracked tools overall and #5 in Research & web data. The score combines maintenance (14), adoption (22) and docs (69) as percentiles among all 52 tracked tools; community (20% weight) is not measured yet, so the score uses the other 80%. It is not a hands-on test and it is separate from the safety label.

What are the alternatives to GPT Researcher?

The highest-scored other tools in Research & web data this week: Firecrawl (78, No issues found), Browser Use (62, Caution), MarkItDown (54, No dependencies scanned), Crawl4AI (52, Caution). StackGrade has not tested them hands-on.

What licence does GPT Researcher use?

The licence listed for assafelovic/gpt-researcher is Apache-2.0. Read the licence text before commercial use.

Compare and use it

All facts and sources
Type
AI tool
License
Apache-2.0
Language
Python
Created
12 May 2023
Owner
assafelovic (User)
Forks
4,166
Homepage
gptr.dev

GitHub description: “An autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers”

Sources: github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher, api.github.com/repos/assafelovic/gpt-researcher, raw.githubusercontent.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/main/RE. Fetched 2 Nov 2026.

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