Local Deep Research

Azure Artificial Intelligence (AI)

A private AI research assistant: ask a question, it searches the web through its own SearXNG, reads the sources and writes a cited report, with no API key needed.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Local Deep Research is an open source, MIT licensed research assistant. You ask a question in plain language; it breaks the question into searches, runs them, reads the pages it finds and writes a report with numbered citations and a list of sources. Runs are saved to a searchable history, reports export as Markdown or PDF, and a document library lets it research your own files as well as the web. Each account's data lives in its own database, encrypted with that account's password.

It suits analysts, researchers and teams that want deep web research inside their own cloud account, either fully local with an open model or with a hosted model and their own API key for stronger results.

Why the cloudimg image

The cloudimg image arrives wired end to end: Local Deep Research is connected to a private SearXNG metasearch instance and to Ollama on the same VM, with the openly licensed IBM Granite 4.0 Micro model (Apache 2.0) baked in, so research works the moment it boots with no key. Open self registration is switched off and first boot creates a single account with a password generated uniquely for each VM, the app is served over HTTPS by nginx and every internal service listens on loopback only. Every component is pinned and hash verified at build time, and each deployment is paired with a step by step deploy guide and backed by 24/7 support.

Common uses

  • Private web research with cited reports, kept inside your own cloud account
  • A self hosted research assistant for a team, with one encrypted account per user
  • Scripted research from the shell or cron through the bundled command line client

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

Local Deep Research screenshot 1 Local Deep Research screenshot 2 Local Deep Research screenshot 3 Local Deep Research screenshot 4