BYOAIK — Bring Your Own AI Key: a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

Deep Research

Browser-based deep-research app that generates in-depth reports using any LLM, with keys stored locally in your browser.

Website Source code

Category:

Research Tools

Pricing:

Open Source

Open source:

Yes (MIT)

Self-hostable:

Yes

Local-first:

Yes

Platforms:

Web, Self-hosted, Docker

AI providers (bring your own key):

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, OpenRouter, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI Grok, Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible

API key storage:

User controls deployment

Key risk level:

LOW

Trust score:

86/100

Deep Research is an open-source (MIT) Next.js 15 / Shadcn UI web app that produces comprehensive, multi-step research reports by pairing LLMs with internet search. It splits work between "Thinking" and "Task" models to balance depth and speed, typically completing a report in about two minutes. It runs in two modes: a privacy-first "local API mode" where the end user enters their own provider API key in the in-app settings panel (persisted in browser localStorage via Zustand, with direct browser-to-provider calls so keys never touch a server), and a "proxy/server mode" where keys are set via environment variables behind an access password. It supports a wide range of providers and also exposes an SSE API and an MCP server. Deployable to Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, Docker, and static hosting (GitHub Pages), with PWA support, plus a hosted demo at research.u14.app.

How your API key is handled

You self-host the app, so your API key lives in your own deployment. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider. Because it can be self-hosted, your key never has to touch a third-party backend.

Setup

Deploy it (Docker/compose), add your provider API key in the admin or environment config, then select models.