OpenResearch is a local-first workspace that turns coding agents into research agents capable of running structured scientific workflows. It works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Cursor while letting each research direction use an independent session and Git worktree. Agents can review literature, propose hypotheses, modify code, launch experiments, inspect results, and generate research artifacts. Experiments are tracked through a Git-native tree that preserves lineage and immutable snapshots. Logs, diffs, files, results, and other evidence remain attached to the work that produced them. Compute can run locally, over SSH, or on platforms such as Slurm, Kubernetes, Ray, Modal, and Hugging Face Jobs. Projects and experiment data remain local by default through a local dashboard and SQLite store.
Features
- Parallel research sessions with isolated Git worktrees
- Git-native experiment lineage
- Autonomous hypothesis and experiment loops
- Evidence-linked logs, diffs, files, and results
- Local, SSH, cluster, and cloud compute support
- Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Cursor integration