Comparison
Gpt Researcher vs Paper Search MCP
Gpt Researcher has more GitHub stars (30,133 vs 2,830). Gpt Researcher was updated more recently (last commit 6d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Gpt Researcher
An autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers
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npx skills add assafelovic/gpt-researcher
Paper Search MCP
MCP, CLI, Skills for searching and downloading academic papers from multiple sources like arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, etc.
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npx -y @smithery/cli install @openags/paper-search-mcp --client claude| Metric | Gpt Researcher | Paper Search MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 30,133 | 2,830 |
| Stars, last 7 days | +19 | n/a |
| Forks | 4,170 | 299 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Python | Python |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 6d ago | 2w ago |
| Created | May 2023 | Apr 2025 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling, Search & web, Data & analytics | Search & web |