Best Open-Source Research & Reasoning AI Agents (2026)
As of September 2026, the top open-source research & reasoning AI agent is scientific-agent-skills by K-Dense-AI, with an overall score of 87.2 / 100. 3 research & reasoning agents are tracked in this category on The Agentic Leaderboard.
| Rank | Agent | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #3 | scientific-agent-skills by K-Dense-AI | 87.2 |
| #20 | last30days-skill by mvanhorn | 85.6 |
| #55 | gpt-researcher by assafelovic | 84.4 |