@Fluyeporlaweb: Manus costs between 50 and 200 dollars per month and its servers are in China Someone posted the open-source alternativ…

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open-source deep-research local-ai rag offline privacy tool

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ARGO is an open-source autonomous deep research tool that runs entirely locally, offering features like RAG, offline knowledge base, and integration with various AI models, as an alternative to the paid Manus service.

Manus costs between 50 and 200 dollars per month and its servers are in China Someone posted the open-source alternative that runs 100% on your computer It's called ARGO and it does exactly the same thing without paying anything and without your data leaving your PC One click to install it. No subscriptions. No external servers. No fees. Autonomous deep research in DeepResearch style Planning and execution of complex tasks without supervision RAG with offline knowledge base One-click model downloads (Ollama integrated) Integration with OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, and local models Built-in MCP servers ready to use 100% of your data local, zero cloud Compatible with Windows, Mac, and Docker 20 releases published. v0.3.2 active. The most important thing: it works offline No internet. No paid APIs. No one knows what you're doing. 662 stars for now but this is going to blow up you've got it below

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