DeerFlow vs OWL vs Kortix (formerly Suna)
Side by side, as alternatives to Manus. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
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Autonomous web browsing
No: No
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Deep research reports
Partial: Partly
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
File and code tasks in a sandbox
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Slides generated from a prompt
Partial: Partly
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Scheduled agent tasks
Partial: Partly
No: No
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Connectors to your apps
Partial: Partly
No: No
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
5 of 6 jobs
2 of 6 jobs
3 of 6 jobs
All 6
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
84,212Top
20,151
20,288
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Gain this week
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
Building history
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
679
3
2,085Top
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Latest release
v2.1.0 · 2026-09-24
Unknown
v0.14.3 · 2026-10-20Top
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Commits / 12 wk
1,333
7
6,162
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People committing / 12 mo
98+
4
39
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
359 / 335
1 / 0
0 / 0
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?Differs
Confirmed: Self-hosted with Docker (recommended) or a local dev setup
Confirmed: Yes, Python scripts or a local Gradio web UI; Docker image also available
Confirmed: Self-hosted Docker Compose stack on a laptop, VPS or your own network, or hosted Kortix Cloud
Hosted by the vendor
Code licenceDiffers
Confirmed: MIT
Confirmed: Apache-2.0
No: Elastic License 2.0 (source-available, not OSI)
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Model weights licenceDiffers
Confirmed: No separate model weights; you bring model API keys or host a model yourself (vLLM supported)
Confirmed: No separate model weights; you bring your own model API key or a local Ollama model
Confirmed: No separate model weights; you bring your own model API keys or a ChatGPT subscription
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Commercial useDiffers
Confirmed: Yes, MIT code; model and search provider terms apply separately
Confirmed: Yes, Apache-2.0 code; model terms depend on the provider you choose
Partial: Internal company use allowed; you may not offer it to others as a hosted or managed service
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Paid services needed?Differs
Partial: Needs a model (API key or self-hosted) and a web search provider such as Tavily or InfoQuest; self-hosted fetchers exist
Partial: An LLM API key is needed for the main examples; an Ollama example runs a local model; other tool keys are optional
No: A model provider key or ChatGPT plan is required (local models not documented); self-host setup asks for git, GitHub and Pipedream credentials
Subscription
HardwareDiffers
Confirmed: Minimum 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB free SSD for local use (more for Docker or shared servers); a local LLM is sized separately
Unknown: Not documented; cloud model use needs only Python; browser tasks need a multimodal model
Unknown: Not documented beyond Docker for the self-hosted stack
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Operating systemsDiffers
Confirmed: Linux recommended for servers; macOS and Windows (Git Bash) for development or evaluation
Confirmed: Windows, macOS and Linux; Python 3.10 to 3.12
Partial: Desktop clients: Windows 64-bit installer, universal macOS DMG and Linux x86_64 AppImage; CLI on macOS/Linux or Windows via WSL. The self-hosted backend is a separate Docker Compose stack
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Setup effortDiffers
Confirmed: Medium; make setup writes config, then make docker-start; needs Docker Compose v2.24+ and model and search keys
Confirmed: Medium; pip/uv/conda install plus .env API keys, or a prebuilt Docker image
Confirmed: Medium; install the CLI, then one command starts the Docker Compose stack and generates config
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Stars over time
Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.
- DeerFlow
- OWL
- Kortix (formerly Suna)
Tracked daily since 16 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.
Growth % starts at each project's first observed point in the shown range. Zero-star starts are unavailable.
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Numbers: GitHub, fetched nightly. Facts: read from each project's own documentation, with the source on its page. How we check. bytedance/deer-flow ↗camel-ai/owl ↗kortix-ai/suna ↗