Summary

Open Science provides an open-source, local-first AI research workbench, acting as a reproducible alternative to proprietary tools like Claude Science. It targets scientists and researchers, enabling rigorous, auditable workflows by integrating literature, code, figures, and reports.

How It Works

This workbench uses a plan-approve-execute-artifacts-review cycle, emphasizing traceable artifacts linked to their origin (code, data, conversation). Its local-first design keeps data and compute on the user's machine. Model-agnostic support is via OpenRouter, OpenAI-compatible APIs, or local models, built on Tauri and an agent skills framework.

Quick Start & Requirements

Installers are available for macOS (.dmg) and Windows (.exe/.msi), with Linux builds also provided. Requires macOS 13+ or Windows 10/11 (x64). Building from source needs Node.js ≥ 20, pnpm 9, and Rust. macOS users may need xattr -cr "/Applications/Open Science.app" to bypass Gatekeeper.

Highlighted Details

• Reproducibility: Preserves code, data, figures, logs, and provenance (provenance.jsonl) for recoverable artifact versions.
• Model Agnosticism: Integrates with numerous LLM providers via OpenRouter, OpenAI-compatible APIs, Anthropic, or local Ollama models.
• Pluggable Skills: Bundled agent skills for research, literature, experiments, and integrity, plus one-click connectors for literature (arXiv, PubMed) and biomedical data.
• Traceability Reviewer: Automates citation checks, flags unsourced data, and verifies figure-code consistency.
• Local Compute: Persistent local Python kernel and optional isolated Jupyter environment.

Maintenance & Community

Currently v0.1, in active development as a macOS MVP. Future plans include R kernel, Windows installer, and HPC support. Discussed within the linux.do community. Contributions are welcomed.

Licensing & Compatibility

Licensed under MIT. Third-party components have their own licenses. Described as "beta research tooling"; outputs require verification and expert review before submission, advising caution for critical closed-source integration.

Limitations & Caveats

Beta tooling requires output verification. Unsigned builds may trigger OS warnings. The OpenCode agent runtime requires macOS 13+ or Windows 10/11 (x64). A dedicated Windows installer is pending.