passiveworkers
passiveworkers is an open-source research engine that leverages many local LLM models (via Ollama) running as independent analysts on idle computers. A blind editor synthesizes their findings into a single cited report. It supports a federated commons where computers contribute compute for mutual research with no tokens or cloud dependency, emphasizing privacy and local-first principles.
Open SourceMITCLISelf-hosted
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5features
2026since
Overview
5 featuresIn the AI & ML space, passiveworkers takes a focused approach. It focuses on relying on centralized cloud AI services for deep web research that lack privacy, independence, and verifiable citations. It is built as an open-source project for researchers and privacy-conscious developers. passiveworkers is open source under the MIT license. passiveworkers is available on the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
wikithoughts builds and maintains passiveworkers, and it first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 69 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include Local Models, Distributed Research, and Cited Reports. It exposes integrations via an MCP server.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Local Models
- Distributed Research
- Cited Reports
- Federated Compute
- Privacy Focused
Tags
local-llm-researchdistributed-inferencefederated-computerag-enginecited-reporting
AI capabilities
TextStructured
Inference: LocalWeights: Open
Built with & integrations
Framework
FastAPI
AI providers
local_oss
Connectors
MCP
Runs on
CLISelf-hosted
Trust & compliance
License
MIT
Verified signals
Indexing history
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Frequently asked questions about passiveworkers
- What does passiveworkers do?
- Passiveworkers focuses on relying on centralized cloud AI services for deep web research that lack privacy, independence, and verifiable citations. It is catalogued under AI & ML on PulseGate.
- Who is passiveworkers for?
- passiveworkers is an open-source project built for researchers and privacy-conscious developers.
- Is passiveworkers free?
- Yes — passiveworkers is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
- What platforms does passiveworkers run on?
- passiveworkers runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is passiveworkers still maintained?
- The GitHub repository shows 69 commits in the last 90 days.
- What projects are similar to passiveworkers?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Cliprise, chi-ai, and AI DocuChat.Cliprisechi-aiAI DocuChat
- Who makes passiveworkers?
- passiveworkers is developed by wikithoughts.
- When did passiveworkers launch?
- passiveworkers first shipped in 2026.
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