research
STORM
Stanford's research system that writes Wikipedia-style reports from web research.
storm.genie.stanford.edu ↗Web · API
what it is
STORM is an open-source research project from Stanford that researches a topic across the web, asks questions from multiple perspectives and writes an outlined, cited report. Co-STORM adds human-AI collaboration. There's a free research preview online and a Python package.
who it's for
Students, researchers and writers who want a starting report on a topic.
how to start
- 1Try the research preview at storm.genie.stanford.edu.
- 2Or install the package: pip install knowledge-storm
- 3Add your LLM and search API keys.
- 4Run STORM on a topic and review the report.
what you need
- A web browser for the preview
- For the package: Python plus LLM and search API keys
pricing
Free and open source
You pay your model provider for any API usage
checked Oct 10, 2026
key features
- Multi-perspective question asking
- Outlined, cited reports
- Co-STORM collaboration mode
- Open source
similar agents
- GPT Researchersame job
- Perplexityoverlapping features
- SciSpaceoverlapping features