--- title: "academic-research-skills vs gpt-home" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/imbad0202-academic-research-skills-vs-judahpaul16-gpt-home" tools: ["imbad0202-academic-research-skills", "judahpaul16-gpt-home"] --- # academic-research-skills vs gpt-home *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## Verdict Pick academic-research-skills when license: academic-research-skills is Other, gpt-home is GPL-3.0; pick gpt-home when license: gpt-home is GPL-3.0, academic-research-skills is Other. [academic-research-skills](https://buymeacoffee.com/crucify020v) reports 37k GitHub stars, 3.0k forks, and 9 open issues, last pushed Jul 11, 2026. [gpt-home](https://hub.docker.com/r/judahpaul/gpt-home) has 644 stars, 66 forks, and 0 open issues, last pushed Mar 17, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [academic-research-skills's repository](https://github.com/Imbad0202/academic-research-skills) and [gpt-home's repository](https://github.com/judahpaul16/gpt-home). | | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | [gpt-home](/tools/judahpaul16-gpt-home.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize | ChatGPT at home! A better alternative to commercial smart home assistants, built on the Raspberry Pi using LiteLLM and LangGraph. | | Stars | 37,300 | 644 | | Forks | 3,043 | 66 | | Open issues | 9 | 0 | | Language | Python | Python | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Other | GPL-3.0 | | Categories | Data & Retrieval, LLM Frameworks | LLM Frameworks, Speech & Audio | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | [gpt-home](/tools/judahpaul16-gpt-home.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Slowing (36%) | | Days since push | 0d | 119d | | Open issues (now) | 9 | 0 | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/judahpaul16-gpt-home/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose academic-research-skills if… - License: academic-research-skills is Other, gpt-home is GPL-3.0. - Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude. - Also covers Data & Retrieval. ### Choose gpt-home if… - License: gpt-home is GPL-3.0, academic-research-skills is Other. - Tags unique to gpt-home: ai, automation, docker, fastapi. - Also covers Speech & Audio. ## When NOT to use academic-research-skills - Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## When NOT to use gpt-home - Last GitHub push was 119 days ago (slowing maintenance, Mar 17, 2026). Validate activity before betting a new project on gpt-home. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between academic-research-skills and gpt-home? academic-research-skills: Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize. gpt-home: ChatGPT at home! A better alternative to commercial smart home assistants, built on the Raspberry Pi using LiteLLM and LangGraph.. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose academic-research-skills over gpt-home? Choose academic-research-skills over gpt-home when License: academic-research-skills is Other, gpt-home is GPL-3.0; Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude; Also covers Data & Retrieval. ### When should I choose gpt-home over academic-research-skills? Choose gpt-home over academic-research-skills when License: gpt-home is GPL-3.0, academic-research-skills is Other; Tags unique to gpt-home: ai, automation, docker, fastapi; Also covers Speech & Audio. ### When should I avoid academic-research-skills? Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### When should I avoid gpt-home? Last GitHub push was 119 days ago (slowing maintenance, Mar 17, 2026). Validate activity before betting a new project on gpt-home. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### Is academic-research-skills or gpt-home more popular on GitHub? academic-research-skills has more GitHub stars (37,300 vs 644). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are academic-research-skills and gpt-home open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (academic-research-skills: Other, gpt-home: GPL-3.0). ### Where can I find alternatives to academic-research-skills or gpt-home? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [academic-research-skills alternatives](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives) and [gpt-home alternatives](/tools/judahpaul16-gpt-home/alternatives) ([academic-research-skills markdown twin](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives.md), [gpt-home markdown twin](/tools/judahpaul16-gpt-home/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/imbad0202-academic-research-skills-vs-judahpaul16-gpt-home.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, academic-research-skills or gpt-home? academic-research-skills: Very active. gpt-home: Slowing. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for academic-research-skills and gpt-home? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [academic-research-skills trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust); [gpt-home trust report](/tools/judahpaul16-gpt-home/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=imbad0202-academic-research-skills`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=imbad0202-academic-research-skills) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_