DeepState documentation

Investigation analysis on a canvas you control

DeepState is a desktop application for mapping investigations: people, organizations, events, places, documents, posts and the connections between them, on an infinite canvas. An AI research assistant searches, scrapes and builds the board alongside you. Everything is stored in a local database on your machine and can be shared with colleagues end-to-end encrypted.

Quick start →InstallBrowse the AI tools

What you get

Boards & canvasInfinite, zoomable boards with 16 node types, typed connections, regions and auto-layout.PivotsRight-click a domain, IP, email, phone or picture, or select several to find what they share, or hand it to the agent. Results land as linked, sourced nodes.AI research assistantPlan, Investigate and Autoresearch modes with 70+ tools: web, Wikipedia, social media, court records, SEC filings, sanctions, archives and more.Live sourcesRSS and social feeds that poll on a schedule, filter by keyword or AI relevance, and drop new material onto the board.Narratives & timelineGroup findings into storylines with AI summaries; see everything dated on a scrollable timeline.Private collaborationShare a board with an invite code over your local network, an encrypted relay, or any shared folder. No server ever sees your data.PresentationsTurn a board into a slide deck the AI researches and designs, present in-app or export to PDF.Bring your own modelDeepState AI is included with every license. Or connect Claude, ChatGPT, OpenRouter, OpenCode, any OpenAI-compatible API (DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, Qwen, NVIDIA…) or a local Ollama model.Local firstA single SQLite database plus media folders on your disk. Export, back up and restore whenever you like.

How the app is laid out

The window holds two things: the agent, a chat with the research assistant scoped to the open board, and the canvas, where nodes live. Three layouts arrange them (switch from the bottom bar, Settings → Appearance, or Ctrl+1/2/3):

• Merged - the agent and the canvas side by side as two panes.
• Agent - a full-window conversation over a frosted view of the live board.
• Board - the canvas fills the window and the agent is an ask bar at the bottom.

On the canvas, a toolbar across the top creates nodes and holds Search, Tidy, Fit, Collapse, the narrative filter and the Case file (the board's actors, organizations and narratives). Nodes open in a large node sheet over the board. A timeline can be pulled up along the bottom, and the status bar shows your license tier, connected integrations and the layout switch.

Editions

	Personal	Pro	Enterprise
Boards	5	Unlimited	Unlimited per seat
Core AI tools (web, Wikipedia, entities, social, narratives, maps, records)	✓	✓	✓
Vision: OCR, image analysis, images in chat	—	✓	✓
Person search, YouTube transcripts, historical newspapers	—	✓	✓
RSS feed creation by the AI	—	✓	✓
Custom JavaScript tools	—	✓	✓
DeepState AI monthly budget	$2	$8	$8 per seat
Collaboration (LAN, relay, folder)	✓	✓	✓
Seat management & usage dashboard	—	—	✓

Details in Licensing and Enterprise.

Where to next

• New here? Follow the Quick start - it takes about ten minutes and ends with a researched board.
• Want to know what the assistant can actually do? The tools reference lists every tool with what it needs.
• Working with others? Read Collaboration before you share anything.