Open Notebook

Self-hosted research notebook in the style of NotebookLM

Open sourceMIT40kWeb

Open Notebook notebook with sources and chat — Screenshot Open Notebook contributors · MIT

About Open Notebook

Open Notebook is a self-hosted research assistant in the style of Google's NotebookLM: add PDFs, web pages, videos and audio, then chat with them, take notes and generate podcast-style audio summaries. It works with many AI providers, including local models.

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AI & generative
Office & writing
Self-hosting & cloud

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