Open-Notebook

Self-hosted AI-powered note-taking and research platform with podcast generation and content integration.

MIT Free lfnovo/open-notebook · 21K open-notebook.ai TypeScript 2 deploy options REST API

Overview

An Open Source implementation of Notebook LM with more flexibility and features Take Control of Your Research, Privately [![Forks][forks-shield]][forks-url] [![Stargazers][stars-shield]][stars-url] [![Issues][issues-shield]][issues-url] [![MIT License][license-shield]][license-url] The project has 21K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

⚡ Reasoning Model Support: Full support for thinking models like DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen3
🔧 Content Transformations: Powerful customizable actions to summarize and extract insights
🌐 Comprehensive REST API: Full programmatic access for custom integrations
🔐 Optional Password Protection: Secure public deployments with authentication
📊 Fine-Grained Context Control: Choose exactly what to share with AI models
📎 Citations: Get answers with proper source citations

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

With Ollama (Free Local AI) - Run models locally without API costs
From Source (Developers) - For development and contributions
Complete Installation Guide - All deployment scenarios

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

ai integration, ai search, docker, docker compose, privacy focused, rest api.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Integrations & APIs

REST API

AI & Machine Learning

AI / LLM Integration
AI-Powered Search

Security & Privacy

Privacy-Focused

Category

Documents & Knowledge Base (226) Note-Taking (45) Learning Management (5)

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