Open-source, privacy-first AI research notebook you can self-host
Open Notebook is an open-source, AI-powered research and note-taking platform that lets you organize, search, and interact with your content while maintaining complete data control. It supports 16+ AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and local models via Ollama, and can transform your notes into multi-speaker podcasts.
Works with 16+ providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, Ollama, LM Studio, DeepSeek, Mistral, and OpenRouter
Converts notes and research into professional multi-speaker podcasts with customizable voices
Accepts PDFs, PowerPoint, text files, YouTube videos, audio files, web pages, and Office documents
Interactive AI conversations powered by your research materials with reduced hallucinations
Full-text and vector search across all your content for fast retrieval
Deploy locally via Docker so notes, databases, and AI interactions stay on your machine
AI-powered summarization, insight extraction, and content modification tools
Organize papers, PDFs, and lecture notes in one place and use AI to summarize, extract insights, and ask questions across your entire research corpus
Handle proprietary business documents, legal files, or medical research without exposing data to third-party cloud services
Transform research notes and written content into professional multi-speaker podcast episodes with customizable voices
Build a private, searchable knowledge base from web pages, videos, and documents with AI-powered retrieval
Start using Open Notebook today and boost your productivity.
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