lfnovo/open-notebook
An Open Source implementation of Notebook LM with more flexibility and features observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
86/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 93
- Longevity 48
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 5
- age_days: 681
- days_rel: 44
- days_push: 17
- n_releases_24m: 40
Adoption not part of the score
37711 stars · 4351 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Open Notebook is an open-source, privacy-focused alternative to Google's Notebook LM that lets users organize multi-modal sources (PDFs, videos, web pages, audio) into notebooks and interact with them via AI chat, notes, and search. It supports 18+ AI model providers including local options like Ollama, and can generate multi-speaker podcasts from notes.
Use cases
- build a private AI research notebook from PDFs and web pages
- chat with an AI assistant grounded in my own documents
- generate a podcast from my notes
- search across all my research with full-text and vector search
- summarize YouTube videos and articles into notes
- use local LLMs like Ollama for private note-taking
- organize a large reading backlog into searchable knowledge bases
When to choose
- you want a Notebook LM alternative with full data privacy and self-hosting
- you need flexibility to pick from many AI providers including local models
- you want multi-modal source ingestion (PDF, video, audio, web) with AI chat and podcast generation
When to avoid
- you just need simple markdown note-taking without AI features
- you prefer a fully managed cloud service with zero setup
- you don't want to manage Docker deployments or API keys
Facets
application · maturity active
rag search-engine chatbot nlp llm-inference tts data-visualization artificial-intelligence large-language-models developer-tools education self-hosted privacy self-hosted cross-platform notebook-lm-alternative note-taking podcast-generation vector-search multi-model research-assistant knowledge-management retrieval-augmented-generation docker web-server
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/lfnovo/open-notebook · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5986b03cd2eb
- homepage: https://www.open-notebook.ai · fetched 2026-08-29 · 43b78bbcb230
- site_page: https://www.open-notebook.ai/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 708afe6b89b3
- site_page: https://www.open-notebook.ai/basics · fetched 2026-08-29 · 18c9e0fdd6c9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| lfnovo/open-notebook | main | 86 |
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