MODSetter/SurfSense
Open-source NotebookLM alternative. Research the open web with live data(Reddit, YT, IG, TikTok, Indeed, Google Search, Maps etc) through one platform, API or MCP server. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/ejRNvftDp9 observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
90/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 54
Flags: no_license
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: 6.5
- age_days: 764
- days_rel: 12
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 31
Adoption not part of the score
16017 stars · 1529 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
SurfSense is an open-source, self-hostable NotebookLM alternative that combines a personal knowledge base with live open-web research connectors (Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Google Search, Google Maps, Indeed, and more). It exposes its capabilities through a web UI, REST API, and MCP server, with scheduled agents that produce cited briefs, reports, podcasts, and alerts.
Use cases
- research what Reddit says about a product or competitor
- monitor Google search rankings and AI Overview citations
- build a searchable knowledge base with cited chat answers
- scrape YouTube comments and transcripts for sentiment analysis
- give AI agents live web data through an MCP server
- automate scheduled research briefs and alerts
- self-host an alternative to NotebookLM for documents and web sources
When to choose
- you want agents to reason over live web data instead of a static index
- you need a self-hosted, open-source NotebookLM alternative with citations
- you want platform-native scraping APIs (Reddit, YouTube, SERP) without official API quotas
- you need MCP or REST access to web research for your own agent stack
When to avoid
- you only need simple document Q&A without web research
- you require a fully permissive OSS license (license is listed as NOASSERTION)
- you want a fully managed hosted service with no self-hosting setup
- your use case depends on connectors SurfSense does not yet offer
Facets
application · maturity active
rag web-scraping agent-framework search-engine mcp chatbot api-framework self-hosted artificial-intelligence crawlers self-hosted developer-tools self-hosted python cross-platform notebooklm-alternative live-web-research data-connectors serp-api knowledge-base fastapi nextjs langchain ollama automations citations ai-agents retrieval-augmented-generation search web-server docker nodejs desktop
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/MODSetter/SurfSense · fetched 2026-08-28 · d2fccc3d45f7
- homepage: https://www.surfsense.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1a94fae9e0ef
- site_page: https://www.surfsense.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9dafd74a5d17
- site_page: https://www.surfsense.com/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8ea8275be18f
- site_page: https://www.surfsense.com/reddit · fetched 2026-08-29 · 49a701e213b6
- site_page: https://www.surfsense.com/youtube · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3ccf8c77ef6f
- site_page: https://www.surfsense.com/google-search · fetched 2026-08-29 · 55efc99a31d7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| MODSetter/SurfSense | main | 90 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="MODSetter/SurfSense")
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