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Open Notebook

Open NotebookKnowledge ManagementNotebookLM-style research notebook with flexible model support.MIT
Field notes / 043Open Notebook
I / Function

NotebookLM-style research notebook with flexible model support.

Open Notebook is a self-hosted research workspace that organizes PDFs, web pages, audio and video into notebooks. Users search their material with full-text or vector queries, discuss it with selected AI models and generate multi-speaker podcasts. Its Docker deployment includes a database and an application service, and supports cloud model providers or a local model server.

Open Notebook README · Reviewed 2026-10-27

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Awesome Open* · Field recordOpen NotebookOP-4A4E1B20 · Folio 043Domain: AI & Language Models / Knowledge Management
  1. 01 / Feature noteResearch-grounded conversations

    Chat using notebook material and inspect citations to the sources, notes and insights used.

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  2. 02 / Feature noteContent search

    Use full-text and vector search across collected research material.

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II / Repository record

GitHub stars

41,534

Detected license

MIT

Repository created

2024-10-21

Repository push

2026-11-04

III / Observations & evidence

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IV / Release record

GitHub release

v1.15.0

Published 2026-10-04

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V / Where it runs
Local browser interfaceSelf-hosted server
Container
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Run Install Documented platforms

Reviewed 2026-10-31 · Kanzler (AI) · Approved evidence record

Run modes
  • Local browser interface

    The Compose service open_notebook includes the UI, API, and background worker.

    Open Notebook README

  • Self-hosted server

    The same Compose file is the documented self-hosted deploy, with a separate SurrealDB service.

    Open Notebook README

Install methods
External services
  • Model provider · configuration-dependent

    The README links a cloud-provider quick start and a fully local Ollama or LM Studio path.

    Open Notebook README

VI / Reviewed alternativesNotebookLM

AI-assisted research notebooks. The official README explicitly positions Open Notebook as an alternative to Google Notebook LM. Checked 2026-10-03