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open-notebook
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An Open Source implementation of Notebook LM with more flexibility and features
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lfnovo/open-notebook is an open-source project by lfnovo: An Open Source implementation of Notebook LM with more flexibility and features. Indexed here so it can be found — not resold.
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Open Notebook
An open source, privacy-focused alternative to Google's Notebook LM! Join our Discord server for help, to share workflow ideas, and suggest features! Checkout our website » Follow @lfnovo on X for updates 📚 Get Started · 📖 User Guide · ✨ Features · 🚀 Deploy
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A private, multi-model, 100% local, full-featured alternative to Notebook LM
In a world dominated by Artificial Intelligence, having the ability to think 🧠 and acquire new knowledge 💡, is a skill that should not be a privilege for a few, nor restricted to a single provider.
Open Notebook empowers you to: • 🔒 Control your data - Keep your research private and secure • 🤖 Choose your AI models - Support for 18+ providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, LM Studio, and more • 📚 Organize multi-modal content - PDFs, videos, audio, web pages, and more • 🎙️ Generate professional podcasts - Advanced multi-speaker podcast generation • 🔍 Search intelligently - Full-text and vector search across all your content • 💬 Chat with context - AI conversations powered by your research • 🌐 Multi-language UI - English, Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese, Russian, and Bengali support
Learn more about our project at https://www.open-notebook.ai
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🆚 Open Notebook vs Google Notebook LM
Feature Open Notebook Google Notebook LM Advantage --------- --------------- -------------------- ----------- Privacy & Control Self-hosted, your data Google cloud only Complete data sovereignty AI…
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05Versions
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| 0.0.0 | stable | Sep 19, 2026 | Indexed listing — see the upstream repository for real release history. |