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Open Notebook is a local-first tool that runs 100% on your machine and turns…

2026-06-07 · 17:35 UTC ·@hasantoxr ·0 min read

Brief

Open Notebook is a local-first research assistant that indexes your PDFs, videos, audio, web pages and other documents so you can search, ask questions, produce summaries and even convert sources into AI podcasts. It supports over 18 models — including OpenAI, Claude, Ollama and LM Studio — and the project is hosted at github.com/lfnovo/open-noteb…

Why it matters

Open Notebook is a local-first tool that runs 100% on your machine and turns personal files into a private AI research assistant.

Key details

  • It ingests PDFs, YouTube videos, audio files, web pages and other documents, letting you search, ask questions, generate summaries and create AI podcasts from your sources.
  • Supports 18+ AI models (examples listed: OpenAI, Claude, Ollama, LM Studio) and is available at github.com/lfnovo/open-noteb…
Source evidence

Google built NotebookLM.

Now a developer built a better version that turn your own files into a private AI research assistant.

It's called Open Notebook.

You can run it 100% locally.

First upload your PDF file, YouTube videos, Audio files, Web pages or any documents.

Then you can search anything, ask questions, generate summaries and even turn your sources into AI podcasts.

It supports 18+ AI models.

OpenAI, Claude, Ollama, LM Studio, and more.

In my opinion, Open Notebook turns your data into a private AI research system.

This is what researchers should be using.

github.com/lfnovo/open-noteb…