Is my data secure with this skill?

Yes. Because Open Notebook is self-hosted via Docker, your research data, documents, and credentials remain entirely on your own infrastructure.

Can I run this without an expensive AI API key?

Yes, Open Notebook supports local inference through Ollama, allowing you to run powerful AI models on your own hardware without recurring API costs.

How does Open Notebook compare to Google NotebookLM?

Unlike Google's version, Open Notebook is self-hosted for complete privacy, offers a full REST API for automation, and supports 16+ AI providers including local models.

What file types can I upload to my notebooks?

It supports a wide range of formats including PDFs, Microsoft Office documents, YouTube videos, audio files, and web URLs.

Open Notebook

Name: Open Notebook
Author: henriquescastilho

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Data Science & ML

Organizes research materials and generates AI-powered insights, summaries, and multi-speaker podcasts from diverse document sources.

Open Notebook is a self-hosted, open-source alternative to Google NotebookLM that empowers researchers to manage complex information without sacrificing data privacy. It supports over 16 AI providers—including local models via Ollama—and allows users to ingest PDFs, videos, and web pages into context-aware notebooks. This skill is particularly useful for building private knowledge bases, generating professional research podcasts, and performing deep semantic searches across vast collections of documents while maintaining complete data sovereignty.

Key Features

011 GitHub stars

02Support for 16+ AI providers including local Ollama for complete privacy

03Multi-format ingestion of PDFs, Office docs, videos, audio, and web pages

04Professional multi-speaker AI podcast generation from research materials

05Advanced semantic search using both full-text and vector-based indexing

06Context-aware chat with precise source citations and document grounding

Use Cases

01Conducting academic literature reviews with AI-assisted cross-referencing

02Building secure, self-hosted private knowledge bases for sensitive enterprise data

03Transforming complex technical documentation into accessible multi-speaker audio summaries

Key Features

011 GitHub stars

02Support for 16+ AI providers including local Ollama for complete privacy

03Multi-format ingestion of PDFs, Office docs, videos, audio, and web pages

04Professional multi-speaker AI podcast generation from research materials

05Advanced semantic search using both full-text and vector-based indexing

06Context-aware chat with precise source citations and document grounding

Use Cases

01Conducting academic literature reviews with AI-assisted cross-referencing

02Building secure, self-hosted private knowledge bases for sensitive enterprise data

03Transforming complex technical documentation into accessible multi-speaker audio summaries