Open Notebook
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Open Notebook, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Open Notebook's own pricing page, checked 13 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open Notebook | Free | Free software; AI provider usage may cost extra, or use local models |
The facts
Each one read from Open Notebook's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI providers
- The project lists cloud and local model providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, Mistral, Groq, OpenRouter, and others.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes it as designed for researchers, students, and professionals who want to improve learning while controlling their workflows, models, and data exposure.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Content formats
- Supported sources include PDFs, ePub, text, Markdown, Office files, YouTube, local video, audio recordings, and web content.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Content processing
- Website links can be scraped, YouTube transcripts extracted, document text processed with Docling by default, and audio or video transcribed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Documented installation routes include Docker Compose, source installation, and a Windows native option.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project provides a REST API for programmatic access and custom integrations.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The official site describes it for researchers, students, and professionals who want to control their workflows, models, and data exposure.checked 13 Oct 2026
- License
- The site states that Open Notebook is released under the MIT License.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Local use
- The local quick start says Ollama can run alongside Open Notebook without cloud API keys, with nothing leaving the machine.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Model setup
- The maker says all model types and defaults are currently required for complete use of all features, including language, embedding, speech-to-text, and text-to-speech models.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notebooks
- Users can create an unlimited number of notebooks for topics or projects.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notes and transformations
- Users can write notes manually or create them from AI insights and chat messages, and can edit default transformations or create their own.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The project is released under the MIT License.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Podcast generation
- Users can generate custom podcasts from their notes and assets, configure speakers and episode settings, and download episodes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Podcasts
- Users can create podcasts with one to four speakers and configurable profiles.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Privacy controls
- For each question, users can choose which sources or notes are exposed to the AI model; the chat assistant also offers no-context, summary-only, or full-content options.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Open Notebook is a self-hosted AI research assistant for adding documents, web pages, audio and video, chatting with AI about them, taking notes, and creating podcasts.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Research workflow
- Users can create unlimited notebooks, gather sources, ask questions, and create notes manually or with AI assistance.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Search and answers
- Open Notebook offers full-text and vector search, and its Ask feature combines responses to multiple searches into a coherent answer with links to source documents.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search and citations
- The documentation describes full-text and semantic search across content and answers with source citations.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- The security guide says stored provider credentials require an encryption key and recommends HTTPS and restricting exposed ports for network deployments.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Security limits
- The guide lists one shared password with no accounts or roles, no rate limiting or lockout, and no audit log.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to its Discord community, GitHub Discussions, and GitHub Issues for help and bug reports.checked 13 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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