Open Source Alternatives to Google NotebookLM

A note-taking and knowledge-management platform that leverages large language models to help users organize research, generate summaries, and explore ideas through conversational interactions.

Whether you want to cut software costs or escape vendor lock-in, these open source alternatives to Google NotebookLM give you an option you fully own. You can self-host them, so your data stays on infrastructure you control. This page lists 2 open source alternatives to Google NotebookLM. The most popular are Open Notebook and Local Deep Research. Most use the MIT license, and 2 offer an official Docker image.