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Self-hosted, open-source alternative to Google NotebookLM for AI-powered research and document analysis. Use when organizing research materials into notebooks, ingesting diverse content sources (PDFs, videos, audio, web pages, Office documents), generating AI-powered notes and summaries, creating multi-speaker podcasts from research, chatting with documents using context-aware AI, searching across materials with full-text and vector search, or running custom content transformations. Supports 16+ AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, Groq, and Mistral with complete data privacy through self-hosting.
npx skill4agent add crazymsn/academic-skills open-notebook# Download the docker-compose file
curl -o docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lfnovo/open-notebook/main/docker-compose.yml
# Set the required encryption key
export OPEN_NOTEBOOK_ENCRYPTION_KEY="your-secret-key-here"
# Launch the services
docker-compose up -dimport requests
BASE_URL = "http://localhost:5055/api"
# Add a credential for an AI provider
response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/credentials", json={
"provider": "openai",
"name": "My OpenAI Key",
"api_key": "sk-..."
})
credential = response.json()
# Discover available models
response = requests.post(
f"{BASE_URL}/credentials/{credential['id']}/discover"
)
discovered = response.json()
# Register discovered models
requests.post(
f"{BASE_URL}/credentials/{credential['id']}/register-models",
json={"model_ids": [m["id"] for m in discovered["models"]]}
)import requests
BASE_URL = "http://localhost:5055/api"
# Create a notebook
response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/notebooks", json={
"name": "Cancer Genomics Research",
"description": "Literature review on tumor mutational burden"
})
notebook = response.json()
notebook_id = notebook["id"]# Add a web URL source
response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/sources", data={
"url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00001",
"notebook_id": notebook_id,
"process_async": "true"
})
source = response.json()
# Upload a PDF file
with open("paper.pdf", "rb") as f:
response = requests.post(
f"{BASE_URL}/sources",
data={"notebook_id": notebook_id},
files={"file": ("paper.pdf", f, "application/pdf")}
)# Create a human note
response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/notes", json={
"title": "Key Findings",
"content": "TMB correlates with immunotherapy response in NSCLC...",
"note_type": "human",
"notebook_id": notebook_id
})# Create a chat session
session = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/chat/sessions", json={
"notebook_id": notebook_id,
"title": "TMB Discussion"
}).json()
# Send a message with context from sources
response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/chat/execute", json={
"session_id": session["id"],
"message": "What are the key biomarkers for immunotherapy response?",
"context": {"include_sources": True, "include_notes": True}
})# Vector search across the knowledge base
results = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/search", json={
"query": "tumor mutational burden immunotherapy",
"search_type": "vector",
"limit": 10
}).json()
# Ask a question with AI-powered answer
answer = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/search/ask/simple", json={
"query": "How does TMB predict checkpoint inhibitor response?"
}).json()# Generate a podcast episode
job = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/podcasts/generate", json={
"notebook_id": notebook_id,
"episode_profile_id": episode_profile_id,
"speaker_profile_ids": [speaker1_id, speaker2_id]
}).json()
# Check generation status
status = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/podcasts/jobs/{job['job_id']}").json()
# Download audio when ready
audio = requests.get(
f"{BASE_URL}/podcasts/episodes/{status['episode_id']}/audio"
)# Create a custom transformation
transform = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/transformations", json={
"name": "extract_methods",
"title": "Extract Methods",
"description": "Extract methodology details from papers",
"prompt": "Extract and summarize the methodology section...",
"apply_default": False
}).json()
# Execute transformation on text
result = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/transformations/execute", json={
"transformation_id": transform["id"],
"input_text": "...",
"model_id": "model_id_here"
}).json()| Provider | LLM | Embedding | Speech-to-Text | Text-to-Speech |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Anthropic | Yes | No | No | No |
| Google GenAI | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Vertex AI | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Ollama | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Groq | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Mistral | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Azure OpenAI | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| DeepSeek | Yes | No | No | No |
| xAI | Yes | No | No | No |
| OpenRouter | Yes | No | No | No |
| ElevenLabs | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Perplexity | Yes | No | No | No |
| Voyage | No | Yes | No | No |
| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Required. Secret key for encrypting stored credentials | None |
| SurrealDB connection URL | |
| Database namespace | |
| Database name | |
| Optional password protection for the UI | None |
http://localhost:5055/api/docs/api/notebooks/api/sources/api/notes/api/chat/sessions/api/chat/execute/api/search/api/podcasts/api/transformations/api/models/api/credentialsreferences/api_reference.mdOPEN_NOTEBOOK_ENCRYPTION_KEY