AI Atlasby Verbito

Free alternatives to NotebookLM

These open-source projects do a similar job for free, though most need more setup.

  1. Chat with your documents privately using any AI model
    ★ 67.9kstars
    anything-llm by Mintplex-Labs · Free alternative to ChatPDF, NotebookLM
    No codingDesktop appHealthy
  2. Chat with your documents and make podcasts from them, like NotebookLM
    ★ 41.5kstars
    open-notebook by lfnovo · Free alternative to NotebookLM
    Some setupSelf-hosted appHealthy
  3. Research and write with a private NotebookLM alternative
    ★ 16.8kstars
    SurfSense by MODSetter · Free alternative to NotebookLM, Perplexity
    Some setupSelf-hosted appHealthy