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 "name": "open-notebook",
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 "what": "Open Notebook is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Google's NotebookLM. You add PDFs, videos, audio and web pages to notebooks, chat with an AI that cites your sources, search across everything and generate podcasts with one to four speakers. It works with 20+ model providers, including local Ollama and LM Studio, and runs with Docker Compose.",
 "why": "41k stars, talked about in 3 AI sources we track",
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  "At least one language model and one embedding model configured in the UI"
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 "category": "Research",
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   "id": "lfnovo-open-notebook--generate-a-multi-speaker-podcast-from-your-notes",
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 "disclaimer": "Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk."
}