What problem does it solve?
Self-hosted, privacy-preserving workspace that replaces cloud-only research tools by organizing materials into notebooks, ingesting diverse sources (PDFs, videos, audio, web pages, and Office documents), generating AI-powered notes and summaries, and enabling contextual conversations with documents across a private data store.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Create and organize research notebooks to collect sources, notes, and AI-assisted insights.
- Ingest multiple content types (PDFs, web pages, videos, audio, Office documents) and make them searchable with full-text and vector search.
- Generate AI-powered notes, summaries, and even podcasts from notebook content to accelerate understanding and communication.
- Chat with documents using citations and context-aware AI to answer questions and support literature reviews.
- Self-hosted, privacy-first architecture with support for 16+ AI providers to fit budget and reliability needs.
Quick Start
Install Docker, set OPEN_NOTEBOOK_ENCRYPTION_KEY, start the stack with docker-compose up -d, and open http://localhost:5055 (API) and http://localhost:8502 (UI) to begin.