{"repo":"lukoplt/AI-notebook","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/lukoplt/AI-notebook","clone":"git clone https://github.com/lukoplt/AI-notebook.git","description":"Privacy-first, local-first research notebook for macOS & Windows — chat with your own PDFs, Office docs & web pages and get cited answers, all on your machine. Open-source NotebookLM alternative.","language":"Swift","stars":17,"topics":["dotnet","local-ai","local-first","local-first-ai","macos","notebooklm-alternative","ollama","privacy","rag","swiftui"],"license":"MIT","category":"mobile-apps","readme_excerpt":"AI Notebook A free, open-source, offline alternative to Google NotebookLM for macOS and Windows . Chat with your own PDFs, Office documents, and web pages and get answers with inline citations — privacy-first and local-first, with everything running on your machine. Powered by Ollama; inspired by open-notebook. 🌐 Explore AI Notebook · ⬇️ Download the latest release macOS .dmg · Windows .exe If AI Notebook is useful to you, please ⭐ star the repo — it helps others find it. --- What is it? AI Notebook is a native desktop app for grounded research over your own sources . Drop in PDFs, Office documents, web pages, and plain text; the app chunks and embeds everything locally , then lets you ask questions and get answers with inline [N] citations that link straight back to the exact snippet they came from. The core idea: a NotebookLM-style workflow where your documents never leave your machine unless you explicitly choose a cloud model . Embeddings, retrieval, notes, and the database are all local. Both platforms stay local-first with Ollama, and can optionally connect a cloud provider (Anthropic, OpenAI), any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (e.g. LM Studio), or an OpenWebUI server on your network when you want a stronger model. It ships as two native codebases sharing one design and data model: Platform Stack AI providers --- --- --- macOS 14+ Swift 6 · SwiftUI Ollama (local) · Anthropic · OpenAI · any OpenAI-compatible endpoint · OpenWebUI Windows 10/11 .NET 10 · WinUI 3 Ollama (loca","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/lukoplt","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/lukoplt/AI-notebook/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}