Open Notebook

by Luis Novo

The open-source NotebookLM alternative: your sources, your models, on your machine.

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What it does

Organise your documents into notebooks and chat with them
Works with an AI provider or a local model via Ollama
Three-step Docker install, encrypted API keys

Install it

Requirements: Docker with Compose, an AI API key or Ollama

Download docker-compose.yml

curl -o docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lfnovo/open-notebook/main/docker-compose.yml

Change OPEN_NOTEBOOK_ENCRYPTION_KEY in the file, then start (http://localhost:8502)

docker compose up -d

The prompt for your agent

Paste it into your coding agent: it checks the requirements and installs it for you.

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Prompt

Install Open Notebook (https://github.com/lfnovo/open-notebook) on my machine.
1. Check the requirements: Docker with Compose, an AI API key or Ollama. If anything is missing, tell me before installing anything.
2. Follow the official method:
- Download docker-compose.yml: curl -o docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lfnovo/open-notebook/main/docker-compose.yml
- Change OPEN_NOTEBOOK_ENCRYPTION_KEY in the file, then start (http://localhost:8502): docker compose up -d
3. Check that it works, then explain how to launch it and where to start.

Always review what your agent is about to run, especially install commands.