Deploy Open Notebook on your own server.

An open-source, privacy-focused alternative to Google's Notebook LM. Supports 18+ AI providers, multi-modal content (PDFs, videos, audio, web pages), podcast generation, full-text and vector search, and a full REST API.

Deploy Open Notebook View source

Your infrastructureAutomatic HTTPSNo lock-in

Screenshots

A closer look at Open Notebook.

Setup time

A few minutes

Deployment

Your own server

Services

2 connected services

Why Open Notebook

Everything you need, running where you choose.

Get the full Open Notebook experience with Easypanel handling the repetitive infrastructure work around it.

AI-Powered Research

Chat with your notes and sources using any supported AI provider. Includes full-text and vector search across all content.

SurrealDB Backend

Multi-Language UI

Interface available in English, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Bengali.

Open Source

MIT-licensed and fully customizable. Modify, extend, and integrate as needed.

Privacy First

Self-hosted deployment keeps your research data completely private and under your control.

Multi-Provider AI

Connect to 18+ AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, and LM Studio — no vendor lock-in.

How it works

From template to live app in three steps.

Easypanel turns the template into real services, storage, and domains on the server you already control.

Already have Easypanel? Open your dashboard at the URL or IP of your own installation.

Installation guide

Open your dashboard

Visit the URL or IP of your Easypanel installation and choose the target project.

Choose Open Notebook

Open Templates, select Open Notebook, then review its service names and configuration.

Deploy and open your app

Easypanel starts every service and provisions an HTTPS domain for you.

Installation options

The template asks for these values before creating your services.

Option	Default	Required
App Service Name	open-notebook	Required
SurrealDB Image	surrealdb/surrealdb:v2.6.5-dev	Required
App Service Image	lfnovo/open_notebook:1.8.5	Required
Encryption Key Secret key used to encrypt your AI provider API keys in the database. Change this to a unique random string.	—	Required

Before you deploy

After deployment, open the Web UI at the assigned domain (port 8502). Configure your AI provider API keys in the Settings page inside the app. Supported providers include OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, LM Studio, and 14+ more. The REST API is available on port 5055.

Resources

Project documentation and source code.