MODSetter/SurfSense
Air gapped, privacy focused open source NotebookLM alternative. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/ejRNvftDp9
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[](https://github.com/MODSetter/SurfSense/stargazers) [](https://github.com/MODSetter/SurfSense/network/members) [](https://github.com/MODSetter/SurfSense/releases) [](LICENSE) [](https://discord.gg/ejRNvftDp9) SurfSense SurfSense is a free, open-source desktop app for the documents you already have. Drop them in, ask questions and get answers that cite their sources, then turn the same documents into a briefing, a slide deck, a report, a study guide or a podcast. All of it runs on your own machine: the index sits on your disk, you pick the model, and the app uploads nothing. There is no account to create. Get started. Download the installer for your machine, then bring your own model key or let the app pull a local model for you. Every link is a permalink to the newest release. You can also pick from surfsense.com/downloads or browse all releases. The AppImage auto-updates; the deb does not. Pick some documents and a format. The app writes it from the sources you chose, on your machine. Some jobs need…
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Inside the original README — Document outline
- What SurfSense makes
- Everything stays on your machine
- How SurfSense compares
- Quick start
- Docs and community
- Contributing
- Star history
- License
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What this repository does
Air gapped, privacy focused open source NotebookLM alternative. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/ejRNvftDp9
Repository facts
- Owner
- MODSetter
- Primary language
- Python
- Stars
- 16,311
- Forks
- 1,568
- Open issues + pull requests
- 124
- License
- Other
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2024-07-30T23:00:09.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-01T06:43:03.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: agent, agents, ai, notebooklm, notebooklm-alternative, rag, self-hosted, self-hosted-ai, web-scraping
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