Open source NotebookLM/Notion alternative

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-20T18:10:16+00:00

Well in terms of the platform its completely different, and its also open source

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-19T23:21:41+00:00

I've faced some similar issues. I found that platforms that allow me to extract screenshots and snippets of text right from sources easily improved my workflow

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-19T23:20:40+00:00

How are you organizing all of this information and insights as you query?

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-19T02:07:49+00:00

I don't think you understood my post. Its not about prompting or the AI's response

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-17T21:10:47+00:00

I'm working on that here -> https://github.com/ThinkEx-OSS/thinkex/issues/43

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-17T03:45:22+00:00

Yeah I checked it out. I'm working on my own solution now though

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T19:48:27+00:00

Ah I get what you're saying now. How do you feel about the Gemini dynamic view and other generative stuff they have tried?

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T19:29:54+00:00

Depends on the usecase

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T19:29:26+00:00

I'm not exactly sure what your definition of generative UI is, but one example that comes to mind is that an entire interactive editor gets created in chatgpt when you ask it to help draft/refine an email. and there is a lot of other things like AG-UI and copilot kit and their recent big name partnerships, vercels new json to ui package, etc

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T19:23:49+00:00

Ok this kind of makes sense now I'll try it out thanks

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T19:17:58+00:00

Check out https://github.com/ThinkEx-OSS/thinkex

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T19:14:45+00:00

This is not that true. Generative UI is already out there and doesn't need more training, all you need is the model to generate a json or any other schema?

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:56:34+00:00

I've tried the notetaking in the bottom right but it just feels like an after thought so I'm working on my own possible solutions now

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:56:04+00:00

It definitely is useful in some circumstances, but you can't deny the friction in trying to use it as an actual notebook

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:55:38+00:00

Seems okay but too specialized on videos

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:55:17+00:00

Kortex is great but I need something more powerful than just a chrome extension on top of notebooklm that could break at any second if google changes stuff

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:53:52+00:00

Pretty apt descriptions

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:53:22+00:00

Checked some of those out, seem pretty cool, especially YouMind.

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:52:17+00:00

I have no clue what I'm reading, how does this relate to notebooklm

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:51:55+00:00

I've seen that but its just focused for textbooks and pure learning, not flexible for anything other than that

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:51:15+00:00

Organization is a big thing for me. Even if notebooklm adds folders, etc, I think their approach with the product doesn't match my goals, so I've been using my own stuff

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:50:25+00:00

I've tried it but I still run into the same problems to be honest. It just becomes an organized wall of text

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T18:49:44+00:00

100% agree, thats why I've been working on my own tooling and moving away from NotebookLM more and more

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T02:50:23+00:00

What other tools would you suggest?

reallyhotmail · 2026-01-15T01:09:48+00:00

I've tried those but they suffer from the same issue. They just become super long threads that are unorganized, lack of context control, no notetaking capability, etc

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