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LocalGPT vs Open Notebook: catalog facts
LocalGPT	Open Notebook
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Documents and queries stay on your own machine Hybrid vector and full-text search with reranking	Privacy-focused self-hosted alternative to a well-known proprietary tool MIT licensed with an active Discord community
No packaged releases; you set it up from source Requires Ollama and enough hardware for local models	Local processing still depends on which model provider is configured Smaller community than the proprietary product it alternatives
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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