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

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