SurfSense
Open-source NotebookLM alternative. Research the open web with live data(Reddit, YT, IG, TikTok, Indeed, Google Search, Maps etc) through one platform, API or MCP server. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/ejRNvftDp9
SurfSense connects your personal knowledge sources with web search into one research assistant with citations.
From the README
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MODSetter/SurfSense/main/docker/scripts/install.sh | bash
- Upload PDFs, Office docs, images, and audio, or sync Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox. 50+ file formats supported.
- Hybrid semantic and full-text search with cited, Perplexity-style answers.
- AI file sorting auto-organizes documents by source, date, and topic.
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SurfSense has 16k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 1.5k times. SurfSense is written mainly in Python. It has been in active development since 2024. Its main topics are agent, agents, ai, fastapi.
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Open-source NotebookLM alternative. Research the open web with live data(Reddit, YT, IG, TikTok, Indeed, Google Search, Maps etc) through one platform, API or MCP server. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/ejRNvftDp9
Is SurfSense open source?
SurfSense is an open-source project.
Is SurfSense free?
Yes. SurfSense is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.
What language is SurfSense written in?
SurfSense is written mainly in Python.
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