📚 SurfSense: Open-Source NotebookLM Alternative

SurfSense is positioned as an open-source, privacy-focused alternative to Google's NotebookLM. In short, it tries to provide teams with an intelligent knowledge base that has no artificial data limits. Users can ingest various documents and web pages, and then use AI to summarize, extract information, or answer questions based on that specific context. This is not just a simple RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) demo; it offers a complete stack including a FastAPI backend, a Next.js frontend, and a Chrome extension. By supporting local models via Ollama, it addresses the common hesitation around uploading sensitive data to cloud providers. For users who like the NotebookLM interaction model but are restricted by data privacy policies, SurfSense provides a highly practical self-hosted solution.