# better-vault launches an open-source NotebookLM alternative that runs on your own AI keys

> Original title: Introducing better-vault 🪶

- Source: X search: AI launch posts (introducing, just launched)
- Published: 2026-11-10T20:42:24.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/nyz15ya6x9mv40mrxs7ofld1s
- Original: https://x.com/KhalidDevLog/status/2120255778225533078

## Summary

better-vault introduces an open-source alternative to NotebookLM that runs on users' own AI keys. It lets users add sources, ask questions, and get answers that cite each passage, with notebooks kept on the user's device. The app is free on macOS, Windows, Linux, and the web.

## Post

Introducing better-vault 🪶

 An open-source NotebookLM alternative that runs on your own AI keys.

 Add your sources, ask anything, get answers that cite every passage. Your notebooks never leave your device.

Free for macOS, Windows, Linux and the web.

 https://better-vault.dev

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