RAG & Knowledge
KnowNote
A local-first AI knowledge base and NotebookLM replacement built with Electron.
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gno is an open-source rag & knowledge project by gmickel (gmickel/gno on GitHub). It has 115 GitHub stars and 12 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 29 September 2026.
Clone gmickel/gno and move into the project folder.
Install Node dependencies with npm (or your preferred package manager).
Load the PDFs, notes, or pages you want to query.
Query the knowledge base and check the cited sources.
General AI assistant capabilities.
Bun runtime — fast startup.
Command-line interface for terminal-first users.
Semantic code search.
Search across your documents.
Embedding-based retrieval.
Download the source and move into the project folder.
git clone https://github.com/gmickel/gno.git
cd gnoSet up what the project needs to run.
npm installStart the app — the README has the exact command and flags.
npm run dev # or npm start — see package.jsonMIT licensed — free for personal and commercial use.
It is designed to keep data on your machine or your server. Check the docs for any optional cloud features.
Clone the repo and run npm install — the README covers the rest.
The GitHub repo's issues and discussions are the main support channel.
Last pushed 2026-09-29 with 12 forks. Skim recent commits to gauge momentum before relying on it.
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