Notate

Notate is a powerful, cross-platform chat application designed for seamless AI interactions. It combines enterprise-grade features with an intuitive interface, supporting a wide range of AI models and local deployment options.

Key Features

• 🤖 Multi-Model Support: Integrate with leading AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, XAI, OpenRouter, and DeepSeek
• 🏠 Local Deployment: Run models locally using llamacpp, transformers, or ollama inference
• 📚 RAG Integration: Built-in support for document Q&A through ChromaDB integration
• 🔧 Flexible Configuration: Custom API endpoints and comprehensive model settings
• 🎯 Advanced Features: Experimental reasoning capabilities and developer API access
• 🔒 Privacy-Focused: Local-only mode available for sensitive data handling

Quick Start

Download the latest version of Notate for your platform:

• Windows Installer
• macOS Installer
• Linux Deb

For detailed installation instructions, see our Installation Guide.

Documentation

• Getting Started: A quick overview of Notate
• Installation Guide: Detailed setup instructions
• Model Configuration: Configure AI models and embeddings
• File Collections: How to use File Collections
• File Collection Tools: Tools to ingest content from outside sources
• API Reference: Technical documentation for developers
• Troubleshooting: Troubleshooting guide

Visit our complete documentation at https://notate.hairetsu.com/docs

Community

Join our Discord community to get help, share feedback, and connect with other users and developers: Discord Server

Support the Project

If you find this project helpful, consider supporting its development:

Donations are used to cover the costs of running the project, including server costs, domain registration, signed certificates, and other expenses.

Screenshots

Chat UI

LLM Intergrations

Chat Settings

Tool Settings

Ingestion from File or URL into ChromaDB

Rag Chat Q/A

Reasoning (Experimental)

Dev API Key

Local Only Mode Requirements

Windows CUDA

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 /w Desktop Development Tools C++ Build Tools
• CUDA 12.6 toolkit or later

MacOS

• Xcode 15.0 or later

• Python 3.12

• Node.js v16 or higher

• Package manager: npm or pnpm

• At least 2GB of free disk space (Recommended 10GB+ minimum for local models and FileCollections)

• Minimum 8GB RAM recommended

• CPU: 4 cores or more

• Nvidia RTX GPU recommended for local model inference 10GB VRAM or more preferably or Apple Silicon

• Operating System:

  • macOS 10.15 or later (Intel/Apple Silicon)
  • Windows 10/11
  • Linux

External Requirements

• Python 3.12
• Node.js v16 or higher
• Package manager: npm or pnpm
• CPU: 4 cores or more
• MEMORY: 8GB RAM or more
• DISK: 2GB free space (Recommended 4GB minimum for FileCollections)
• OpenAI API key (optional)
  • Required for OpenAI embeddings and GPT models
  • Configure in settings after installation
• Anthropic API key (optional)
  • Required for Claude models
  • Configure in settings after installation
• Google API key (optional)
  • Required for Google models
  • Configure in settings after installation
• XAI API key (optional)
  • Required for XAI models
  • Configure in settings after installation

Installation

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/CNTRLAI/Notate.git
2. Navigate to the electron project directory: cd notate/Frontend
3. Install dependencies: npm install or pnpm install
4. Build the frontend: npm run build or pnpm run build

Running the Application in Development Mode

• Dev mode (macOS): npm run dev:mac or pnpm run dev:mac
• Dev mode (Windows): npm run dev:win or pnpm run dev:win
• Dev mode (Linux): npm run dev:linux or pnpm run dev:linux

Compiling to .exe, .dmg, and .AppImage

• Production mode (macOS): npm run dist:mac or pnpm run dist:mac
• Production mode (Windows): npm run dist:win or pnpm run dist:win
• Production mode (Linux): npm run dist:linux or pnpm run dist:linux

Location of the Application

(if Apple Silicon)

• macOS: Notate/Frontend/dist/mac-arm64/Notate.app
• macOS Installer: Notate/Frontend/dist/Notate.dmg

(if Intel)

• macOS: Notate/Frontend/dist/mac/Notate.app
• macOS Installer: Notate/Frontend/dist/Notate.dmg

(if Windows)

• Executable: Notate/Frontend/dist/Notate.exe
• Installer: Notate/Frontend/dist/Notate.msi

(if Linux)

• AppImage: Notate/Frontend/dist/Notate.AppImage
• Debian Package: Notate/Frontend/dist/Notate.deb
• RPM Package: Notate/Frontend/dist/Notate.rpm

Thanks

Special thanks to our #1 beta tester Banks (@scallywag41) for their invaluable contributions and feedback during development.

Coming Soon

• [ ] Chrome Extension For Ingesting Webpages/Files
• [ ] Additional Agent Tools
• [ ] Advanced Ingestion Settings
• [ ] Additional Document Types
• [ ] Output to Speech