🧠 NotebookLM Clone

A lightweight web-based application that allows users to upload and interact with PDF documents through a chat interface powered by a local TinyLLaMA model via Ollama. Built using React (Frontend), FastAPI (Backend), and Ollama (LLM runtime).

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🚀 Project Setup

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/notebooklm-clone.git
cd notebooklm-clone

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2. Frontend Setup

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

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3. Backend Setup

cd ../backend
python -m venv venv
# For Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate
# For macOS/Linux:
source venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn main:app --reload --port 8000

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4. Start TinyLLaMA (via Ollama)

Install Ollama from: https://ollama.com

Then run:

ollama pull tinyllama
ollama run tinyllama

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🌐 Deployment on Render

• Frontend: Deploy the static build from frontend/dist
• Backend: Deploy FastAPI server from the backend folder
• TinyLLaMA: Must run locally or on a GPU-enabled cloud instance (Render does not support GPU inference)

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📁 Folder Structure

notebooklm-clone/
├── backend/
│   └── main.py
├── frontend/
│   ├── src/
│   └── public/
├── README.md

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✅ Features

• Upload and view PDF documents
• Chat with PDFs using TinyLLaMA
• Clean UI without download/print distractions
• Works entirely locally

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⚠️ Notes

• Ollama must be running for the chatbot to work.
• LLM is currently supported only for local inference.

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🐙 Push to GitHub

git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit with frontend, backend, and README"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/your-username/notebooklm-clone.git
git push -u origin main