Watch. Snap. Replay. Learn.

It aims to streamline video-learning for video-learners that have limited time and feel that AI summaries alone are insufficient.

Perfect for learners, developers, and anyone who wants to save time while learning from videos.

• 🔍 Extracts metadata and full transcripts from YouTube videos
• 📝 Generates multiple note types from video transcripts:
  • Summary
  • Content Overview (Coming soon)
  • Explain Like I’m 12 (Coming soon)
• 💾 Saves notes in both .json and .txt formats for fast local access
• ⚡ Optimized for read‑heavy workflows — generate once, reuse anytime
• ⏱️ Interactable timestamps in notes and snapshots — click to replay the moment
• 📄 PDF export of notes

• 🖥️ Develop into a full desktop app — distraction-free, browser-free, offline-friendly
• 🧩 Stay model-agnostic — currently uses OpenAI, but easily swappable
• 👐 Embrace open source — extensible, hackable, and built with the community

• Electron – For the desktop app
• Typescript - For the UI logic and helper functions
• React - For the UI
• Langchain - For the AI summary portion (will be improved in future)

video-notes/
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├── src/         # The actual agent (for experimentation)
├── ui/           # Streamlit UI (for experimentation)
├── vnotes/        # The main desktop app (the actual product)
├── README.md

Your support helps VNotes grow! Here are some ways you can contribute:

Show your support by giving this project a star on GitHub — it helps others discover it.

• Fork the repository

• Create a new branch:

  git checkout -b feature/my-new-feature

• Make your changes & commit:

  git commit -m "Add some feature"

• Push to your fork and open a Pull Request 🎉

• Found a bug? Open an issue with clear steps to reproduce.
• See an existing issue you can fix? Comment that you’re working on it, then send a PR.

Ideas to improve learning from videos? Create a feature request issue.

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