BiliNote is an open-source AI video note-taking tool that watches videos for you and produces structured, readable notes, originally built for Bilibili and now covering mainstream video platforms. It has earned more than 7,500 stars on GitHub under the MIT license and is actively maintained, with version 2.4.4 current in 2026. A hosted Pro version runs at bilinote.app.
BiliNote turns long videos into notes you can actually review: paste a video link and the tool downloads or reads the media, transcribes the speech, and asks a large language model to organize the content into structured notes with sections and key points, optionally with screenshots at important moments. It supports models from OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Qwen, among others, and its stack pairs a React 19 frontend with a FastAPI backend, deployable through Docker images on GHCR. The open-source version is self-hosted for full control, while BiliNote Pro on bilinote.app offers the same workflow in the browser: no installation, no environment setup, and no local model downloads, aimed at users who would rather not maintain a deployment.
BiliNote’s open-source version is free under the MIT license: self-host it and pay only for your own transcription and LLM API usage. BiliNote Pro, the ready-to-use hosted version at bilinote.app, is the commercial offering; check the site for its current plans. The GitHub code itself carries no license fee.
BiliNote is for students, self-learners, and professionals who learn from long-form video: lecture recordings, conference talks, tutorials, and interviews. If your watch-later list keeps growing and your notes never get written, BiliNote converts viewing time into searchable, reviewable knowledge automatically.