Smart Note - AI Note Taking on Youtube

Smart Note is your AI note-taking assistant for YouTube videos.

Smart Note — AI Summaries & Mind Maps Turn long YouTube videos into clear summaries, structured notes, and visual mind maps—in seconds. Smart Note brings an AI-powered notes panel right beside any YouTube video. Whether you're learning from a lecture, following a coding tutorial, or catching a podcast, Smart Note extracts the transcript and generates timestamped notes you can actually use—then export anywhere. Bring your own key, or run everything locally and privately. Key Features: ---------------------- - Eight Note Styles: Quick Brief, Technical Breakdown, Study Notes (ELI5), Research Notes, Action Plan, Podcast Notes, Cards View, and Mind Map—each tuned to a different way of learning. - Interactive Mind Maps: Automatically generate a visual map of any topic, with Tree, Vertical, and Radial views, zoom controls, and one-click PNG export. - Smart Auto-Detection: Smart Note reads the video's category and suggests the best note style automatically—Technical for coding tutorials, Study for lectures, and more. - Clickable Timestamps: Every note is anchored to the moment it happens. Click any timestamp to jump straight there in the video—no more rewinding. - Key Quotes: Highlights the most important direct quotes—with speaker and timestamp—so you capture what was actually said. - Technical & Developer Mode: Specialized extraction of code snippets, tech stacks, commands, and core concepts from coding tutorials. - Study & Action Modes: Generate "Explain Like I'm 5" simplifications, quick quizzes, flashcards, and checklist-style action plans. - Live Streaming: Notes appear in real time as the AI writes them—no waiting for a full response. Export Anywhere: ----------------------------- Send your notes to the tools you already use: - Notion & Obsidian — one-click save (action items become to-dos) - Google Docs & PDF — clean, formatted documents - Flashcards — auto-generated Q&A from any video - Session Mode — combine notes across multiple videos into a single markdown file - Copy to Clipboard — instant markdown Your AI, Your Choice: ---------------------------------- Smart Note works with five providers—local or cloud: - Local & Free: Ollama, LM Studio (100% private, runs offline) - Cloud: OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter (bring your own API key) How It Works: ---------------------- 1. Open any YouTube video. 2. Click the Smart Notes button beside the player (or the extension icon). 3. Pick a note style—or let Smart Note auto-detect the best one. 4. Watch structured notes stream in, then export with a single click. Privacy & Control: ----------------------------- - Bring Your Own Key: Your cloud API keys are stored only in your browser—you're always in control. - 100% Local Option: Run entirely offline with Ollama or LM Studio. Your transcripts never leave your machine. - No Servers, No Storage: Smart Note has no backend. Keys, notes, and settings live only in your browser. Perfect for: - Developers: Extract code, commands, and tech stacks from tutorials. - Students: Turn lectures into study guides, quizzes, and flashcards. - Researchers: Summarize talks, podcasts, and webinars into shareable notes. - Lifelong Learners: Capture every insight without the pause-and-rewind. Stop rewinding. Start remembering. Try Smart Note—free on Chrome.