NoteWise is an innovative command-line tool designed to transform YouTube content into comprehensive Markdown study notes, leveraging the power of your chosen LLM without requiring a browser. This tool is ideal for learners and builders seeking repeatable, automatable study workflows from long-form video content.
Key features include:

• AI-powered study notes generation in under 5 minutes with installation via pip, uv, or Docker.

• Support for multiple AI models such as Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, and more, all accessible through LiteLLM.

• Concurrent processing of multiple videos and chapters, ensuring efficient use of API and YouTube rate limits.

• Automatic transcript retrieval with language fallback and retries, even for private and age-gated videos.

• Intelligent chunking of transcripts and concurrent chapter processing for enhanced quality.

• Markdown file output with optional quiz and transcript exports, stored locally in an SQLite database.

• Live progress dashboard and CI-friendly options with the `--no-ui` flag.

• Ability to process entire playlists or a list of URLs from a .txt file, with automatic skipping of already-processed videos.

NoteWise is built for flexibility, allowing users to switch models with a single flag and configure concurrency to stay within limits. It supports a variety of environments, including CI and containerized setups, making it a versatile tool for modern study workflows.