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import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
import SkyCanvas from "../components/SkyCanvas";
import { PublicFooter, PublicNav } from "../components/PublicChrome";
import { useMeta } from "./Blog";
import "../styles/blog.css";
import { NOTEBOOKLM_ALT_FAQ as FAQ, NOTEBOOKLM_ALT_META, NOTEBOOKLM_ALT_ROWS as ROWS } from "../content/notebooklmAlternative";

/** Comparison landing page: "Notestack vs NotebookLM". The /blogs/notebooklm-alternatives listicle owns the plural
 * "notebooklm alternatives" query (590/mo US, KD 0, Sep 2026) and links here, so the two do not compete. */

export default function NotebookLMAlternative() {
  useMeta(NOTEBOOKLM_ALT_META.title, NOTEBOOKLM_ALT_META.description);
  const faqLd = {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "FAQPage",
    mainEntity: FAQ.map((f) => ({ "@type": "Question", name: f.q, acceptedAnswer: { "@type": "Answer", text: f.a } })),
  };
  const appLd = {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
    name: "Notestack",
    applicationCategory: "BusinessApplication",
    operatingSystem: "Web",
    description: "The ultimate NotebookLM alternative for writers: a grounded research notebook built from your own archive.",
    offers: { "@type": "Offer", price: "0", priceCurrency: "USD" },
  };

  return (
    <div className="page">
      <SkyCanvas intensity={0.7} travel />
      <PublicNav />
      <main className="container post mission alt-page">
        <script type="application/ld+json">{JSON.stringify(faqLd)}</script>
        <script type="application/ld+json">{JSON.stringify(appLd)}</script>

        <header className="mission-head">
          <p className="eyebrow">NotebookLM alternative</p>
          <div className="transmission incoming">
            <span className="mono tx-label">Incoming query</span>
            <p className="tx-query">Is there a NotebookLM built for my own writing?</p>
          </div>
          <h1 className="post-title">Notestack vs NotebookLM: the NotebookLM alternative for writers</h1>
          <p className="post-lede muted">
            NotebookLM is great for a pile of documents. Notestack is built for a body of work: it syncs your blog, newsletter, site or
            markdown, answers with citations to the exact lines you wrote, and turns your knowledge into audio, video and launch posts.
          </p>
          <div className="alt-ctas">
            <Link to="/auth?mode=signup" className="btn btn-primary">
              Start free
            </Link>
            <a href="#compare" className="btn">
              See the comparison
            </a>
          </div>
        </header>

        <section className="alt-section">
          <p className="mono waypoint-label">Why writers switch</p>
          <h2>Your archive is not a stack of uploads</h2>
          <div className="alt-grid">
            <div className="card">
              <h3>It already knows your work</h3>
              <p className="muted">
                Paste your address once. Every post comes in, stays in sync, and keeps its date, so you can ask how your thinking changed
                over the years.
              </p>
            </div>
            <div className="card">
              <h3>Every sentence, traceable</h3>
              <p className="muted">
                Answers cite line ranges that are read back from your files before you see them. If the posts do not support it, Notestack
                says so.
              </p>
            </div>
            <div className="card">
              <h3>From research to launch</h3>
              <p className="muted">
                The same grounded archive writes audio overviews, videos, threads, LinkedIn posts, Notes and SEO packs, in your voice, and
                schedules them.
              </p>
            </div>
          </div>
        </section>

        <section id="compare" className="alt-section">
          <p className="mono waypoint-label">Side by side</p>
          <h2>Notestack vs NotebookLM</h2>
          <div className="md-table alt-table">
            <table>
              <thead>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="col"> </th>
                  <th scope="col">Notestack</th>
                  <th scope="col">NotebookLM</th>
                </tr>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
                {ROWS.map((r) => (
                  <tr key={r.feature}>
                    <th scope="row">{r.feature}</th>
                    <td>{r.notestack}</td>
                    <td className="muted">{r.notebooklm}</td>
                  </tr>
                ))}
              </tbody>
            </table>
          </div>
          <p className="muted small">NotebookLM details reflect its public product at the time of writing and may change.</p>
        </section>

        <section className="alt-section">
          <p className="mono waypoint-label">Honest take</p>
          <h2>When NotebookLM is still the right call</h2>
          <p className="muted">
            If you are studying someone else's documents for a one off project, want a free tool from Google, or live in Google Drive,
            NotebookLM is excellent. Notestack is the ultimate NotebookLM alternative when the sources are your own writing and the goal is
            to reuse and publish it.
          </p>
        </section>

        <section className="alt-section">
          <p className="mono waypoint-label">The rest of the fleet</p>
          <h2>Pair it with the right publishing tool</h2>
          <div className="alt-grid">
            <a className="card alt-sister" href="https://blog2video.app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
              <h3>Blog2Video</h3>
              <p className="muted">Turn blog posts, URLs, PDFs and scripts into finished videos without an editor.</p>
              <span className="mono small-link">blog2video.app</span>
            </a>
            <a className="card alt-sister" href="https://pdf2vid.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
              <h3>PDF2Video</h3>
              <p className="muted">Turn any PDF, report, paper or deck into a narrated video.</p>
              <span className="mono small-link">pdf2vid.com</span>
            </a>
            <a className="card alt-sister" href="https://bloghub.app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
              <h3>BlogHub</h3>
              <p className="muted">List your blog or newsletter in a free directory so new readers can find it.</p>
              <span className="mono small-link">bloghub.app</span>
            </a>
          </div>
        </section>

        <section className="alt-section debrief">
          <p className="mono waypoint-label">Mission debrief</p>
          <h2>Questions</h2>
          {FAQ.map((f) => (
            <details key={f.q} className="faq">
              <summary>{f.q}</summary>
              <p className="muted">{f.a}</p>
            </details>
          ))}
          <p className="muted">
            Comparing more tools? Read our full guide to <Link to="/blogs/notebooklm-alternatives">NotebookLM alternatives</Link> and{" "}
            <Link to="/blogs/notebooklm-vs-chatgpt">NotebookLM vs ChatGPT</Link>.
          </p>
        </section>

        <aside className="card post-cta">
          <h3>Put your knowledge in orbit</h3>
          <p className="muted">Connect any blog, newsletter or site, or upload markdown, and ask your first question in minutes.</p>
          <Link to="/auth?mode=signup" className="btn btn-primary">
            Start free
          </Link>
        </aside>
      </main>
      <PublicFooter />
    </div>
  );
}