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Khoj
Personal assistant that chats with your documents and the web
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- Stars
- 37.6k
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Last commit
- Aug 2026
- Last release
- Mar 2026
Overview
Khoj answers questions from the web and your files (PDF, Markdown, org-mode, Word, Notion, images) using local or hosted LLMs such as llama3, qwen, gemma, mistral, GPT, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek. It is reachable from a browser, Obsidian, Emacs, desktop and phone apps and WhatsApp, supports custom agents with their own knowledge and tools, and runs scheduled automations that deliver newsletters by email.
Who it is for: Individuals who want a private second brain over their notes and files
Strengths
- Clients for browser, Obsidian, Emacs, desktop, phone and WhatsApp
- Reads PDF, Markdown, org-mode, Word, Notion and image files
- Hosted instance at app.khoj.dev to try before self-hosting
- Custom agents with their own knowledge, persona, model and tools
Weaknesses
- AGPL-3.0 license
- README gives no hardware requirements or ports; setup lives entirely in the docs
- Maintainers now promote a newer project, Pipali, at the top of the README
- Enterprise and cloud tiers exist; feature parity with self-hosting is not stated
What it needs
- Docker + Compose
- Compose runs PostgreSQL, SearXNG
- Models: llama3, qwen, gemma, mistral, OpenAI GPT
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