Product
Khoj
Khoj is an open-source AI app, launched in 2021, made for people who don't write code and developers.
A self-hostable personal AI that answers from the web and your own notes and documents.
Main jobs: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG). It is open source and free to use. You can use it in the browser, as a desktop app, on phones, as a browser extension, on your own server and offline on your own machine.
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At a glance
- Type
- Product
- Launched
- 2021
- Galaxy
- Assistants
- Pricing
- Open source, free
- Open source
- Yes · AGPL-3.0
- Source code
- github.com/khoj-ai/khoj
- GitHub stars
- 37,488
- How you run it
- Web · Desktop · Mobile · Browser extension · Self-host · Runs offline
- Made for
- No-code users · Developers
- Website
- khoj.dev
- Also known as
- Khoj AI
What it can do
Ask your documentsmain jobunconfirmed
“Get answers from the internet and your docs (including image, pdf, markdown, org-mode, word, notion files).”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Knowledge base (RAG)main jobunconfirmed
“Find relevant docs quickly and easily using our advanced semantic search.”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Build AI agentssupportedunconfirmed
“Create agents with custom knowledge, persona, chat model and tools to take on any role.”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Chat and Q&Asupportedunconfirmed
“Chat with any local or online LLM (e.g llama3, qwen, gemma, mistral, gpt, claude, gemini, deepseek).”— github.com, 2026-09-24
Web search with answerssupportedunconfirmed
“Get answers from the internet and your docs”— github.com, 2026-09-24
unconfirmedproposed by a machine, awaiting calibration
Alternatives
- PerplexityFree plan + paid upgradesAlso does: Web search with answers
- AnythingLLMOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG), Build AI agents
- Langchain-ChatchatOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG), Chat and Q&A
- RAGFlowOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG), Build AI agents
- kotaemonOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG)
- PrivateGPTOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG)
- QAnythingOpen source, freeAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG)
- LlamaIndexOpen source, freeAlso does: Knowledge base (RAG), Ask your documents, Build AI agents
- Open WebUIOpen source, freeAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG)
- ChatboxOpen source, freeAlso does: Chat and Q&A, Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG)
- MaxKBOpen source, freeAlso does: Knowledge base (RAG), Ask your documents, Build AI agents
- NotebookLMFree plan + paid upgradesAlso does: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG)
Questions
What is Khoj?
Khoj is an open-source AI app, launched in 2021, made for people who don't write code and developers. A self-hostable personal AI that answers from the web and your own notes and documents.
Is Khoj free?
Yes. Khoj is open source (AGPL-3.0) and free to use.
Is Khoj open source?
Yes, under the AGPL-3.0 license. The source code is at https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj.
Can Khoj run locally?
Yes. Khoj can run offline on your own machine. It can also be self-hosted on your own server.
What can Khoj do?
Main jobs: Ask your documents, Knowledge base (RAG). It can also do: Build AI agents, Chat and Q&A, Web search with answers.
What are open-source alternatives to Khoj?
Open-source ones: AnythingLLM, Langchain-Chatchat, RAGFlow, kotaemon, PrivateGPT, QAnything, LlamaIndex and Open WebUI. Others: Perplexity and NotebookLM.
Sources
- github.com/khoj-ai/khojchecked 2026-09-24
- khoj.dev