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Khoj
by khoj-aiPython
Personal AI research assistant that searches and reasons over your documents.
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Maturity: stable because 5y old, 2.0.0-beta.28 released 130d ago. Derived from release and commit history, not a rating.
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- 36k
- Forks
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- Downloads / mo
- 19k
- Last commit
- 2026-08-02
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Open issues
- 131
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In practice
Written by AI from this repository’s README · high confidencePersonal notes and documents are invisible to a chat assistant unless you paste them in every time.
Use it when
Use it when you want a private assistant over your own files, reachable from browser, Obsidian, Emacs or phone.
Not the right pick when
Self hosting is a full server deployment, so the cloud app is the shortcut if you do not want to run it.
Capabilities
- chat with any local or online LLM
- answers from the internet and your docs including pdf, markdown, org-mode, word and notion
- clients for browser, Obsidian, Emacs, desktop, phone and WhatsApp
- custom agents with their own knowledge, persona, chat model and tools
- scheduled automations, newsletters and smart notifications
- advanced semantic search over documents
Requirements
- An LLM to connect to, local or online
- Following the setup docs for self hosting
Cost: Open source with a paid cloud option
Install
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Video walkthroughs
FREE: Khoj AI Second Brain RAG Agent Open-Source GUI!🤖 (Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic, HuggingFace)
Live Code Khoj 2.0 - Session 1: Document Search Tool for Research Agent
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What the repository ships
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Latest release 2.0.0-beta.28
Published 2026-03-26
🛠️ Fix
- Fix using web app after disabling memories for users who never set chat model by @majiayu000 in https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/pull/1296
- Fix showing deprecation banner on Khoj cloud by @debanjum in fdd5fd8f7
Full Changelog: https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/compare/2.0.0-beta.27...2.0.0-beta.28
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🎁 New
- Meet 🌶️ Pipali - our open-source AI coworker that runs on your computer.
- Read about Khoj's excellent performance on modern retrieval and reasoning benchmarks.
Overview
Khoj is a personal AI app to extend your capabilities. It smoothly scales up from an on-device personal AI to a cloud-scale enterprise AI.
- Chat with any local or online LLM (e.g llama3, qwen, gemma, mistral, gpt, claude, gemini, deepseek).
- Get answers from the internet and your docs (including image, pdf, markdown, org-mode, word, notion files).
- Access it from your Browser, Obsidian, Emacs, Desktop, Phone or Whatsapp.
- Create agents with custom knowledge, persona, chat model and tools to take on any role.
- Automate away repetitive research. Get personal newsletters and smart notifications delivered to your inbox.
- Find relevant docs quickly and easily using our advanced semantic search.
- Generate images, talk out loud, play your messages.
- Khoj is open-source, self-hostable. Always.
- Run it privately on your computer or try it on our cloud app.
See it in action
Go to https://app.khoj.dev to see Khoj live.
Full feature list
You can see the full feature list here.
Self-Host
To get started with self-hosting Khoj, read the docs.
Enterprise
Khoj is available as a cloud service, on-premises, or as a hybrid solution. To learn more about Khoj Enterprise, visit our website.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: Can I use Khoj without self-hosting?
Yes! You can use Khoj right away at https://app.khoj.dev — no setup required.
Q: What kinds of documents can Khoj read?
Khoj supports a wide variety: PDFs, Markdown, Notion, Word docs, org-mode files, and more.
Q: How can I make my own agent?
Check out this blog post for a step-by-step guide to custom agents.
For more questions, head over to our Discord!
Contributors
Cheers to our awesome contributors! 🎉
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Interested in Contributing?
Khoj is open source. It is sustained by the community and we’d love for you to join it! Whether you’re a coder, designer, writer, or enthusiast, there’s a place for you.
Why Contribute?
- Make an Impact: Help build, test and improve a tool used by thousands to boost productivity.
- Learn & Grow: Work on cutting-edge AI, LLMs, and semantic search technologies.
You can help us build new features, improve the project documentation, report issues and fix bugs. If you're a developer, please see our Contributing Guidelines and check out good first issues to work on.