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Khoj

Open source alternative to Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Glean and Muse

  • 37.8K stars
  • AGPL-3.0
  • Active recently
  • Last commit 81 days ago

Last verified Oct 21, 2026

Khoj is an open source personal AI assistant that searches your notes, documents, and the web for research-grade answers. Self-hosted, AGPL-3.0 licensed, with no data sent to external servers.

Visit websiteGitHub37.8K stars1-click deploy on Hostinger
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TL;DR

Khoj is a self-hostable AI second brain for chatting with your documents, web sources, local files, and custom agents. It replaces generic ChatGPT-style knowledge workflows for people who need private, persistent AI over their own notes and documents.

Read the full breakdownHide the full breakdownWho it is for, how it works, trade-offs and the FAQ
who it's for

Who Khoj is for#

Researchers querying private notes

Use Khoj to ask questions across PDFs, markdown, web research, and Notion exports while keeping the deployment under your control.

Skip if:

Skip if your documents are few enough to paste into a normal AI chat.

Power users automating AI briefs

Use custom agents and scheduled notifications to turn recurring research into personal newsletters or alerts.

Skip if:

Skip if you need enterprise-wide knowledge governance and admin analytics first.

the problem

The problem it solves#

Generic AI chat loses context unless users repeatedly upload files, paste notes, or rebuild prompts. Teams and individuals also need control over which local or online models read private PDFs, markdown, Notion exports, images, and research material.

how Khoj solves it

How it solves it#

Chat with docs and web

Khoj can answer from the internet and user documents, including PDFs, markdown, org-mode, Word, Notion files, and images.

Local or online LLM support

The README lists local and hosted model families, including Llama, Qwen, Gemma, Mistral, GPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek.

Custom agents and automation

Users can create agents with custom knowledge, persona, chat model, and tools, then schedule newsletters and smart notifications.

strengths · trade-offs

Strengths and trade-offs#

Strengths

  • Private deployment pathKhoj is AGPL-3.0 licensed and self-hostable, giving users a way to run personal AI over private knowledge without defaulting to a vendor cloud.
  • Works across personal toolsBrowser, Obsidian, Emacs, desktop, phone, and WhatsApp access make Khoj useful as a daily assistant rather than only a web app.

Trade-offs

  • -Model quality depends on your setupSelf-hosting Khoj still requires selecting models, configuring integrations, and managing compute. Cloud AI tools may feel simpler for casual use.
versus alternatives

Khoj vs alternatives#

Khoj vs ChatGPT

Khoj is better when the assistant needs persistent access to your own notes, files, agents, and local or self-hosted models. ChatGPT is still easier for general-purpose hosted chat, broad model access, and users who do not want to run infrastructure.

tech stack · detected from GitHub

What it's built on#

Languages
JavaScriptPythonTypeScript
Frameworks
Next.jsReact
Tooling
esbuild
frequently asked

FAQ#

Can Khoj be self-hosted?

Yes. The README describes Khoj as open source and self-hostable, with setup docs for running it privately.

What files can Khoj answer from?

The README lists image, PDF, markdown, org-mode, Word, Notion files, and web sources.

Does Khoj require OpenAI?

No. Khoj can work with local and online LLMs, including several open model families and hosted providers.

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Other ways to replace Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Glean and Muse#

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Multi-channel personal agent across 29 surfaces

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#2 in the Muse guide

Persistent memory and scheduled tasks across 7 platforms

255,514 GitHub stars

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#5 in the Muse guide

MIT-licensed personal assistant built on a skills architecture

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