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khoj-ai/khoj

Khoj is a self-hostable AI assistant that lets users privately search and query their own documents and the web using local or cloud-based LLMs. It supports text, voice, and image inputs, and is accessible via web, desktop, mobile, and browser integrations.

Project overview

Project type: AI Agent · RAG · Workflow
Use cases: Chat Assistants · Knowledge Q&A · Automation
Deployment: Refer to project documentation
License: AGPL-3.0

Best for

General users needing a self-hostable, personal AI to privately search and answer questions from their own documents.
Users looking to automate repetitive research tasks and receive newsletter summaries.
Teams or developers who want to interact with local or online LLMs and create custom agents with specific knowledge bases.

Key capabilities

Chat with any local or online LLM including llama3, qwen, gemma, mistral, gpt, claude, gemini, and deepseek.
Get answers from the internet and your documents including images, PDFs, Markdown, org-mode, and Notion files using semantic search.
Create agents with custom knowledge, persona, chat model, and tools to take on specific roles.
Automate repetitive research tasks and receive personal newsletters and smart notifications delivered to your inbox.
Generate images, talk out loud, and play your messages.

Limitations and risks

Telemetry practices are not documented.
GPU hardware requirements are not documented.
Operation may depend on optional paid external services if local or free online models are not used.

Getting started

Users can access the system immediately by visiting the hosted web application without performing any setup.

Evidence and sources

GitHub project description: Your AI second brain. Self-hostable. Get answers from the web or your docs. Build custom agents, schedule automations, do deep research.
README: [Khoj](https://khoj.dev) 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 loca…
README: Go to https://app.khoj.dev to see Khoj live.
README: Khoj is available as a cloud service, on-premises, or as a hybrid solution.
README: Yes! You can use Khoj right away at [https://app.khoj.dev](https://app.khoj.dev) — no setup required.

Reviewed at: 2026-07-17T09:02:18Z