Khoj

What it does

Khoj is an open-source personal AI app that answers questions using your own documents and the internet. It reads PDFs, Markdown, Notion, Word documents, and org-mode files, and can chat with local or online language models such as llama3, qwen, mistral, GPT, Claude, and Gemini.

People use it to search across their personal knowledge base, build custom agents with their own knowledge, persona, chat model, and tools, and automate repetitive research so newsletters and notifications arrive in their inbox. It can be reached from a browser, Obsidian, Emacs, desktop, phone, or WhatsApp, and it can generate images and speak responses aloud.

Khoj is AGPL-3.0 licensed and self-hostable, so it can run privately on your own computer or be used through the hosted cloud app at app.khoj.dev with no setup. It suits individual researchers, note-takers, developers, and organizations that want an enterprise deployment as cloud, on-premises, or hybrid. Buyers should confirm cloud plan pricing and limits before committing.

What it can do

• Chat with local or online LLMs such as llama3, qwen, mistral, GPT, Claude, and Gemini
• Answer questions from the internet and from your own documents
• Search documents using semantic search
• Build custom agents with knowledge, persona, chat model, and tools
• Schedule automations and deliver newsletters or notifications
• Generate images and handle voice input and output

Works with

• Obsidian
• Emacs
• WhatsApp

Before you choose

• Self-hosting requires following the setup documentation; the cloud app needs no setup.
• Verify pricing and plan limits for the hosted cloud app before committing.
• Enterprise options (cloud, on-premises, or hybrid) are offered; confirm pricing and purchase route with Khoj.

Listed under

• Productivity
• Automation
• Desktop agent
• Open source
• Personal AI assistant
• Research
• Second brain

Get started

Use the cloud app with no setup, or follow the self-hosting docs.

1. Use the cloud app at https://app.khoj.dev with no setup required, or
2. Read the self-hosting guide at https://docs.khoj.dev/get-started/setup to run Khoj on your own machine
3. Upload or connect your documents (PDF, Markdown, Notion, Word, org-mode) and start chatting or building an agent

Pricing for the Khoj cloud app and enterprise deployments should be verified with Khoj. The open-source license does not by itself establish free model or compute operation.

We couldn’t find published prices for Khoj.

Sources for this overview

Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 29 Oct 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

• Khoj - AI for Humans ↗khoj.dev
• GitHub - khoj-ai/khoj: Your AI second brain. Self-hostable. Get answers from the web or your docs. Build custom agents, schedule automations, do deep research. Turn any online or local LLM into your personal, autonomous AI (gpt, claude, gemini, llama, qwen, mistral). Get started - free. · GitHub ↗github.com

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Last checked 29 Oct 2026. Every field keeps its source and date; unknown means we couldn’t confirm it.