Tool overview
Khoj is listed under Productivity AI tools.
What is Khoj?
Khoj is an open-source personal AI that answers questions from private documents and the web, builds custom agents, searches notes semantically, and schedules research or notifications. It supports cloud and self-hosted deployments with browser, desktop, Obsidian, Emacs, phone, and WhatsApp access.
Best for
Users wanting a private, extensible AI second brain
Who is it for?
Decision note
Accepted for Preview after independent V411 official-source research. Apply only after failures = 0, warnings = 0, unmapped = 0, and all proposed changes are reviewed.
Key features
Chat and semantic search across private documents
Custom agents with knowledge and tools
Automations, newsletters, and notifications
Cloud, local, and self-hosted operation
Use cases
Personal knowledge-base chat
Research across files and the web
Private self-hosted AI assistant
Automated briefings and reminders
Pros
- Open-source and self-hostable
- Broad client and model compatibility
- Combines search, agents, and automation
Limitations
Quality depends on the selected model and indexed sources
Advanced private deployments require technical administration
Pricing details
Billing options
Pricing note
Khoj is free and open source for self-hosting. The official project also offers a hosted application and enterprise cloud, on-premises, or hybrid deployments, but public paid prices were not found; request commercial terms directly.
Supported languages
- English
Integrations
Obsidian
Emacs
Notion
GitHub
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