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Khoj — Self-hosted personal AI for documents, web search, RAG, agents, and local LLMs

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Stars
37,386
Primary language
Python
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Aug 2, 2026

Overview

Khoj combines personal documents, web search, local or cloud LLMs, custom agents and scheduled automations in one self-hostable AI platform. Its Docker stack can include pgvector, SearXNG and a sandbox. The latest GitHub release checked on September 17, 2026 is 2.0.0-beta.28.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Bring documents, the web, and local LLMs into one personal AI

Khoj grounds chat in personal documents, web search and local or cloud LLMs, combining RAG and semantic search around personal knowledge.

Sources: [2][3]

Run custom agents and scheduled automations on the same stack

Agents can use custom knowledge, personas, models and tools. The Compose stack also includes pgvector/PostgreSQL, SearXNG and a Terrarium sandbox.

Sources: [2][3]

Useful when growing from personal RAG into autonomous agents

It fits individuals and teams that want one knowledge layer across browser, Obsidian, Emacs, desktop and mobile.

Sources: [2]

The sample Compose uses anonymous mode and example secrets

Configure authentication, HTTPS, domains and real secrets before remote access. The latest GitHub release is named 2.0.0-beta.28.

Sources: [3][4]

Official sources

  1. [1]khoj-ai/khoj — GitHub repository metadata(2026-09-17)
  2. [2]Khoj — README(2026-09-17)
  3. [3]Khoj — docker-compose.yml(2026-09-17)
  4. [4]Khoj 2.0.0-beta.28 release(2026-09-17)
Supplemental curator note

Its value is combining document retrieval, agents, scheduled automations, and local LLMs in one personal AI stack. Disable anonymous mode for public deployments.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd khoj
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

Growth

Growth trends · Last 30 days

37,386 Stars

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Development activity

Last 90 days · weekly

Commits (last 30 days)
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Open PRs
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GitHub Topics

  • semantic-search
  • emacs
  • obsidian-md
  • chat
  • chatgpt
  • ai
  • llm
  • productivity
  • agent
  • self-hosted
  • rag
  • whatsapp-ai
Stars
37,386
Forks
2,483
Watchers
180
Open issues
102
Primary language
Python
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Aug 2, 2026
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