# Khoj

> A self-hosted personal AI that indexes your own documents and the web, answers questions over them, and runs scheduled research jobs.

- **Maker:** Khoj AI
- **Catalogue type:** Self-hosted runtime
- **Website:** https://khoj.dev
- **Source code:** https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj
- **Also known as:** unknown — no other names recorded
- **Evidence:** 13 sources, checked 2026-10-22 to 2026-10-22
- **Profile:** https://agentlist.wiki/agent/khoj/
- **This record:** https://agentlist.wiki/agents/khoj.md

## Key facts

| Field | Value | Status | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Availability & access | Available | documented | 3, 12 |
| Price & usage costs | Free; no hosted tier | documented | 12 |
| Included in another plan | Self-host only | documented | 12 |
| Where it runs | Self-hosted | documented | 3 |
| Open source & license | AGPL-3.0 | documented | 10 |
| Controls your computer | No | documented | 5 |
| Its own computer | Own hardware · Watch only | documented | 5 |
| Works while your computer is off | unknown | unknown | — |
| If the vendor stops | Keeps working | documented | 10, 12 |
| Remote shut-off | Not possible | documented | 3 |
| What you keep | Partial | limited | 3 |
| Company type | Startup | documented | 1, 13 |
| Launch date | Aug 15, 2022 | documented | 11 |

Status marks — `documented`: Supported by official documentation; not independently tested. `limited`: Only partial or conditional support established. `unknown`: Not established by reviewed sources; does not mean unsupported.

## Company & launch

*Who makes it and when it arrived. Company type and funding are context, not a quality score: an open-source project and a public company carry different risks, not better or worse ones.*

- **Company type** `documented` — Startup [1, 13]
- **Company stage** `documented` — Y Combinator, Summer 2023 [1, 13]
- **Disclosed funding** `unknown` — Not specified — no reviewed source answers this, which is a gap in the catalogue rather than a "no".
- **Launch date** `documented` — Aug 15, 2022 · Open-source release · First public release [11]

**Launch history**

- 2022-08-15 · Open-source release · First public release [11]

## What it can do

*What this agent can actually operate — a machine of its own, yours, or neither. Computer control is three separate questions, and most products answer only some of them.*

- **What stands out** `documented` — Indexes your own documents alongside the web and answers over both, with custom agents carrying their own knowledge and personas [1, 2]
- **Computer use** `limited` (partial or conditional only) — Khoj Operator is experimental and drives its own isolated Docker container running an Ubuntu desktop, not the user's machine [5]
- **Controls your computer** `documented` — Operator drives its own Docker container rather than the user's desktop. [5]
- **Its own computer** `documented` — An isolated Ubuntu desktop inside a Docker container on the host you run, observable over VNC. [5]
- **Works while your computer is off** `unknown` — Not specified — no reviewed source answers this, which is a gap in the catalogue rather than a "no".
- **Browser control** `limited` (partial or conditional only) — Operator drives a browser inside its own container; currently supports Anthropic models only [5]
- **Voice & ambient listening** `unknown` — Not specified — no reviewed source answers this, which is a gap in the catalogue rather than a "no".
- **Background work & triggers** `documented` — Automations run cron-style scheduled queries and email the results; self-hosting requires configuring an email provider [4]

## Apps & access

*Where you reach it and on what. A messaging integration is not a native app, so the two are tracked apart; an app listed here is a real first-party client.*

- **Native desktop apps** `documented` — A desktop companion app syncs files, and the web app installs as a progressive web app; there are also Obsidian and Emacs plugins [7]
- **iPhone & Android apps** `unknown` — Not specified — no reviewed source answers this, which is a gap in the catalogue rather than a "no".
- **Web & messaging** `documented` — Web app, desktop companion, Obsidian and Emacs plugins, plus WhatsApp [6, 7]
- **Messaging services** `documented` — WhatsApp, Email [4, 6]
- **Native hardware** `unknown` — Not specified — no reviewed source answers this, which is a gap in the catalogue rather than a "no".
- **Developer API** `limited` (partial or conditional only) — API keys are issued per client and used by the desktop, Obsidian and Emacs clients; no public API reference page was found [7]

## Models & plans

*What you pay and what runs underneath. Where an agent is bundled into a larger subscription, the price shown is that subscription's — there is no separate fee for the agent.*

- **Models & providers** `documented` — Any online or local model, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini, plus Ollama, LM Studio and offline GGUF models through llama.cpp [3, 9]
- **Bring your own model** `documented` — Bring your own API key, or run entirely offline models [3, 9]
- **Included in another plan** `documented` — Open-source software with no hosted tier; the vendor cloud was shut down in April 2026 [12]
- **Price & usage costs** `documented` — Free software. The hosted Khoj Cloud closed on 15 April 2026 and no paid tier is published [12]

## Vendor lock-in

*How hard it is to leave, and what survives if the company does. Almost no hosted vendor publishes a shutdown commitment, so an answer here is usually read from the architecture rather than from a promise.*

- **If the vendor stops** `documented` — AGPL-3.0 software you host yourself, so it keeps running if the company stops; the vendor's own hosted service has already closed while the project continues. [10, 12]
- **Remote shut-off** `documented` — Self-hosted with no activation or licence check described. [3]
- **What you keep** `limited` (partial or conditional only) — State lives in a Postgres database and a local directory on your own host, but no documented export or restore path exists. [3]

## Ownership & control

*What it asks before acting, what it remembers, and who else can see it. These are the questions that decide whether you would hand it your inbox.*

- **Open source & license** `documented` — AGPL-3.0 [10]
- **Where it runs** `documented` — Self-hosted by pip or Docker on your own machine or server [3]
- **Passwords & credentials** `unknown` — Not specified — no reviewed source answers this, which is a gap in the catalogue rather than a "no".
- **Approval before actions** `unknown` — Not specified — no reviewed source answers this, which is a gap in the catalogue rather than a "no".
- **What it remembers** `limited` (partial or conditional only) — Indexed documents and chat history in Postgres with embeddings, plus agents carrying their own knowledge; no user-facing memory browser is documented [3, 8]
- **Edit & export your data** `limited` (partial or conditional only) — Self-hosted state lives in Postgres and a local directory you control; no self-serve export is described [3]
- **Privacy & isolation** `documented` — Self-hosted deployment keeps documents and chat history on your own infrastructure [3, 8]
- **Availability & access** `documented` — Open source and self-hostable; the hosted service is closed [3, 12]

## Plans

| Plan | Price | Billing | Includes | Limits | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Self-hosted | US$0 | Free software | Full features when self-hosted; Bring your own model keys, or run offline models | You provide hosting and model costs; The hosted Khoj Cloud closed on 15 April 2026 | 3, 12 |

## Native apps and web access

*Messaging services are channels, not native apps, and are listed separately below.*

| Platform | Status | Detail | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Web | Available | Self-hosted web app, installable as a progressive web app. | 3, 7 |
| macOS | Available | Desktop companion app for file sync. | 7 |
| Windows | Available | Desktop companion app for file sync. | 7 |
| Linux | Available | Desktop companion app for file sync. | 7 |

## Messaging services

| Service | Status | Detail | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WhatsApp | Available | WhatsApp is documented as a Khoj client. | 6 |
| Email | Available | Automations deliver scheduled results by email; delivery is outbound only. | 4 |

## Hardware

`unknown` — no dedicated hardware is established by the reviewed sources.

## Data reach

*What personal data this agent can reach, and whether anyone else could reach the same source.*

unknown — no first-party or exclusive data reach is recorded for this agent.

## Discussion

unknown — no dated public threads are recorded for this agent.

## Feedback snapshot

unknown — no attributed feedback snapshot is recorded for this agent.

## Updates

**Where updates come from:** unknown — no update source has been recorded for this agent.

- 2026-03-26 · Release · [Khoj 2.0.0-beta.28](https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/releases/tag/2.0.0-beta.28) · Khoj AI — Fixes use of the web app after disabling memories for users who never set a chat model, and stops a deprecation banner showing on the hosted service.

## Sources

1. [Khoj official website](https://khoj.dev) — checked 2026-10-22
2. [Khoj documentation](https://docs.khoj.dev) — checked 2026-10-22
3. [Khoj self-hosting setup](https://docs.khoj.dev/get-started/setup) — checked 2026-10-22
4. [Khoj automations](https://docs.khoj.dev/features/automations) — checked 2026-10-22
5. [Khoj Operator](https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/blob/master/src/khoj/processor/operator/README.md) — checked 2026-10-22
6. [Khoj WhatsApp client](https://docs.khoj.dev/clients/whatsapp) — checked 2026-10-22
7. [Khoj desktop client](https://docs.khoj.dev/clients/desktop) — checked 2026-10-22
8. [Khoj privacy](https://docs.khoj.dev/privacy) — checked 2026-10-22
9. [Khoj with Ollama](https://docs.khoj.dev/advanced/ollama) — checked 2026-10-22
10. [Khoj licence](https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/blob/master/LICENSE) — checked 2026-10-22
11. [Khoj first release](https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/releases/tag/v0.1.5-alpha) — checked 2026-10-22
12. [Khoj Cloud shutdown notice](https://app.khoj.dev/) — checked 2026-10-22
13. [Khoj at 10,000 stars, noting Y Combinator](https://blog.khoj.dev/posts/10k-stars-in/) — checked 2026-10-22