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Khoj: the best Open Source alternative to ChatGPT Plus in 2026

Khoj is a self-hostable personal AI assistant that searches and answers questions over your own documents, notes and web browsing, like a second AI-augmented memory.

License AGPL-3.0 ~15k stars (estimated)Website GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License: AGPL-3.0
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Replaces: ChatGPT Plus
Tech stack: PythonDjango

Preview

Public image provided by Khoj on its own website.

Key features

Semantic search over your notes and documents
Chat with your own PDFs and markdown
Integration with Obsidian and Notion

Khoj vs. ChatGPT Plus

Pros

Combines your own data with local or remote models

Things to consider

Initial document indexing setup takes some time

Quick Docker installation guide

Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.9"
services:
  khoj:
    image: ghcr.io/khoj-ai/khoj:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "42110:42110"
    environment:
      - KHOJ_DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=change-me-super-secret
    volumes:
      - khoj_data:/root/.khoj
volumes:
  khoj_data: