Khoj ai by khoj-ai

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.

Khoj ai interface screenshot from project README
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Verdict 72/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 1 open CVE Last release 1 months ago

Self-host Khoj ai on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
72 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
34k
2.2k forks

About Khoj ai

From the project's README at github.com/khoj-ai/khoj. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/actions/workflows/test.yml) [](https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/pkgs/container/khoj) [](https://pypi.org/project/khoj/) [](https://discord.gg/BDgyabRM6e)

Docs • Web • App • Discord • Blog New Meet Pipali - our open-source AI coworker that runs on your computer. [Read](https://blog.khoj.dev/posts

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
58
maturity
100
community
90
security
70
sustainability
88
adoption
41

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 34k github.com/khoj-ai/khoj
GitHub forks 2.2k github.com/khoj-ai/khoj

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age4.7 yearssince Aug 2021
Last commit1 months agoMar 26, 2026
Releases shipped173last: 1 months ago
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

7 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 1 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2025-69207.

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Ready to self-host Khoj ai?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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