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Khoj vs Open Notebook: catalog facts
Khoj	Open Notebook
Freemium Free to self-host; the hosted service has free and paid plans.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Searches and chats over your own documents Works with local or remote language models	Privacy-focused self-hosted alternative to a well-known proprietary tool MIT licensed with an active Discord community
Self-hosting takes some setup work The company now spreads its effort across several products	Local processing still depends on which model provider is configured Smaller community than the proprietary product it alternatives
Web application, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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