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Khoj vs Vane (formerly Perplexica): catalog facts
Khoj	Vane (formerly Perplexica)
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	Supports fully local LLMs through Ollama for private searches Cites sources alongside generated answers
Self-hosting takes some setup work The company now spreads its effort across several products	Requires running your own search and model infrastructure Renamed from Perplexica, which may cause confusion for existing users
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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