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Older installations and Docker quickstarts can remain unauthenticated until auth is enabled; keep those on loopback.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The MIT software can run locally without a project account. Search has a zero-LLM mode; optional consolidation or configured model use can incur provider charges. Hosting costs are the operator’s responsibility.", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No machine payment protocol established in the reviewed project documentation.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 10684, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-19" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/akitaonrails/ai-memory#readme", "capabilities": [ "memory.search", "memory.write", "agent.handoff" ], "tags": [ "agent-memory", "mcp", "free" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 733, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1171, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 50, "payments": 60, "reliability": 50, "schema": 65, "security": 55, "transparency": 35 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-19" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Cross-agent task handoffs and shared search. Existing deployments may still lack authentication.", "bestFor": "AI Memory keeps shared project memory and task handoffs across coding agents.", "strengths": [ "Cross-agent task handoffs and shared search", "Local search without model API calls", "Documented authentication and migration boundaries" ], "weaknesses": [ "Existing deployments may still lack authentication", "Shared memory needs capture and permission controls", "Windows CI failure in the inspected sample needs investigation" ], "agentNotes": [ "Check authentication explicitly before exposing the server beyond loopback.", "Exclude secrets and sensitive repositories from memory capture.", "Back up memory and follow the version 3 migration guide." ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 50, "payments": 60, "reliability": 50, "schema": 65, "security": 55, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 14 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/memory.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/ai-memory" }, "area": "agent-runtime", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "aimemory.sh", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/akitaonrails/ai-memory/main/LICENSE", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/akitaonrails/ai-memory/releases", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-19", "notes": [ "Assessment covers the named repository. No ownership claim or domain registration was verified." ], "score": 14 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ai-memory.json" }, "answer": "AI Memory scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against Khoj's 38.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Khoj leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "khoj", "name": "Khoj", "vendor": "Khoj Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://khoj.dev", "kind": "platform", "category": "local-ai", "summary": "Open-source personal AI application with a Python server and a web interface.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/khoj", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/khoj.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/khoj.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/khoj.json", "repo": "https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj", "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "khoj" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "ghcr.io/khoj-ai/khoj" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The Docker Compose file and the pip quick start both run Khoj with `--anonymous-mode`, which serves every request as a default user with no sign-in and doesn't mount the /auth routes, so no API key can be created in that mode. The Compose file starts the server on 0.0.0.0, publishes port 42110 on every host interface, and sets `KHOJ_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password` and `KHOJ_DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=secret` as examples (https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/blob/master/docker-compose.yml). Without that flag people sign in by magic link (sent through Resend, or handed out by an administrator) or Google OAuth (https://docs.khoj.dev/advanced/authentication). API clients send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e` with a `kk-` key created on the web app's settings page. Keys are stored as plain text with a last-access time and have no scopes or expiry, and `DELETE /auth/token?token=\u003ckey\u003e` revokes one (https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/blob/master/src/khoj/configure.py; https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/blob/master/src/khoj/routers/auth.py). Model, search and scraper keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Serper, Exa, Firecrawl, E2B) go in environment variables or the admin panel.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and AGPL-3.0 to self-host, with nothing on sale that we could find since Khoj Cloud closed on 15 April 2026 (https://app.khoj.dev). The README still links Khoj Enterprise at khoj.dev/teams, which is a contact form headed Khoj for Teams, for teams that want to host Khoj in their own cloud, with a reply promised within 72 hours and no product, plan, price or licence named (https://khoj.dev/teams). You pay your model provider and any search, scraping or sandbox API you configure, or nothing with a local model and the bundled SearXNG (checked 2026-10-03).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-03).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 37500, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-03" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.khoj.dev", "capabilities": [ "memory.search", "memory.user", "inference.local", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "python", "docker", "beta", "telemetry-default-on" ], "lastRelease": "2026-03-26", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Khoj competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds, and LocalGhost's own about page names it as a competitor. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 38.5, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1076, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1171, "categoryRank": 17, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 46, "maintenance": 19, "payments": 60, "reliability": 65, "schema": 34, "security": 29, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-03" }, "negative": -7, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-07-13. Default-on telemetry sent the caller's IP (`client_host`) to khoj.beta.haletic.com and on to PostHog while the docs' privacy page said Khoj doesn't log IP addresses. Reported in #1374 and removed on master on 2 August 2026, but 1.42.10 and 2.0.0-beta.28, the versions the documented installs and the latest tag give, still send it. Request metadata rather than content, so the minimum, -2. https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/4d7ac85a3f99b05f2d17f311679cff046d70d614", "2026-04-15. Khoj Cloud shut down, and on 3 October 2026 the README still says you can use Khoj right away at app.khoj.dev with no setup, the docs site still links to app.khoj.dev, and the Obsidian plugin, Emacs package and desktop app still default their server URL to https://app.khoj.dev. An endpoint removed while still advertised. The shutdown had three weeks' notice in the app, so the minimum, -3. https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/blob/master/README.md; https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/blob/master/src/interface/obsidian/src/settings.ts", "2026-02-01. CVE-2025-69207 (GHSA-6whj-7qmg-86qj, 5.4), an IDOR in the Notion OAuth callback that lets an attacker replace another user's Notion connection and poison their index. The check was hardened on 28 December 2025 and ships in 2.0.0-beta.23 and later, but the advisory lists no patched version, and 1.42.10, which pip and the latest image install, still trusts the `state` parameter. It needs a Notion OAuth app and more than one user, -1. https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-6whj-7qmg-86qj", "2026-06-24. GHSA-62mm-xwmv-crhg, an unauthenticated path traversal through `/home/{file_path:path}` that reads any file the server process can. The route arrived in 2.0.0-beta.23 (29 December 2025) and was guarded in 2.0.0-beta.25 (22 February 2026), so two pre-releases were exposed and 1.42.10 never had the route. Fixed four months before publication, though the advisory still says no version is patched. Fixed and decayed, -1. https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-62mm-xwmv-crhg; https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/21c51b9a" ], "verdict": "AGPL-3.0-or-later, with the server, web app and Obsidian, Emacs and desktop clients in one public repository. No tagged release since 2.0.0-beta.28 on 26 March 2026 and no commit since 2 August.", "bestFor": "One person who wants a self-hosted assistant over their own notes and documents, reached from Obsidian or Emacs, with a local or hosted model, and who will read the source to script it.", "disclosure": "Khoj competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds, and LocalGhost's own about page names it as a competitor. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.", "strengths": [ "AGPL-3.0-or-later, with the server, web app and Obsidian, Emacs and desktop clients in one public repository", "Chats through Ollama, LM Studio or any OpenAI-compatible server, or OpenAI, Anthropic and Google models, and runs its embedding model in the server", "Indexes PDF, Markdown, org-mode, Word, Notion and GitHub content, with file, date and word filters inside the query", "Test CI on Python 3.10 to 3.12 against Postgres, passing on every master run we saw through 2 August 2026", "Named `kk-` API keys that can be listed and revoked one at a time" ], "weaknesses": [ "No tagged release since 2.0.0-beta.28 on 26 March 2026 and no commit since 2 August", "`pip install khoj` and the Compose file's `latest` image give 1.42.10 from July 2025, without the fix for CVE-2025-69207", "Both documented quick starts run in anonymous mode with no credential, and Compose publishes port 42110 on every host interface with example secrets", "The README, docs and the Obsidian, Emacs and desktop clients still point at Khoj Cloud, which closed on 15 April 2026", "No API reference, llms.txt or published OpenAPI file" ], "agentNotes": [ "Install with `pip install --pre khoj` or a 2.0.0-beta image tag. Plain `pip install khoj` and `latest` give 1.42.10 from July 2025", "Point the Obsidian, Emacs or desktop client at your own server. They default to app.khoj.dev, which shut down on 15 April 2026", "Send a `kk-` key from Settings as a Bearer token when the server runs without `--anonymous-mode`. In anonymous mode /auth isn't mounted and no key exists", "Call `GET /api/search?q=...\u0026n=5` for passages and put `file:\"notes.md\"` or `dt\u003e=\"2026-01-01\"` inside `q` to filter. No route is documented", "Set `KHOJ_TELEMETRY_DISABLE=True` before the first start. Tagged releases send the caller's IP with telemetry" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 38.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 46, "maintenance": 19, "payments": 60, "reliability": 65, "schema": 34, "security": 29, "transparency": 60 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "connect": { "install": "python -m pip install 'khoj[local]' # then: USE_EMBEDDED_DB=\"true\" khoj --anonymous-mode # or: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/khoj-ai/khoj/master/docker-compose.yml \u0026\u0026 docker-compose up" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/memory.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/khoj" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Khoj Inc.", "domain": "khoj.dev", "domainRegistered": "2023-05-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://khoj.dev/terms-of-service.html", "privacy": "https://khoj.dev/privacy-policy.html", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-03", "notes": [ "The privacy policy names Khoj Inc. as the operator of khoj.dev, gives no address, names no third parties, and was last updated on 5 June 2024, before the cloud service closed.", "khoj.dev/.well-known/security.txt returns 404 per the listing's check. The repository has no SECURITY.md and GitHub says the project has not set one up. Private vulnerability reporting is on, with six advisories published.", "RDAP for khoj.dev gives a registration date of 2023-05-20, registrar Cloudflare.", "There's no hosted endpoint since Khoj Cloud closed on 15 April 2026. A self-hosted server answers on its owner's own host." ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/khoj.json", "live": { "slug": "khoj", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "khoj-ai/khoj", "version": "2.0.0-beta.28", "released": "2026-03-26", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:57:45.998135073Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "khoj", "version": "1.42.10", "released": "2025-07-15", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:57:45.876086702Z" } ], "githubStars": 37740, "pypiWeekly": 1027, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://khoj.dev/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T15:53:53.431423354Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "khoj.dev", "registered": "2023-05-20", "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/khoj.dev", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:37:24.230675648Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://khoj.dev/privacy-policy.html", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:32:14.999745614Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c03103b79f52" }, { "url": "https://khoj.dev/terms-of-service.html", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:32:17.142491588Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e08893bf1c28" } ], "github": { "repo": "khoj-ai/khoj", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:20:33.199253506Z", "stars": 37741, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-08-02T01:55:40Z", "openIssues": 109, "openPRs": 60, "issuesOpened90d": 19, "issuesClosed90d": 7, "prsMerged90d": 2, "ci": { "branch": "master", "runs": 50, "success": 33, "failure": 10, "other": 7, "latest": "failure", "latestAt": "2026-08-02T02:03:39Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-62mm-xwmv-crhg", "severity": "low", "published": "2026-06-24T16:03:09Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-6whj-7qmg-86qj", "cve": "CVE-2025-69207", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-02-01T20:24:31Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-hq4h-w933-jm6c", "cve": "CVE-2024-52294", "severity": "medium", "published": "2024-12-29T18:19:58Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4h", "cve": "CVE-2024-43396", "severity": "medium", "published": "2024-08-20T19:40:46Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-h2q2-vch3-72qm", "cve": "CVE-2024-25639", "severity": "medium", "published": "2024-07-08T06:37:41Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-564j-v29w-rqr6", "severity": "low", "published": "2024-07-08T06:28:56Z" } ], "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 20, "medianDays": 8.8 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T06:20:33.199253506Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Fabio Akita", "b": "Khoj Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "stdio", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "AGPL-3.0-or-later", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-17", "b": "2026-03-26", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2024-06-05", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "11k stars", "b": "38k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (4)", "b": "1/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "AI Memory scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against Khoj's 38.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Khoj leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, AI Memory or Khoj?" }, { "answer": "AI Memory runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. No hosted endpoint is listed for Khoj.", "question": "Can an agent call AI Memory and Khoj without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for AI Memory. Khoj is open source (AGPL-3.0-or-later).", "question": "Are AI Memory and Khoj open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 34", "Agent ergonomics, 65 against 46", "Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 29", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 50 against 19" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 1.0 out of 5", "No incidents deducted, where Khoj loses 7 points for them" ], "goodFor": "AI Memory keeps shared project memory and task handoffs across coding agents.", "slug": "ai-memory", "watchFor": "Existing deployments may still lack authentication" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 65 against 50", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 35" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "One person who wants a self-hosted assistant over their own notes and documents, reached from Obsidian or Emacs, with a local or hosted model, and who will read the source to script it.", "slug": "khoj", "watchFor": "No tagged release since 2.0.0-beta.28 on 26 March 2026 and no commit since 2 August" } ], "job": { "capability": "memory.search", "name": "Memory search" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-khoj.json", "title": "AnythingLLM vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitrun-vs-khoj.json", "title": "BitRun vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitrun-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-model-runner-vs-khoj.json", "title": "Docker Model Runner vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-model-runner-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-khoj.json", "title": "Foundry Local vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-khoj.json", "title": "Core vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-khoj.json", "title": "GPT4All vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jan-vs-khoj.json", "title": "Jan vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jan-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-koboldcpp.json", "title": "Khoj vs KoboldCpp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-koboldcpp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-lemonade.json", "title": "Khoj vs Lemonade", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-lemonade" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-llama-cpp.json", "title": "Khoj vs llama.cpp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-llama-cpp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-lm-studio.json", "title": "Khoj vs LM Studio", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-lm-studio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-localai.json", "title": "Khoj vs LocalAI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-localai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-mlx-lm.json", "title": "Khoj vs MLX LM", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-mlx-lm" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-ollama.json", "title": "Khoj vs Ollama", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-ollama" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-open-webui.json", "title": "Khoj vs Open WebUI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-open-webui" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-text-generation-webui.json", "title": "Khoj vs TextGen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-text-generation-webui" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-vllm.json", "title": "Khoj vs vLLM", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-vllm" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-ai-memory.json", "title": "Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory vs AI Memory", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-ai-memory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-cognee.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Cognee", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-cognee" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-context-mode.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Context Mode Engine", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-context-mode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-graphicle.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Graphicle", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-graphicle" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-graphiti.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Graphiti", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-graphiti" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-hindsight.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Hindsight", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-hindsight" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-honcho.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-honcho" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-hy-memory.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Hy Memory", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-hy-memory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-langmem.json", "title": "AI Memory vs LangMem", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-langmem" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-mem0.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Mem0 Platform + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-mem0" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-supermemory.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Supermemory API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-supermemory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-zep.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Zep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-zep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/context-mode-vs-khoj.json", "title": "Context Mode Engine vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/context-mode-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-khoj.json", "title": "Graphicle vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-localghost.json", "title": "Khoj vs LocalGhost", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-localghost" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-screenpipe.json", "title": "Khoj vs screenpipe", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-screenpipe" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-egoist-ai-passport.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Egoist AI Passport", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-egoist-ai-passport" } ], "scores": [ { "ai-memory": 50, "by": 15, "edge": "khoj", "key": "reliability", "khoj": 65, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "ai-memory": 65, "by": 31, "edge": "ai-memory", "key": "schema", "khoj": 34, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "ai-memory": 65, "by": 19, "edge": "ai-memory", "key": "ergonomics", "khoj": 46, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "ai-memory": 55, "by": 26, "edge": "ai-memory", "key": "security", "khoj": 29, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "ai-memory": 60, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "khoj": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "ai-memory": 50, "by": 31, "edge": "ai-memory", "key": "maintenance", "khoj": 19, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "ai-memory": 35, "by": 25, "edge": "khoj", "key": "transparency", "khoj": 60, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "AI Memory scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against Khoj's 38.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Khoj leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do memory search.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "ai-memory": "Cross-agent task handoffs and shared search. Existing deployments may still lack authentication.", "khoj": "AGPL-3.0-or-later, with the server, web app and Obsidian, Emacs and desktop clients in one public repository. No tagged release since 2.0.0-beta.28 on 26 March 2026 and no commit since 2 August." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-khoj", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-khoj.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-khoj.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-khoj.min.md" }, "markdown": "AI Memory scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against Khoj's 38.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Khoj leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do memory search.\n\n- AI Memory: grade C, 55.7/100, rank #733 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ai-memory.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ai-memory.json\n- Khoj: grade E, 38.5/100, rank #1076 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/khoj.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/khoj.json\n- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md\n- All 103 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md\n- Best local AI models and assistants: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/local-ai/index.md\n- All 208 local ai comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/local-ai/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### AI Memory (C)\n\nGood for: AI Memory keeps shared project memory and task handoffs across coding agents.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 34\n- Agent ergonomics, 65 against 46\n- Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 29\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 50 against 19\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 1.0 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where Khoj loses 7 points for them\n\nWatch for: Existing deployments may still lack authentication\n\n### Khoj (E)\n\nGood for: One person who wants a self-hosted assistant over their own notes and documents, reached from Obsidian or Emacs, with a local or hosted model, and who will read the source to script it.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 50\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 35\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No tagged release since 2.0.0-beta.28 on 26 March 2026 and no commit since 2 August\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | AI Memory | Khoj | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 65 | Khoj +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 34 | AI Memory +31 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 46 | AI Memory +19 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 29 | AI Memory +26 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 19 | AI Memory +31 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 35 | 60 | Khoj +25 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -7 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.7 · C** | **38.5 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | AI Memory | Khoj |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | Platform |\n| Vendor | Fabio Akita | Khoj Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0-or-later |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-03-26 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2024-06-05 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 11k stars | 38k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 1/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**AI Memory.** Cross-agent task handoffs and shared search. Existing deployments may still lack authentication.\n\n**Khoj.** AGPL-3.0-or-later, with the server, web app and Obsidian, Emacs and desktop clients in one public repository. No tagged release since 2.0.0-beta.28 on 26 March 2026 and no commit since 2 August.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### AI Memory\n\n1. Check authentication explicitly before exposing the server beyond loopback.\n2. Exclude secrets and sensitive repositories from memory capture.\n3. Back up memory and follow the version 3 migration guide.\n\n### Khoj\n\n1. Install with `pip install --pre khoj` or a 2.0.0-beta image tag. Plain `pip install khoj` and `latest` give 1.42.10 from July 2025\n2. Point the Obsidian, Emacs or desktop client at your own server. They default to app.khoj.dev, which shut down on 15 April 2026\n3. Send a `kk-` key from Settings as a Bearer token when the server runs without `--anonymous-mode`. In anonymous mode /auth isn't mounted and no key exists\n4. Call `GET /api/search?q=...\u0026n=5` for passages and put `file:\"notes.md\"` or `dt\u003e=\"2026-01-01\"` inside `q` to filter. No route is documented\n5. Set `KHOJ_TELEMETRY_DISABLE=True` before the first start. Tagged releases send the caller's IP with telemetry\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, AI Memory or Khoj?\n\nAI Memory scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against Khoj's 38.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Khoj leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Can an agent call AI Memory and Khoj without installing anything?\n\nAI Memory runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. No hosted endpoint is listed for Khoj.\n\n### Are AI Memory and Khoj open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for AI Memory. Khoj is open source (AGPL-3.0-or-later).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-khoj.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-khoj.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"ai-memory\", \"b\": \"khoj\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare ai-memory khoj`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ai-memory.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/khoj.json\n\n## Other comparisons with AI Memory or Khoj\n\n- [AnythingLLM vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-khoj.md)\n- [BitRun vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitrun-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Docker Model Runner vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-model-runner-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Core vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-khoj.md)\n- [GPT4All vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Jan vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jan-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Khoj vs KoboldCpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-koboldcpp.md)\n- [Khoj vs Lemonade](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-lemonade.md)\n- [Khoj vs llama.cpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-llama-cpp.md)\n- [Khoj vs LM Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-lm-studio.md)\n- [Khoj vs LocalAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-localai.md)\n- [Khoj vs MLX LM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-mlx-lm.md)\n- [Khoj vs Ollama](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-ollama.md)\n- [Khoj vs Open WebUI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-open-webui.md)\n- [Khoj vs TextGen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-text-generation-webui.md)\n- [Khoj vs vLLM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-vllm.md)\n- [Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory vs AI Memory](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-ai-memory.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Cognee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-cognee.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Context Mode Engine](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-context-mode.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Graphicle](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-graphicle.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Graphiti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-graphiti.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Hindsight](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-hindsight.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Honcho](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-honcho.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Hy Memory](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-hy-memory.md)\n- [AI Memory vs LangMem](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-langmem.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Mem0 Platform + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-mem0.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Supermemory API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-supermemory.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Zep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-zep.md)\n- [Context Mode Engine vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/context-mode-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Graphicle vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Khoj vs LocalGhost](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-localghost.md)\n- [Khoj vs screenpipe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-screenpipe.md)\n- [AI Memory vs Egoist AI Passport](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-egoist-ai-passport.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Khoj competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds, and LocalGhost's own about page names it as a competitor. 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