# Core vs Khoj (slim)

> Khoj scores 38.8 (E) on agent readiness against Core's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do local inference. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Khoj scores 38.8 (E) on agent readiness against Core's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do local inference.

- Core: F 7.3, rank #460 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ghost-core.min.md
- Khoj: E 38.8, rank #433 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/khoj.min.md
- Core, good for A household that wants a dedicated box running open-weight models and a memory of its apps, files and devices at home, with a one-off price and no subscription, once it ships.
- Khoj, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 5; Schema & documentation, 34 against 7; Agent ergonomics, 46 against 4; Security & auth, 29 against 6; Payments & pricing, 60 against 10; Maintenance & community, 19 against 3; Transparency & trust, 64 against 45. Also Open source.

| Category | Core | Khoj |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 5 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 7 | 34 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 4 | 46 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 6 | 29 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 19 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Core | Khoj |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.) | Khoj Inc. |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Not stated. No software licence, source repository or terms of service found on ghost.ai (checked 2026-10-05). Models listed are Qwen 3.8-Next, Qwen 3.8-27B, Gemma 4-31B and Muse-Glimmer-30B. Ghost doesn't state their licences, and the origin of Muse-Glimmer-30B was not found | AGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Last release | none | 2026-03-26 |
| Popularity | none | 38k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (1) | 1/5 (2) |