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      "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": 38.8,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 426,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 10,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 46,
          "maintenance": 19,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 34,
          "security": 29,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "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.",
        "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": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 38.8
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 46,
          "maintenance": 19,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 34,
          "security": 29,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "provenanceScore": 67
      },
      "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": 67
      },
      "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": "2026-10-04T16:30:51.951568389Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "khoj",
            "version": "1.42.10",
            "released": "2025-07-15",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:30:51.762954646Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 37560,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://khoj.dev/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:02.115233077Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "khoj.dev",
          "registered": "2023-05-20",
          "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/khoj.dev",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:42.860690409Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://khoj.dev/privacy-policy.html",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:12.44696744Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "c03103b79f52"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://khoj.dev/terms-of-service.html",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:14.556582845Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "e08893bf1c28"
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T16:30:51.951568389Z"
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    },
    "b": {
      "slug": "lm-studio",
      "name": "LM Studio",
      "vendor": "Element Labs, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://lmstudio.ai",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "local-ai",
      "summary": "Desktop app and headless daemon from Element Labs for running open-weight models on the owner's machine with llama.cpp and MLX, plus the Splash engine on Apple silicon M3 or newer since 0.4.25.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lm-studio",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lm-studio.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lm-studio.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lm-studio.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/lmstudio-ai/lmstudio-js",
      "license": "Proprietary. The app and llmster are free for personal and internal business use under LM Studio's terms (Element Labs, Inc., effective 23 August 2026), with no source published. The `lms` CLI and the TypeScript and Python SDKs are MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@lmstudio/sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "lmstudio"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "No authentication by default. With Require Authentication on (Developer page, Server Settings, LM Studio 0.4.0 or later), every request needs an API token (`sk-lm-` prefix) as `Authorization: Bearer`, or `x-api-key` on the Anthropic-compatible endpoint. Tokens are named, carry permissions picked at creation, are shown once and can be edited or deleted. Calling the owner's mcp.json servers through the API needs authentication on. The server binds to localhost unless Serve on Local Network is on or `lms server start --bind 0.0.0.0` is used.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "The LM Studio app, llmster and the local server are free for personal and work use with no account or card (free at work since 8 July 2025, and the terms of 23 August 2026 cover internal business use). Element Labs sells cloud model plans for Bionic, its separate agent app, at $20 (Bionic+) and $100 (Pro) a month, which local use of LM Studio doesn't need (checked 2026-10-03).",
      "priceSummary": "Free",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page or the SDK source (checked 2026-10-03).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 69495,
        "pypiWeekly": 15195,
        "asOf": "2026-10-03"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://lmstudio.ai/docs/developer",
      "llmsTxt": "https://lmstudio.ai/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "inference.local",
        "inference.open-weights",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "embed.text"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "local",
        "closed-source",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "account-free",
        "openai-compatible",
        "llms-txt",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "streaming",
        "pre-1.0"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-19",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 57.9,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 287,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 69,
          "maintenance": 72,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 34,
          "schema": 64,
          "security": 59,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-03"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "OpenAI-compatible chat completions, responses, completions and embeddings, Anthropic-compatible /v1/messages and a native /api/v1, all on one port. Authentication is off by default, so any local process can call the server.",
        "strengths": [
          "OpenAI-compatible chat completions, responses, completions and embeddings, Anthropic-compatible /v1/messages and a native /api/v1, all on one port",
          "llmster, a headless daemon installed with one command, with a documented systemd setup for Linux servers",
          "Named API tokens with permissions, and API access to MCP servers behind two switches, one of which also needs authentication on",
          "Stateful chats with `previous_response_id`, `allowed_tools` per MCP integration and typed error objects",
          "Seven releases in the 90 days to 3 October 2026, each with dated notes"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Authentication is off by default, so any local process can call the server",
          "Closed-source app and daemon with no public CI or test suite",
          "The Python SDK's last stable release (1.5.0, 22 August 2025) can't send API tokens, and the docs name an environment variable no release reads",
          "No OpenAPI file, and the llms.txt we read covers the 0.3 app, not the v1 REST API, tokens, llmster or MCP",
          "1.7k open issues in the public bug tracker"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send `Authorization: Bearer $LM_API_TOKEN` when the owner gives you a token. With Require Authentication on, every request needs it",
          "Pass `previous_response_id` to /api/v1/chat instead of resending the history, and `store: false` for one-off calls",
          "List models with `GET /api/v1/models` before naming one. A named model that's downloaded loads just in time",
          "Install the Python SDK pre-release (1.6.0b1) and pass `api_token` directly. It reads `LMSTUDIO_API_TOKEN`, not the `LM_API_TOKEN` the docs name",
          "Set `allowed_tools` on every MCP integration. Without it the model sees every tool on the server"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 2.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 57.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 69,
          "maintenance": 72,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 34,
          "schema": 64,
          "security": 59,
          "transparency": 55
        },
        "provenanceScore": 67
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://lmstudio.ai/install.sh | bash   # llmster, the headless daemon. Windows: irm https://lmstudio.ai/install.ps1 | iex",
        "http": "curl http://localhost:1234/api/v1/chat \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $LM_API_TOKEN\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"model\": \"ibm/granite-4-micro\", \"input\": \"Write a short haiku about sunrise.\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:1234\nexport ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=lmstudio\nexport CLAUDE_CODE_ATTRIBUTION_HEADER=0\nclaude --model openai/gpt-oss-20b"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.local",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/lm-studio"
      },
      "area": "models",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Element Labs, Inc.",
        "domain": "lmstudio.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2023-05-03",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://lmstudio.ai/app-terms",
        "privacy": "https://lmstudio.ai/app-privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://lmstudio.ai/changelog/lmstudio",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-03",
        "notes": [
          "The terms (effective 23 August 2026) and the privacy policy (effective June 2026) name Element Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington.",
          "There's no hosted endpoint. The server answers on the owner's machine, at localhost:1234 by default.",
          "lmstudio.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns a Hub web page rather than a security.txt, and we found no security page or SECURITY.md in the public repositories.",
          "RDAP for lmstudio.ai gives a registration date of 2023-05-03.",
          "lmstudio.ai/changelog opens on Bionic, the separate agent app. LM Studio's releases are at /changelog/lmstudio."
        ],
        "score": 67
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lm-studio.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "lm-studio",
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@lmstudio/sdk",
            "version": "2.0.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:31:57.979163993Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "lmstudio",
            "version": "1.5.0",
            "released": "2025-08-22",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:32:00.101781677Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 1786,
        "npmWeekly": 61084,
        "pypiWeekly": 14795,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://lmstudio.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:43.57855822Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://lmstudio.ai/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:57.079569518Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "lmstudio.ai",
          "registered": "2023-05-03",
          "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/lmstudio.ai",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:39.466212979Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://lmstudio.ai/changelog/lmstudio",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:43.124111793Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "861d11ad807a"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://lmstudio.ai/app-privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:38.584198725Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "2be7166b913e"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://lmstudio.ai/app-terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:40.97136456Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "90222f50fb4b"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T16:32:00.291286961Z"
      }
    },
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lm-studio.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lm-studio.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Khoj for reliability (+31).\n\nPick LM Studio for schema \u0026 documentation (+30), agent ergonomics (+23), security \u0026 auth (+30), maintenance \u0026 community (+53).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Khoj | LM Studio | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 34 | Khoj +31 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 34 | 64 | LM Studio +30 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 46 | 69 | LM Studio +23 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 29 | 59 | LM Studio +30 |\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) | 19 | 72 | LM Studio +53 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 61 | Khoj +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -7 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **38.8 · E** | **57.9 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Khoj | LM Studio |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Khoj Inc. | Element Labs, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | AGPL-3.0-or-later | Proprietary. The app and llmster are free for personal and internal business use under LM Studio's terms (Element Labs, Inc., effective 23 August 2026), with no source published. The `lms` CLI and the TypeScript and Python SDKs are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-03-26 | 2026-09-19 |\n| Popularity | 38k stars | 69k npm/wk, 15k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**LM Studio.** OpenAI-compatible chat completions, responses, completions and embeddings, Anthropic-compatible /v1/messages and a native /api/v1, all on one port. Authentication is off by default, so any local process can call the server.\n\n## Before you call either\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### LM Studio\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Bearer $LM_API_TOKEN` when the owner gives you a token. With Require Authentication on, every request needs it\n2. Pass `previous_response_id` to /api/v1/chat instead of resending the history, and `store: false` for one-off calls\n3. List models with `GET /api/v1/models` before naming one. A named model that's downloaded loads just in time\n4. Install the Python SDK pre-release (1.6.0b1) and pass `api_token` directly. It reads `LMSTUDIO_API_TOKEN`, not the `LM_API_TOKEN` the docs name\n5. Set `allowed_tools` on every MCP integration. Without it the model sees every tool on the server\n\n## Other comparisons with Khoj or LM Studio\n\n- [AnythingLLM vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-khoj.md)\n- [AnythingLLM vs LM Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-lm-studio.md)\n- [GPT4All vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-khoj.md)\n- [GPT4All vs LM Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-lm-studio.md)\n- [Jan vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jan-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Jan vs LM Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jan-vs-lm-studio.md)\n- [Khoj vs llama.cpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-llama-cpp.md)\n- [Khoj vs LocalAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/khoj-vs-localai.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- [llama.cpp vs LM Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/llama-cpp-vs-lm-studio.md)\n- [LM Studio vs LocalAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lm-studio-vs-localai.md)\n- [LM Studio vs Ollama](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lm-studio-vs-ollama.md)\n- [LM Studio vs Open WebUI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lm-studio-vs-open-webui.md)\n- [LM Studio vs screenpipe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lm-studio-vs-screenpipe.md)\n- [LM Studio vs Underdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lm-studio-vs-underdog.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\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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