# Khoj vs MLX LM (slim)

> MLX LM scores 52.2 (D) on agent readiness against Khoj's 38.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do local inference. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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MLX LM scores 52.2 (D) on agent readiness against Khoj's 38.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do local inference.

- Khoj: E 38.5, rank #813 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/khoj.min.md
- MLX LM: D 52.2, rank #657 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mlx-lm.min.md
- 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.
- MLX LM, good for An owner with an Apple silicon Mac who wants MLX-format models, local fine-tuning and quantisation from Python or the command line, with a simple local chat completions server. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 54 against 46; Maintenance & community, 61 against 19; Transparency & trust, 66 against 60. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Khoj loses 7 points for them.

| Category | Khoj | MLX LM |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 34 | 37 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 46 | 54 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 29 | 32 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 19 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Khoj | MLX LM |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Khoj Inc. | Apple Inc. |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0-or-later | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-03-26 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-06-05 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 38k stars | 7.3k stars, 140k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | none |