# Khoj vs TextGen (slim)

> TextGen scores 45.1 (E) on agent readiness against Khoj's 38.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Khoj leads on reliability and transparency & trust. Both do local inference. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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TextGen scores 45.1 (E) on agent readiness against Khoj's 38.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Khoj leads on reliability and transparency & trust. Both do local inference.

- Khoj: E 38.5, rank #813 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/khoj.min.md
- TextGen: E 45.1, rank #775 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.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. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 51; Transparency & trust, 60 against 49.
- TextGen, good for A person who wants one app for several backends (llama.cpp, ExLlamaV3, Transformers) with an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible endpoint, LoRA training and image generation. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 61 against 34; Security & auth, 40 against 29; Maintenance & community, 24 against 19. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Khoj | TextGen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 34 | 61 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 46 | 50 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 29 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 19 | 24 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 49 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Khoj | TextGen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Khoj Inc. | oobabooga |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0-or-later | AGPL-3.0 |
| Last release | 2026-03-26 | 2026-05-20 |
| 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 | 48k stars |
| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | none |