# khoj-ai/khoj

Your AI second brain. Self-hostable. Get answers from the web or your docs. Build custom agents, schedule automations, do deep research. Turn any online or local LLM into your personal, autonomous AI (gpt, claude, gemini, llama, qwen, mistral). Get started - free.

37,884 stars · 2,529 forks · Python · AGPL-3.0

Topics: agent, ai, assistant, chat, chatgpt, emacs, image-generation, llama3

## Use it

### How to install khoj in Claude Code

1. Clone & open

```bash
git clone https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj.git
cd khoj
claude
```

2. Let Claude read it

   Ask “/init” to generate a CLAUDE.md, then have Claude explain, run, or extend the codebase. It reads files on demand.

### How to install khoj in Claude Desktop

1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj.git
```

2. Open in your AI editor

   Open the folder in your assistant and ask it to index the codebase, then reference files in chat.

### How to install khoj in Cursor

1. Clone & open in Cursor

```bash
git clone https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj.git
```

2. Index & chat

   Open the folder — Cursor indexes it automatically. Use @Codebase in chat to ask about it or scaffold from it.

### How to install khoj in Codex CLI

1. Clone

```bash
git clone https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj.git
```

2. Point Codex at it

   Run codex in the repo root; add setup notes to AGENTS.md so the agent knows how to build & test.

### How to install khoj in Windsurf

1. Clone & open

```bash
git clone https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj.git
```

2. Use Cascade

   Windsurf indexes the workspace; ask Cascade to explain or reuse modules from the repo.

### How to install khoj in Cline

1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj.git
```

2. Open in your AI editor

   Open the folder in your assistant and ask it to index the codebase, then reference files in chat.

### How to install khoj in VS Code

1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj.git
```

2. Open in your AI editor

   Open the folder in your assistant and ask it to index the codebase, then reference files in chat.

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