khoj/documentation/docs/clients/desktop.md
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Desktop

Query your Second Brain from your machine

Use the Desktop app to chat and search with Khoj. You can also share your files, folders with Khoj using the app. Khoj will keep these files in sync to provide contextual responses when you search or chat.

Features

  • Chat
    • Faster answers: Find answers quickly, from your private notes or the public internet
    • Assisted creativity: Smoothly weave across retrieving answers and generating content
    • Iterative discovery: Iteratively explore and re-discover your notes
    • Quick access: Use Khoj Mini on the desktop to quickly pull up a mini chat module for quicker answers
  • Search
    • Natural: Advanced natural language understanding using Transformer based ML Models
    • Incremental: Incremental search for a fast, search-as-you-type experience

Setup

:::info[Self Hosting] If you are self-hosting the Khoj server, update the Settings page on the Khoj Desktop app to:

  • Set the Khoj URL field to your Khoj server URL. By default, use http://127.0.0.1:42110.
  • Do not set the Khoj API Key field if your Khoj server runs in anonymous mode. For example, khoj --anonymous-mode :::
  1. Install the Khoj Desktop app for your OS
  2. Generate an API key on the Khoj Web App
  3. Set your Khoj API Key on the Settings page of the Khoj Desktop app
  4. [Optional] Add any files, folders you'd like Khoj to be aware of on the Settings page and Click Save. These files and folders will be automatically kept in sync for you

Interface

Chat Search