khoj/documentation/docs/get-started/overview.md

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Overview

An AI copilot for your Second Brain

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Introduction

Welcome to the Khoj Docs! This is the best place to get setup and explore Khoj's features.

• Khoj is an open source, personal AI
• You can chat with it about anything. It'll use files you shared with it to respond, when relevant
• Quickly find relevant notes and documents using natural language
• It understands pdf, plaintext, markdown, org-mode files, notion pages and github repositories
• Access it from your Emacs, Obsidian, Web browser or the Khoj Desktop app
• Use cloud to access your Khoj anytime from anywhere, self-host on consumer hardware for privacy

Quickstart

• Try Khoj Cloud to get started quickly
• Read these instructions to self-host a private instance of Khoj

At a Glance

Search

• Natural: Use natural language queries to quickly find relevant notes and documents.
• Incremental: Incremental search for a fast, search-as-you-type experience

Chat

• Faster answers: Find answers faster, smoother than search. No need to manually scan through your notes to find answers.
• Iterative discovery: Iteratively explore and (re-)discover your notes
• Assisted creativity: Smoothly weave across answers retrieval and content generation
• Online or Offline: Choose online or offline chat depending on your requirements