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An AI personal assistant for your digital brain
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## Introduction
Welcome to the Khoj Docs! This is the best place to [get started](./setup.md) with Khoj. We have instructions on self-hosting, using Khoj with Emacs, Obsidian, and the Web, and more. We also include setup instructions for users on the hosted instance at [app.khoj.dev](https://app.khoj.dev).
- Khoj is an application to dynamically engage with your notes, documents and images. We support APIs for [semantic search](./search.md) and [chat](./chat.md).
- It can be easily self-hosted and run on your consumer hardware or private cloud.
- It provides an open source, AI personal assistant accessible from your [Emacs](./emacs.md), [Obsidian](./obsidian.md) or [Web browser](./web.md), or our [desktop app](https://khoj.dev/downloads).
- It works with plaintext, markdown, [notion](./notion_integration.md) org-mode, pdf files and [github repositories](./github_integration.md)
- It can support use with multiple users. If you're self-hosting, your family, friends, or team can have a shared assistance server. You'll the the suite of server admin settings at `/server/admin`.
## Quickstart
[Click here](./setup.md) for full setup instructions
```shell
pip install khoj-assistant && khoj
```
## Overview
#### [Search](./search.md)
- **Local**: Your personal data stays local. All search and indexing is done on your machine.
- **Incremental**: Incremental search for a fast, search-as-you-type experience
#### [Chat](./chat.md)
- **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