Difylanggenius/dify
Build, run and monitor LLM apps and agent workflowsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 158kcommit 16 hours agolive demo85worth
Open-source alternatives to Khoj
24 projects in the catalog share a category with Khoj (Chat UIs or RAG & vector DBs). They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 22 run with Docker, 15 have a permissive license and 24 had a commit in the last 90 days.
Compare at a glance
| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khoj (this project) | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 38k | |
| AnythingLLM | Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | MIT | 67k | |
| Onyx | Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 32k | |
| Vane | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 37k | |
| Dify | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 158k | |
| gpt-researcher | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 30k | |
| Open Notebook | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| LobeHub | Web, Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 83k | |
| Open WebUI | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 154k | |
| Hermes WebUI | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 19k | |
| LibreChat | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 45k | |
| Firecrawl | Web, Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 188k | |
| Odysseus | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 89k | |
| NextChat | Web, Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | MIT | 89k | |
| Crawl4AI | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 85k | |
| RAGFlow | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 92k | |
| SillyTavern | Web | Not listed | AGPL-3.0 | 34k | |
| LightRAG | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| PrivateGPT | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 58k | |
| CowAgent | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 47k | |
| Milvus | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 46k | |
| AstrBot | Docker / self-host | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 41k | |
| Qdrant | Docker / self-host | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 35k | |
| AIRI | Web, Desktop | Not listed | MIT | 50k | |
| WeKnora | Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 32k |
Web apps (12)
gpt-researcherassafelovic/gpt-researcher
Autonomous deep research agent for web and local documentsPersonalAgent skillsAgents & frameworksMCP serversRAG & vector DBsWeb★ 30kApache-2.0commit last week85worth
Open Notebooklfnovo/open-notebook
Open-source NotebookLM alternativePersonalNotes & docsRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 40kMITcommit 15 hours ago85worth
LobeHublobehub/lobehub
Polished multi-provider AI chat with pluginsPersonalChat UIsWebDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 83kcommit 15 hours ago84worth
Open WebUIopen-webui/open-webui
Self-hosted chat interface for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible modelsPersonalEnterpriseChat UIsWebDocker / self-host★ 154kcommit 2 weeks ago82worth
Hermes WebUInesquena/hermes-webui
Web and mobile UI for Hermes AgentPersonalChat UIsAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 19kMITcommit yesterday81worth
LibreChatLibreChat-AI/LibreChat
One chat UI for many model providers, with agents and SSOPersonalEnterpriseChat UIsWebDocker / self-host★ 45kMITcommit 3 days ago77worth
Firecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawl
Web data API that turns sites into LLM-ready dataPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 188kAGPL-3.0commit 17 hours ago77worth
Odysseusodysseus-dev/odysseus
Self-hosted AI workspacePersonalEnterpriseChat UIsAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 89kAGPL-3.0commit 2 days ago77worth
NextChatChatGPTNextWeb/NextChat
Lightweight cross-platform AI chat clientPersonalChat UIsWebDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 89kMITcommit 2 months ago74worth
SillyTavernSillyTavern/SillyTavern
LLM front-end for power usersPersonalChat UIsWeb★ 34kAGPL-3.0commit 3 weeks ago87worth
AIRImoeru-ai/airi
Self-hosted AI companion and virtual characterPersonalChat UIsWebDesktop★ 50kMITcommit 17 hours ago82worth
Self-hosted Docker apps (12)
AnythingLLMMintplex-Labs/anything-llm
Chat with your documents using any LLMPersonalEnterpriseChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 67kMITcommit 21 hours ago84worth
Onyxonyx-dot-app/onyx
Open-source AI platform with enterprise searchEnterpriseChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 32kcommit 15 hours ago77worth
VaneItzCrazyKns/Vane
AI-powered answering enginePersonalChat UIsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 37kMITcommit last month71worth
Crawl4AIunclecode/crawl4ai
Web crawler that turns sites into LLM-ready MarkdownPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 85kApache-2.0commit last week88worth
RAGFlowinfiniflow/ragflow
RAG engine built on deep document understandingEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 92kApache-2.0commit yesterday87worth
LightRAGHKUDS/LightRAG
Simple and fast graph-based RAGPersonalEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 40kMITcommit last week86worth
PrivateGPTzylon-ai/private-gpt
Private AI API over local modelsEnterpriseLocal inferenceRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 58kApache-2.0commit 2 weeks ago83worth
CowAgentzhayujie/CowAgent
AI assistant for WeChat and other chat appsPersonalChat UIsAgents & frameworksDocker / self-host★ 47kMITcommit yesterday83worth
Milvusmilvus-io/milvus
Cloud-native vector databaseEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 46kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago83worth
AstrBotAstrBotDevs/AstrBot
AI chatbot for many messaging platformsPersonalChat UIsAgents & frameworksDocker / self-host★ 41kAGPL-3.0commit 15 hours ago83worth
Qdrantqdrant/qdrant
High-performance vector database and search engineEnterpriseDatabases & backendsRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 35kApache-2.0commit last month82worth
WeKnoraTencent/WeKnora
LLM knowledge platformEnterpriseRAG & vector DBsDocker / self-host★ 32kcommit 3 days ago81worth