> So if you self-host your data never leaves your machine
Anyway, I definitely don't think this deserves to be described as "a simple interface for the OpenAI-API drenched in fake buzzwords boosted to the top of HN to scam investors" or "twitter get-rich-quick-guru level lousy and fake, and is clearly boosted to the top of HN".
Horrible reactions in this thread to open source software you can fork to use whatever you want. Really disappointing.
You really need to explain what you are hating on here.
That's like saying I invented a new form of transportation where you're feet never leave the ground but in actuality I'm just a travel agent sending you to the airport.
Really feels like people are nitpicking and hating on this project for no good reason. I feel sorry for the authors.
> Emphasis mine.
> It seems somewhat disingenuous.
I've been trying it. Khoj search does work offline. Khoj chat (they are literally seperate functions in the app) requires an openAI key and if you give it one, uses openAI.
The Khoj website says, and I quote:
> Khoj's offline AI models allow you to find information using natural language queries. Search using terms that are similar to what you're looking for, rather than exact or fuzzy matches. Khoj search works offline. So if you self-host your data never leaves your machine and search works without internet.
Emphasis mine.
It seems somewhat disingenuous.
I get it, parts of it run offline, parts of it use the openai api… but that’s not what it says on the box.
Why is the project making a song and dance about self hosting and being open source when it’s just another openai app.
If it’s not just another openai wrapper, cut the openai part of it out and pitch it that way, sure.
…but as it stands, I’m pretty sceptical.
Lots of people are doing the “ai magic” tech demo stuff at the moment, but when you cut them off from the openai api the magic goes away and what’s left isn't very good or interesting.
Maybe this is different? …but it doesn’t look like it; and since they’re tied up with the openai api and you can’t use it without that, how would I even tell?