Khoj vs Outline
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted notes & knowledge base options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
Not the right match-up?
Compare Khoj with
choose an app… AppFlowy AFFiNE Memos Mark Text Joplin Plane SiYuan Logseq Paperless-ngx Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Wiki.js Karakeep ArchiveBox Focalboard Notable Docmost Super Productivity Wekan Obsidian Linkwarden BookStack Foam Omnivore OpenProject Notesnook Habitica Self-Hosted Zettlr VNote Wallabag Planka Self-hosted LiveSync Shiori Leantime Linkding Blinko git-bug Kanboard Laverna Anytype Reor nb Notes Floccus Kaneo Buku Taskwarrior Markor Sync QOwnNotes TagSpaces Papra Mindforger Web CherryTree Shaarli Pinry Archivy Flatnotes Dnote
Compare Outline with
choose an app… AppFlowy AFFiNE Docusaurus Memos Mark Text Joplin Plane SiYuan Logseq Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Wiki.js Karakeep ArchiveBox Focalboard Notable MkDocs Docmost Super Productivity Wekan Obsidian Linkwarden BookStack Foam Docs by Suite Numerique Omnivore OpenProject Answer Notesnook Gollum Habitica Self-Hosted Zettlr Quartz VNote Wallabag MarkText Workspace Planka Self-hosted LiveSync Shiori Leantime Linkding Blinko git-bug Kanboard Laverna TiddlyWiki Anytype Reor Read the Docs nb Notes Floccus Dillinger Kaneo Dendron Buku Athens Research org-roam Taskwarrior Markor Sync Livebook QOwnNotes SilverBullet TagSpaces MediaWiki DokuWiki Mindforger Web CherryTree Shaarli Pinry MDwiki Flatnotes Dnote Trilium Notes Next Raneto NoteDiscovery MindForger WizNote BatNoter Documize Community Notea AppFlowy Cloud Jotty Django Wiki ZenTao Atomic Server Otter Wiki Knowledge RocketNotes QuillPad Beavers Notes XWiki Outline Desktop Writing Many Notes LeafWiki Notabase Notesnook Sync Server mdSilo Daux.io Realms Wiki Note Mark Turtl RedNotebook Tangent Notes DailyTxT TeamMapper Standard Notes WiseMapping MyTetra Mindwendel LibreKB Digimindmap memEx QST
Feature Khoj Outline Category Notes & Knowledge Base Notes & Knowledge Base License AGPL-3.0 BSL-1.1 Language Python TypeScript Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 2,048 MB 1,024 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source docker GitHub stars ★ 36,386 ★ 40,034 First released 2021 2017 Replaces Notion AI, Evernote Notion, Confluence
Why pick each one
Choose Khoj if… Turns notes into an AI knowledge base Supports local LLMs Khoj details Choose Outline if… Polished team wiki Great search Strong integrations Outline details
Frequently asked questions Is Khoj or Outline better? Neither is universally better. Outline has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Khoj and Outline free and open-source? Yes. Khoj is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Outline under BSL-1.1. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Khoj and Outline with Docker? Khoj: yes. Outline: yes.