How to install on Windows 🪟

[sabaimran]

I've run these steps on a virtual Windows machine and have been able to get Khoj up and running. The steps below worked for me:

Prerequisites

1. Ensure you have Visual Studio C++ Build tools installed. You can download it from Microsoft here. At the minimum, you should have the following configuration:
   
2. Ensure you have Python installed. You can check by running python --version. If you don't, install the latest version from here.
   • Ensure you have pip installed: py -m ensurepip --upgrade.

Quick start

1. Open a PowerShell terminal.
2. Run pip install khoj-assistant
3. Start Khoj with khoj

Installation in a Virtual Environment

Use this if you want to install with a virtual environment. This will make it much easier to manage your dependencies. You can read more about virtual environments here.

1. Open a PowerShell terminal with the Run as Administrator privileges.
2. Create a virtual environment: mkdir khoj && cd khoj && py -m venv .venv
3. Activate the virtual environment: .\.venv\Scripts\activate. If you get a permissions error, then run Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned.
4. Run pip install khoj-assistant
5. Start Khoj with khoj

[TomLucidor]

Has anyone cooked up a Chocolatey package yet? https://chocolatey.org/