AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Cortex
Persistent memory layer for AI coding tools (Claude, Cursor)
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Persistent memory for Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor. Free.
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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One memory, not one per tool. Cog gives AI agents a shared, structured memory layer using plain-text files — portable across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Copilot, and more.
Mar 2026 · lab.puga.com.br · its alternatives →
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Claude-Mem▲115AI agent memory, everywhere. claude-mem is open-source memory for Claude Code; cmem links it to any MCP client — Cursor, Codex, more — via one private link.
Dec 2025 · cmem.ai · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I'm José, and I built Recall to solve a problem that was driving me crazy. The Problem: I use Claude for coding daily, but every conversation starts from scratch. I'd explain my architecture, coding standards, past decisions... then hit the context limit and lose everything. Next session? Start over. The Solution: Recall is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives Claude persistent memory using Redis + semantic search. Think of it as long-term memory that survives context limits and session restarts. How it works: - Claude stores important context as "memories" during…
2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
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Switch from ChatGPT to Claude with import memory feature
Mar 2026 · claude.com · its alternatives →
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Context Sync▲95Persistent AI memory across Claude Desktop & Cursor IDE
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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OpenMemory Chrome Extension: Long-term memory for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Grok etc - mem0ai/mem0-chrome-extension
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built Retain as the evolution of claude-reflect (github.com/BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect). The original problem: I use Claude Code/Codex daily for coding, plus claude.ai and ChatGPT occasionally. Every conversation contains decisions, corrections, and patterns I forget existed weeks later. I kept re-explaining the same preferences. claude-reflect was a CLI tool that extracted learnings from Claude Code sessions. Retain takes this further with a native macOS app that: - Aggregates conversations from Claude Code, claude.ai, ChatGPT, and Codex CLI - Instant full-text…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Skillkit▲252It's an open-source project that lets you create, translate, and work with multiple agents at the same time, and more.
Feb 2026 · agenstskills.com · its alternatives →
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Stop wasting tokens and re-explaining your project every session. Recall gives Claude Code durable memory — entirely offline. - raiyanyahya/recall
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I got tired of Claude Code forgetting all my context every time I open a new session: set-up decisions, how I like my margins, decision history. etc. We built a shared memory layer you can drop in as a Claude Code Skill. It’s basically a tiny memory DB with recall that remembers your sessions. Not magic. Not AGI. Just state. Install in Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add https://github.com/mutable-state-inc/ensue-skill /plugin install ensue-memory # restart Claude Code What it does: (1) persists context between sessions (2) semantic & temportal search (not just…
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Agentmemory▲310Persistent memory for Claude Code, Codex & coding agents
May 2026 · agent-memory.dev · its alternatives →
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The memory layer that decides what's worth remembering
Aug 2026 · skynetlab-cortex.com · its alternatives →
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Comprehensive memory management for Claude Code
Mar 2026 · codeyam.com · its alternatives →
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Shared persistent memory across all your LLMs.
2025 · teamlayer.xyz · its alternatives →
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Hi, I'm Daniel from Zep. I've integrated the Cursor IDE with Graphiti, our open-source temporal knowledge graph framework, to provide Cursor with persistent memory across sessions. The goal was simple: help Cursor remember your coding preferences, standards, and project specs, so you don't have to constantly remind it. Before this integration, Cursor (an AI-assisted IDE many of us already use daily) lacked a robust way to persist user context. To solve this, I used Graphiti’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, which allows structured data exchange between the IDE and Graphiti's temporal…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Bindly▲76Hi HN, I’m a product designer by background, not a traditional software engineer. Over the last year, tools like Claude and ChatGPT completely changed how I work. I started with small internal tools, and now I’m “vibe coding” multiple highly personalized apps. As I iterated between Claude Code (implementation) and ChatGPT (ideation / thinking), I kept running into the same problem. To think clearly, I had to repeatedly re-explain: - what the code currently does, - what changed recently, - and why certain decisions were made. That re-summarization step became a real bottleneck. So I…
2016 · bind.ly · its alternatives →
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Cortex▲70Run multiple claude-code agents from YAML config
Jan 2026 · cortex-cli.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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AI Memory Context Solved
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Monitor & collaborate on Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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⚡ The open-source persistent cognitive memory layer for AI coding agents. Stop your Cursor, Claude & Copilot from having amnesia. - itskie/friday
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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memories.sh▲50One layer for memories, skills, and rules across any agent
Feb 2026 · memories.sh · its alternatives →
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