AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to GitHub
PMB is a local-first memory system for AI coding agents, running on MCP and storing data with SQLite and LanceDB. It preserves project context, decisions, and preferences across sessions and tools. I created it because coding agents frequently lose valuable context between sessions, especially on long projects. So, I'd love feedback from those who use coding agents regularly. What do you think should be auto-remembered versus what should always need explicit confirmation?
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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PMB▲211PMB gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Zed a real memory. Decisions, lessons and facts in one SQLite file on your disk. Offline, no API keys, no cloud.
Jun 2026 · pmbai.dev · 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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How it works: - Storage uses one SQLite database file, plus a local LanceDB index of vectors. No need for a server, cloud services, or any API keys. - Retrieval is a hybrid approach using BM25 (rank-bm25) and vector-based search (sentence-transformers) combined with a co-occurrence graph of entities, using reciprocal rank fusion. The idea is to find the right memory, not the closest one. - It plugs into the agent's lifecycle via MCP: before the agent responds, relevant memories are added to its input; after each turn, decisions and new learnings are automatically recorded. No need to…
Jun 2026 · github.com · 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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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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Store, review, and share your Claude Code sessions
Mar 2026 · bench.silverstream.ai · its alternatives →
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Mastra Code▲198The AI coding agent that never compacts
Feb 2026 · code.mastra.ai · its alternatives →
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I built a lightweight project management workflow to keep AI-driven development organized. The problem was that context kept disappearing between tasks. With multiple Claude agents running in parallel, I’d lose track of specs, dependencies, and history. External PM tools didn’t help because syncing them with repos always created friction. The solution was to treat GitHub Issues as the database. The "system" is ~50 bash scripts and markdown configs that: - Brainstorm with you to create a markdown PRD, spins up an epic, and decomposes it into tasks and syncs them with GitHub issues - Track…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Polygraph▲160Let AI agents see cross repo and maintain session memory.
Jun 2026 · trypolygraph.com · its alternatives →
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Contextberg▲102Turn your work into AI agent memory, served over MCP
May 2026 · contextberg.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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prjct/cli▲95Change machines or agents. Keep your project's memory.
2025 · prjct.app · 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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An OKF-backed Model Context Protocol (MCP) server delivering persistent long-term memory and SQLite FTS5 search for AI agents. - fellowgeek/mcp-memory
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Reference▲81Local file search with citations for AI agents. No cloud uploads.
Aug 2026 · tryreference.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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Local persistent memory store for LLM applications including claude desktop, github copilot, codex, antigravity, etc. - CaviraOSS/LongMemory
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Memory + judgment for AI coding agents (local, MIT)
May 2026 · projectmem.dev · its alternatives →
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Persistent, project-local memory for AI coding agent via MCP
Aug 2026 · opencntx.dev · its alternatives →
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