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24 alternatives to I made an open-source memory layer for agents
Store memories, auto-extract entities and relationships, search semantically. MCP server + REST API + SDKs. Self-hostable, cloud option, MIT license.
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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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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Make0 Brain▲82A memory store that works across all of your AI agents.
12d ago · make0.ai · 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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Eggshell▲74Local memory for AI agents to reuse work, spend fewer tokens
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Query Memory▲100One API for all documents your AI agents need
Mar 2026 · querymemory.com · its alternatives →
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May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, for about a year now I've been experimenting with AI agents and building my own home ecosystem; from the start I set out with the idea of an agent that behaves like a member of the family, not as a personal agent, and this made me clash very early first with OpenClaw's builtin memory, then I tested dozens of memory plugins without ever finding one that fit my purpose, so like any good builder I made my own. First on OpenClaw, as a plugin, then the idea matured and since the beginning of this year the memory plugin has evolved into an agent agnostic MCP server. It has been running my…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An agent that remembers across sessions can keep its memory as curated markdown files, as an auto-mined structured store, or as trained experience.
Aug 2026 · pinglin.tw · 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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Open Source Context Infrastructure for AI Agents
May 2026 · ravbyte-ai.github.io · its alternatives →
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MemoClaw▲6Hey HN, I built MemoClaw, a simple memory service for AI agents. Store and recall memories with semantic search. No registration, no API keys, your wallet address is your identity. How it works: - POST /v1/store → save a memory ($0.001) - POST /v1/recall → semantic search ($0.001) - Payment via x402 protocol (USDC on Base) Why I built this: Every agent framework has its own memory solution, but they're all local or require complex setup. I wanted something like S3 for memories – just call an API and pay for what you use. CLI: `npm install -g memoclaw` Docs:…
Feb 2026 · memoclaw.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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Give AI agents long-term memory. Not vector search or RAG
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Open-source MCP server. #5 on LoCoMo. 100% local. MIT.
May 2026 · totalmemory.dev · 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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Stop repeating yourself to every AI | Open Source
Feb 2026 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I pay for ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and use Gemini through work. Four vendors, four separate conversation histories, four profiles of how I think. None of them talk to each other. Switch providers and you start over. So I built a system where the memory is mine. I run a knowledge graph in Postgres (Supabase, free tier) with pgvector for semantic search. A small MCP server reads and writes to it. That server sits behind an MCP Gateway on a $6/month VPS, along with Brave Search and a GitHub server. TypingMind connects to the gateway as a BYOK client -- any model, any device, same…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built Syne because I was tired of AI assistants that forget everything after each conversation. Syne is a self-hosted AI agent framework where memory is a first-class citizen — stored as semantic vectors in PostgreSQL, searchable across millions of entries, and persistent forever. Key features: - Unlimited persistent memory with semantic search (pgvector) - Anti-hallucination: only stores user-confirmed facts, auto-deduplicates - Self-evolving: creates new abilities at runtime without restart - Multi-model: switch between Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude mid-conversation - True $0/month setup:…
Feb 2026 · its alternatives →
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