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24 alternatives to Memctl v0.1.0 Open source shared persistent memory for AI coding agents

Shared, persistent memory for AI coding agents. One project brain across machines and IDEs. Perfect for projects and teams. - memctl/memctl

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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    Memctl▲4

    Shared memory for AI coding agents across your team

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Persistent memory for Claude Code, Codex & coding agents

    May 2026 · agent-memory.dev · its alternatives →

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    cognee▲382

    Memory for AI Agents in 5 lines of code

    2025 · cognee.ai · its alternatives →

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    Persistent memory for AI coding agents

    Apr 2026 · contextpool.io · its alternatives →

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    Persistent memory for Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor. Free.

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    AI 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! We're Taranjeet and Deshraj, the founders of Mem0 (https://mem0.ai). Mem0 adds a stateful memory layer to AI applications, allowing them to remember user interactions, preferences, and context over time. This enables AI apps to deliver increasingly personalized and intelligent experiences that evolve with every interaction. There’s a demo video at https://youtu.be/VtRuBCTZL1o and a playground to try out at https://app.mem0.ai/playground. You'll need to sign up to use the playground – this helps ensure responses are more tailored to you by…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Memori▲168

    Persistent memory from agent trace, not just conversation

    May 2026 · memorilabs.ai · its alternatives →

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    Repo-native memory for coding agents

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Persistent, structured memory for AI Agents

    Jan 2026 · mnexium.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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    The memory layer for AI agents

    Jul 2026 · kitforai.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! We're Deshraj and Taranjeet. We've been building working on a startup called Mem0, building an open-source memory layer for AI apps and agents (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41447317). We also kept running into our own daily frustrations with AI assistants forgetting everything between conversations. Over a weekend, we decided to hack together a Chrome extension to solve this for ourselves. The problem was simple: we were constantly re-explaining our context across platforms when switching between ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. Start a coding discussion in…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Shared memory for coding agents.

    Sep 2026 · resumecontext.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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    Memory + judgment for AI coding agents (local, MIT)

    May 2026 · projectmem.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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    A file-based protocol for multi-agent AI workflows — portable, auditable, human-in-command. Cross-agent communication and persistent shared memory across runtimes, projects, and machines. No daemons, no central server.

    May 2026 · oacp.dev · its alternatives →

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    Shared memory & coordination layer for AI agent teams

    Jul 2026 · agenthelm.online · its alternatives →

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    Persistent, shared memory for agents

    Mar 2026 · mem9.ai · 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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    Portable context for every AI. Never explain yourself twice.

    Jun 2026 · ao2.ai · its alternatives →

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    Memory for AI agents. One brain across every model & tool.

    Jul 2026 · brainmemory.ai · 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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