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Memory and knowledge MCP servers: comparison and full list

The Memory and knowledge category lists 250 open-source MCP servers, checked on GitHub. The best scored on our grid are Context7, Basic memory, and Hindsight. 79% received a commit in the last three months.

250servers
79 %active (3 months)
6official
30stars (median)

What Memory and knowledge MCP servers are for

Memory and knowledge MCP servers help an AI agent retrieve information or retain context across conversations. They support teams consulting documentation, building a knowledge base, or resuming work without restating every earlier decision. Context7 supplies code documentation, while Cognee manages memory using graph and vector stores. Basic memory offers a knowledge graph based on Markdown files that people and language models can read and write. You might ask: “Find the documented decisions for this project, cite their sources, and flag any that appear to have been superseded.” Retrieval and persistence depend on the specific server and its configuration.

Example uses:

  • Retrieve a project decision together with the documents needed to verify its original context.
  • Consult library documentation before proposing a code change that fits the project’s existing implementation.
  • Save working notes in a memory space explicitly available to later authorized conversations and tasks.
  • Prepare a searchable knowledge base from sources whose access and reuse permissions you control.

The category in figures

Of the 250 servers in the category (8% of the directory), 6 are official vendor implementations, 93% declare a licence, 26 offer a remote server and 37 need at least one API key or token according to the MCP registry. The median repository has 30 stars.

Context7Context7 : 63.6K63.6KHindsightHindsight : 53.4K53.4KCogneeCognee : 32.7K32.7KSkill SeekersSkill Seekers : 15.2K15.2KHonchoHoncho : 7.8K7.8KBasic memoryBasic memory : 4.3K4.3KNoteDiscoveryNoteDiscovery : 2.8K2.8KMemantoMemanto : 2.3K2.3KMCP memory serviceMCP memory service : 2K2KMinutesMinutes : 1.6K1.6K
GitHub stars, log scale. Checked October 25, 2026.

All Memory and knowledge MCP servers

Click a header to sort. Score out of 100: adoption, maintenance and framework (licence, registry, official status); risk: system access, secrets, licence, abandonment.

ServerStarsLast commitLicenceRiskScore
Context7
Up-to-date code documentation for LLMs and AI code editors.
63,596Oct 23, 2026MITmoderate90
Hindsight
Hindsight: long-term memory for AI agents modeled on human memory.
53,389Oct 24, 2026MITlow85
Cognee
Memory manager for AI apps and agents using graph and vector stores, with ingestion from many data sources.
32,717Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0low85
Skill Seekers
Turn docs, GitHub repos, PDFs, videos, Confluence, Notion and Slack/Discord into AI skills and RAG knowledge, exportable to vector databases
15,212Sep 30, 2026MITlow85
Honcho
Memory that reasons: continual learning for stateful agents. Better context, fewer tokens.
7,759Oct 23, 2026AGPL-3.0low84
Basic memory
Local-first AI memory: a semantic knowledge graph of Markdown files that humans and LLMs both read and write, with optional cloud sync and t
4,336Oct 24, 2026AGPL-3.0low86
NoteDiscovery
Self-hosted Markdown knowledge base with a web UI: search, read, create, edit, tag and template notes.
2,848Oct 24, 2026MITlow80
Memanto
Universal memory agent for AI: provides semantic search, namespace management, text/vector operations and RAG for local or remote environmen
2,340Oct 24, 2026MITlow84
MCP memory service
Memory service with semantic search, persistent storage and autonomous memory consolidation.
2,038Oct 24, 2026Apache-2.0low78
Minutes
The private, owned conversation-memory layer for AI. Record, transcribe, and search every meeting.
1,568Oct 23, 2026MITlow77
Superlog
Open-source agent that observes and fixes your application. Query logs, traces, metrics, incidents.
1,470Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0low83
SoloMD
Read and search a folder of Markdown notes: search, backlinks, tags, tasks, outlines, git history.
1,359Oct 22, 2026MITlow76
Open ontologies
Ontology engineering for OWL, RDF and SPARQL: validate, query, diff, lint, version and govern knowledge graphs on an Oxigraph triple store.
1,333Oct 23, 2026MITlow76
ApeRAG
RAG platform combining Graph RAG, vector search and full-text search for building knowledge graphs and context engineering.
1,321Sep 12, 2026Apache-2.0low71
Deja vu
Local memory over session histories from Claude Code, Codex CLI and opencode: lexical search, session-start auto-recall, secret redaction an
1,301Oct 24, 2026MITlow81
Nautilus Compass Memory
Local-first long-term memory for AI agents, with byte-recomputable signed verification receipts.
1,254Oct 24, 2026—moderate66
MCP server chatsum
Query and summarize your chat messages with AI prompts.
1,026Dec 4, 2024—high37
Iai personal memory engine
Local memory daemon with episodic, semantic and procedural tiers, SQLite and hnswlib storage, sleep-cycle consolidation and AES-256-GCM encr
912Oct 23, 2026MITlow75
Projectmem
Local-first memory for coding agents: records issues, failed attempts, fixes and decisions, re-injects them and warns at git commit before a
866Oct 3, 2026MITlow79
Obsidian MCP server (cyanheads)
Read, write, search, and surgically edit Obsidian notes, tags, and frontmatter via MCP.
701Oct 24, 2026Apache-2.0low73
ThoughtDAG
Search local AI-agent conversation history by file or exact phrase and recall original source turns through four read-only tools.
693Oct 24, 2026MITlow78
TokenSave
Code intelligence for 15+ languages: semantic graph queries instead of file reads. 37 MCP tools.
677Oct 24, 2026MITlow73
Vestige
Local-first cognitive agent memory with FSRS-6 scheduling, smart ingest, SQLite storage, portable sync, an embedded dashboard and optional h
656Oct 24, 2026AGPL-3.0low78
MisakaNet
Agent failure memory: search verified debugging lessons from real engineering sessions.
544Oct 24, 2026Apache-2.0low77
Telemem
Mem0-compatible long-term and multimodal agent memory: character-isolated profiles, semantic deduplication, optional local stack and video m
494Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0moderate77
Entroly
Context control layer for coding agents: compression, prompt-prefix stabilization for caching, cheaper-model routing, local hallucination ch
479Oct 22, 2026Apache-2.0low77
Beever atlas
Team knowledge base turning Slack, Discord, Teams and Mattermost chats into a knowledge graph and wiki with cited answers, semantic search a
451Sep 10, 2026Apache-2.0low72
Molio Knowledge Base
Read-only access to your Molio local knowledge base: search, read, browse, and AI Q&A.
434Oct 24, 2026—moderate61
MCP local rag
Local document search: semantic search over PDF, DOCX, TXT and Markdown files with LanceDB vector storage and local embeddings.
421Oct 22, 2026MITlow76
Equation.io
Create interactive 2D and 3D graphs with validated equations, shareable links, and PNG previews.
408Oct 24, 2026MITlow77
Graphlit MCP server
Ingest content from Slack, Discord, websites, Google Drive, Linear or GitHub into a Graphlit project, then search and retrieve relevant know
377Jan 12, 2026MITlow51
MemoryMesh
Graph-based memory focused on AI role-play and story generation.
354Mar 1, 2026MITlow50
Context Engine
Compress logs, retrieval chunks, and code context into structured LLM-ready signal.
326Jul 11, 2026MITlow58
VeritasGraph
Zero-trust, air-gapped Enterprise GraphRAG MCP server with offline, citation-grounded answers.
325Oct 24, 2026MITlow70
Apollo MCP Server
MCP server that exposes GraphQL operations as tools for AI models.
317Oct 23, 2026MITlow70
Shodh memory
Cognitive agent memory with Hebbian learning, a three-tier architecture and knowledge graphs, running offline on edge devices.
315Oct 19, 2026Apache-2.0moderate75
Plur
Open, local-first engram memory for AI agents: read, correct, delete; shared over MCP.
308Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0low70
Knowledge rag
Offline RAG for Claude Code with hybrid BM25 and semantic search, cross-encoder reranking, Markdown-aware chunking and query expansion.
300Oct 23, 2026MITlow70
Emulo
Loads a personal profile mined from your local Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode logs so agents work the way you do.
299Oct 12, 2026MITlow75
Engrim
Cross-model, local-first episodic memory engine for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Antigravity. SQLite FTS5 (BM25) + 8MB static model2vec C
299Sep 26, 2026MITlow70
Markmap MCP server
Convert Markdown into interactive markmap mind maps with PNG/JPG/SVG export and live browser preview.
289Aug 4, 2026MITlow65
ResiMind
Exact polynomial checks, sparse expansion and verified rule memory. Local MCP tools, no model key.
270Oct 15, 2026MITlow69
YourMemory
Persistent agent memory with Ebbinghaus-style decay, hybrid BM25/vector retrieval, entity graph for multi-hop reasoning, auto-pruning and a
270Sep 19, 2026—moderate59
Sage
Local institutional memory for agents where BFT consensus among validators approves every memory before it is committed.
257Oct 24, 2026Apache-2.0low74
Yuque MCP server (yuque)
MCP server for Yuque — expose your knowledge base to AI assistants.
257Jul 15, 2026MITmoderate57
Neural memory
Persistent memory for AI agents — 55 MCP tools, spreading activation recall.
242Oct 23, 2026MITlow69
Lobu
Shared, permission-aware company context for AI agents, with provenance, approvals and audit.
230Oct 24, 2026Apache-2.0low69
OMEGA Memory
Local-first persistent memory for coding agents with semantic search, auto-capture, cross-session learning and intelligent forgetting.
224Oct 9, 2026Apache-2.0low74
Link
Local personal memory for agents as MCP tools — remember, recall, search, context, graph traversal.
217Oct 22, 2026MITlow68
NotebookLM MCP
Automate Google NotebookLM: Q&A with citations, audio podcasts, video, content generation, source management and notebook library.
208Oct 24, 2026MITlow73
GistPad MCP
Manage personal knowledge, daily notes and reusable prompts in GitHub Gists, as a companion to GistPad.
207Jan 16, 2026MITlow48
Mengram
Agent memory with semantic, episodic and procedural types, a knowledge graph, Claude Code auto-save/recall hooks, smart triggers and multi-u
204Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0low73
In Memoria
Cumulative memory and pattern learning for coding assistants, with local SQLite/SurrealDB storage for semantic codebase analysis.
175Dec 23, 2025MITlow47
MCP summarizer
Summarize plain text, web pages, PDF documents, EPUB books and HTML content.
167Feb 28, 2025—high29
Zettelkasten MCP
Zettelkasten knowledge management: create, link and search atomic notes.
167Apr 25, 2025MITmoderate39
Glean Remote MCP Server
Remote MCP Server that securely connects Glean Enterprise Knowledge with your IDE, LLM, or agents.
166Apr 17, 2026MITlow53
MCP zotero
Work with collections and sources in your Zotero Cloud library.
164Feb 4, 2025MITmoderate39
Piia Engram
Persistent user identity across AI tools: preferences, lessons and decisions in local JSON with staged verification, AES-256-GCM encryption
163Oct 23, 2026AGPL-3.0low72
Akb
Organizational knowledge base: Markdown docs, PostgreSQL tables and files linked by a URI graph, with hybrid search, Git history and multi-t
163Oct 23, 2026—high62
ContextLattice
Private-by-default memory and context layer for agents with staged retrieval across fused data backends and long-horizon context continuity.
156Oct 21, 2026Apache-2.0low72
Context keeper
LLM-driven context and memory management: short- and long-term memory with vector, timeline and knowledge graph retrieval plus reranking.
155Jan 13, 2026MITlow47
Openzim MCP
Search and navigate Wikipedia and other ZIM-format knowledge archives offline, with smart retrieval and caching.
146Oct 24, 2026MITlow72
Memex (iamtouchskyer)
Zettelkasten-based agent memory system with bidirectional links
144Sep 8, 2026MITlow62
MediaWiki MCP Server
Read, search and edit any MediaWiki wiki, including Wikipedia and Fandom, with multi-wiki support and Semantic MediaWiki, Cargo, Wikibase an
140Oct 22, 2026MITlow71
Aelios
Self-hosted long-term memory gateway for AI clients: runs on your own Cloudflare account (Workers + D1 + Vectorize), captures conversations,
138Oct 23, 2026AGPL-3.0low66
Hexis
Git-backed platform for skills, tools, and context for AI agents
120Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0low66
Memorylane
Desktop app that captures screen activity, stores AI summaries and OCR text locally, and exposes the history via semantic search and a timel
120Oct 24, 2026GPL-3.0low66
Mem0 MCP selfhosted
Self-hosted mem0 for Claude Code: Qdrant vector search, Neo4j knowledge graph, Ollama embeddings and session hooks for automatic cross-sessi
111Mar 13, 2026MITlow45
DocsMint
Cloud or self-hosted knowledge workspace with hybrid document search, GraphRAG, and scoped MCP tools for reading and updating documents.
109Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0moderate70
MCP server infranodus
Map text into knowledge graphs to create a structured representation of conceptual relations and t…
104Oct 21, 2026MITlow71
Loci
Queryable second brain over your scattered notes, docs, PDFs and chat exports: hybrid retrieval (vector + BM25 fused with RRF), section-leve
100Oct 22, 2026MITlow70
Knowl
Persistent local memory for coding agents that retires replaced facts at write time, so agents read the current answer; facts are typed with
99Oct 21, 2026Apache-2.0low70
Claudex
Persistent memory and full-text search over Claude Code conversation history indexed into SQLite, with session summaries and a web UI for ex
97Jun 20, 2026MITlow58
Pensyve
Universal memory runtime for AI agents — episodic, semantic, and procedural memory.
97Oct 22, 2026—moderate55
Enzyme
Semantic search and pattern discovery for Obsidian and markdown vaults.
96Oct 24, 2026Apache-2.0low65
Obsidian Vault MCP
Local Zotero, MinerU, Obsidian literature workflow with transactional Analysis notes.
94Aug 11, 2026MITlow60
Claude soul
Learning engine for Claude Code: extracts signals from sessions, runs periodic reflections and promotes or retires behavioral frameworks bas
92May 29, 2026MITlow53
Ragieai MCP
Retrieve context from your Ragie knowledge base, connected to sources like Google Drive, Notion and Jira.
91Feb 4, 2026MITlow45
Codealive MCP
Semantic code search and analysis from CodeAlive for AI assistants and agents.
90Sep 24, 2026MITmoderate60
KIP
Knowledge Graphs to enable memory persistence, knowledge evolution, explainable interaction.
88Oct 9, 2026MITmoderate64
Notebooklm MCP secure
Security-hardened Google NotebookLM access: session-based conversations, notebook library management and source-grounded answers, with post-
87Sep 3, 2026MITlow64
Pond
Lossless archive and search for AI agent sessions across clients.
87Oct 14, 2026Apache-2.0low69
After effects MCP (JUNKDOGE-JOE)
A stdio connector for the local ae-mcp After Effects panel; install the AE extension separately.
85Oct 22, 2026MITlow64
Tela
Self-hostable Markdown team wiki that agents can search, read and write, plus Atlas, which generates a cited wiki from git repos and Jira.
85Oct 15, 2026AGPL-3.0moderate69
Contextmcp
Self-hosted documentation indexer that serves docs from various sources to agents with semantic search.
84Oct 22, 2026Apache-2.0low64
DecisionNode
Record development decisions as structured JSON with Gemini embeddings and search them semantically from a local store shared across AI tool
83Apr 15, 2026MITlow44
Robrain
Self-hosted decision memory for coding agents: captures architectural decisions and rejected alternatives, and warns before a rejected appro
81Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0moderate69
Cortex (cdeust)
Neuroscience-inspired memory for Claude Code on PostgreSQL/pgvector: decay, consolidation, a predictive-coding write gate and lifecycle hook
75Oct 24, 2026MITlow69
Total Agent Memory
Local memory for coding agents: temporal knowledge graph with fact invalidation, procedural and episodic memory, AST codebase ingest and cro
73Oct 14, 2026MITlow69
Codemem
Persistent coding memory across sessions, machines and teammates, with memory search, optional sync, project sharing and automatic capture.
73Oct 24, 2026MITlow64
Paper Distill MCP
Academic paper search across 11 sources with AI curation, ranked push, Zotero and Obsidian support.
68Mar 24, 2026AGPL-3.0moderate43
Scrivener MCP
Work with Scrivener 3 writing projects: document management, writing analysis, semantic search, character and plot memory, and content enhan
68Oct 22, 2026AGPL-3.0low68
Agentcairn
Local-first agent memory: a Markdown Obsidian vault as source of truth plus a rebuildable DuckDB index for hybrid BM25, vector and graph rec
68Oct 22, 2026Apache-2.0low63
Myco: Agent First Cognitive Substrate
Cross-session, cross-project agent memory built on a self-validating filesystem graph derived from ASTs and Markdown links, not embeddings.
65Aug 12, 2026MITlow63
Docx MCP
Read and edit Word (.docx) documents with tracked changes, threaded comments, footnotes, OOXML-level validation and document auditing.
65Aug 5, 2026MITlow58
Devrag
Local RAG for semantic vector search over Markdown documents with sqlite-vec and multilingual-e5-small embeddings, filterable by directory a
64Apr 15, 2026—moderate38
Hatchdoor
Self-host your Obsidian vaults: a web UI for you, MCP for your AI agents. No Obsidian, no plugins.
62Oct 19, 2026AGPL-3.0low63
ChatCrystal
Local-first memory for AI coding conversations: imports chats from coding assistants into notes with semantic search, tag graphs and Markdow
61Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0moderate68
Context Awesome
Search curated awesome lists and fetch the most relevant resources for your agent.
61Jun 10, 2026MITlow56
Perenna
A lightweight, Git-backed permanent memory for AI agents.
61Sep 9, 2026MITmoderate58
People context
Local-first memory about the people in your life: identity resolution, relationships, facts, interactions, reminders and communication guida
59Oct 24, 2026MITlow68
Smart connections MCP
Local semantic search over Obsidian vaults via Smart Connections embeddings. Multi-vault, private.
59Aug 22, 2026MITlow58
Roampal core
Outcome-based persistent memory for Claude Code and OpenCode: memories that help get promoted, misleading ones get demoted.
54Sep 26, 2026Apache-2.0low62
Kaeru
Memory for LLM agents: a local graph where the agent itself keeps decisions, tasks, hypotheses and reasoning between sessions, and gets a su
48Oct 21, 2026—moderate52
Engram (tstockham96)
Agent memory with semantic recall, automatic consolidation, contradiction detection and a bi-temporal knowledge graph.
47Oct 16, 2026MITmoderate67
Callimachus
Local hybrid search (SQLite FTS5 and on-device vectors) over coding-agent conversation history from multiple tools, so agents can recall the
46Jul 14, 2026AGPL-3.0low55
DollhouseMCP
Reusable personas, skills, templates, agents and memory for AI clients, with dynamic permissions, versioning and a public collection of shar
46Oct 24, 2026AGPL-3.0low67
Mendeley MCP
Search your Mendeley library, browse folders, get document metadata, search the global catalog and add papers to your collection.
46Oct 13, 2026MITlow62
Assistant MCP ◆
Connect to your Pinecone Assistant and retrieve context from its knowledge engine.
46Aug 14, 2026MITlow67
ContextStream MCP Server
Persistent memory for AI coding tools with semantic code search, knowledge graphs, impact analysis and decision tracking.
44Oct 24, 2026MITmoderate72
Waggle MCP
Persistent graph memory that extracts facts from conversations into typed nodes with local embeddings, supporting temporal queries and confl
44Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0low66
Lean memory
Embedded local agent memory in one SQLite file per namespace: hybrid retrieval, append-only history queryable at any past time and human-rev
43Aug 7, 2026Apache-2.0low61
Kage
Git-native memory for coding agents: JSON entries in the repo, verified against cited code so hallucinated citations are rejected and stale
41Aug 29, 2026GPL-3.0low67
Rms memory MCP
Local-first memory for coding agents: hybrid LanceDB/Tantivy search, Markdown and code indexes, per-project vaults and recall that abstains
40Oct 15, 2026MITlow61
IHMT Memory
Long-term memory for coding agents as a tree of plain local files: searches before answering, keeps changed facts as history and flags them
38Oct 15, 2026MITlow66
Lotus Wisdom
Contemplative problem-solving using the Lotus Sutra's framework: multi-perspective reasoning, skillful means, non-dual recognition and medit
36Oct 19, 2026MITlow66
Local FAISS MCP Server
Local FAISS vector database for RAG with document ingestion (PDF, TXT, MD, DOCX), semantic search, re-ranking and CLI tools for indexing and
36Apr 24, 2026MITlow46
Tokenmizer
Session memory via a local OpenAI-compatible proxy that extracts tasks, decisions and files into a knowledge graph and checkpoints before co
34Oct 23, 2026MITmoderate65
Remem
Local-first memory for Claude Code and Codex: hooks capture sessions and an LLM distills them into SQLite, with auditable full-text and embe
34Oct 21, 2026MITlow65
Enquire MCP
Long-term agent memory backed by a local Obsidian vault: hybrid retrieval with reranking, agentic RAG, wikilink community detection, Obsidia
34Oct 24, 2026MITlow65
Neotoma
Deterministic state layer for agents: versioned entities like contacts, tasks and decisions with immutable observations and provenance, in l
34Oct 23, 2026MITlow60
Obsidian MCP pro
Obsidian vault access: full-text search, note CRUD, frontmatter queries, tags, backlinks, graph traversal, orphan and broken link detection,
33Oct 23, 2026MITlow60
Vault Cortex
Standalone Obsidian vault server: hybrid search, notes and files, memory and tasks; run locally or self-host for remote access.
31Oct 24, 2026MITmoderate65
MCP Context Provider
Static server providing persistent tool-specific context and rules to AI models.
31Sep 2, 2026Apache-2.0low55
Data Olympus
Git-native Markdown knowledge base for coding agents with proposed vs. accepted guidance, validity windows, supersession chains and status-a
30Oct 24, 2026Apache-2.0low65
GEML — a plain text document format built to be edited in place, one section at a time
Address Markdown and GEML documents by block instead of by line: list, get, set, add, delete, rename, revert, find and check one block, with
29Oct 24, 2026MITlow65
Gnosis MCP
Make Markdown documentation searchable: loads it into SQLite or PostgreSQL with keyword search and optional pgvector hybrid semantic search.
29Oct 15, 2026MITlow65
Vectara MCP
Access Vectara's RAG-as-a-service platform.
29Jul 23, 2026Apache-2.0low48
Engram rs
Hierarchical agent memory engine with automatic decay, promotion, semantic deduplication and a self-organizing topic tree.
28Mar 3, 2026MITmoderate44
ZenBrain Memory
Seven-layer local agent memory that routes input into facts, episodes or procedures, searches all layers and consolidates repeated episodes
27Oct 18, 2026Apache-2.0low70
Mnemoverse Memory
Hosted memory that learns and forgets: feedback re-ranks useful memories, recall fades by recency and similar memories consolidate.
27Oct 23, 2026MITmoderate64
RTFM
Local retrieval layer for coding agents: indexes a whole project (code, docs, PDFs, ebooks, spreadsheets, SQLite, Obsidian vaults) into SQLi
27Oct 22, 2026MITlow64
Ragstack MCP
Access RAGStack serverless knowledge bases on AWS: search, chat with AI answers, upload documents and media, scrape websites and analyze met
25Oct 21, 2026Apache-2.0low64
World model MCP
Temporal codebase knowledge graph that links test failures to code changes, learns co-edit patterns, predicts regression risk and enforces e
24Sep 15, 2026MITmoderate59
Fidelis Memory
Local-first memory with verbatim recall, querying, health checks and context-sensitive orientation, using LLM-free retrieval by default.
24Oct 19, 2026Apache-2.0low64
Memo
Local-first semantic memory: hybrid search, Markdown storage, MLX or CPU embeddings, contradiction detection, time-travel history and cross-
24Oct 24, 2026MITlow64
SAME Stateless Agent Memory Engine
Local agent memory with provenance tracking that detects when sources change, plus session handoffs, decision records, semantic search and a
24Oct 15, 2026—moderate54
Celiums memory
Cognitive memory engine with knowledge modules, circadian rhythm awareness, emotional state tracking, hybrid PostgreSQL/Qdrant search and pe
23Aug 23, 2026Apache-2.0low54
Mnemos
Persistent memory for coding agents storing architecture decisions, bug root causes and conventions, with full-text search and token-budgete
23Jul 21, 2026MITlow47
Yggdrasil
Local-first memory for AI coding agents on SQLite/FTS5, curated and semantically de-duplicated, with data stored as plain rows you own.
22Oct 22, 2026AGPL-3.0moderate63
MediaWiki
Connect to any MediaWiki wiki (Wikipedia, Fandom, corporate wikis) to search, read and edit pages, analyze links, view revision history and
22Oct 20, 2026MITmoderate63
Memory MCP (JamesANZ)
Store and retrieve conversation memories from multiple LLMs in MongoDB, with timestamps and LLM identification.
22Dec 10, 2025MITlow38
Connapse
Self-hosted knowledge backend for agents with hybrid vector and keyword search and container-isolated indexes.
21Oct 24, 2026MITlow63
MCP me
Digital identity for AI tools: your bio, career, skills and projects in local YAML profiles, auto-generated from public APIs such as GitHub,
21Aug 11, 2026MITlow58
Mnemosyne OS ◆
Human-governed memory in local, domain-separated vaults with hybrid retrieval; also reads other coding agents' output. Requires the Mnemosyn
20Oct 23, 2026—moderate63
Distil
Reversibly compress large tool outputs into recoverable handles, expand them on demand and track token and cost savings locally.
20Oct 24, 2026—moderate53
GoodMemory
Local-first, auditable memory with scoped user/project storage in SQLite or Postgres, read-only recall by default and opt-in reviewed writeb
20Oct 20, 2026MITlow63
Annota
Annotate papers in Zotero: highlight key findings with semantic color coding, explain formulas and write structured reading notes.
20Apr 17, 2026MITlow38
CacheOverflow
Knowledge marketplace where agents search, publish and unlock previously solved problems, earning tokens for shared solutions.
19Feb 26, 2026MITlow43
Obsidian MCP server (smith-and-web)
Remote Obsidian vault management over SSE: notes, directories, frontmatter, tags, search and link operations, deployable with Docker.
19Oct 24, 2026MITlow58
Noosphere
Shared community repository of insights, decisions, warnings and patterns with semantic search, a 3D interactive globe and automated content
18Oct 19, 2026Apache-2.0moderate63
Alaya
Neuroscience-inspired local agent memory that stores episodes, consolidates knowledge over time and builds a personal knowledge graph with s
18Jul 16, 2026MITmoderate51
Agentpack
Repo-native task continuity for coding agents: a reviewed task-state ledger of decisions, dead ends, evidence and checkpoints that later ses
18Oct 17, 2026MITlow63
Project tessera
Local workspace memory: indexes Markdown, CSV and session logs into a vector store with hybrid search, cross-session memory and knowledge gr
18Mar 21, 2026AGPL-3.0low38
Fable
Full-text and semantic search over Claude Code transcript history, with exact thread recall and durable remembered facts in local SQLite.
18Aug 10, 2026MITlow53
Obsidian MCP
Self-hosted Obsidian server: semantic and full-text search on PostgreSQL/pgvector, wikilink graph traversal, atomic note CRUD and a self-des
18Oct 24, 2026MITlow58
PipesHub
Permission-aware enterprise search and RAG over business apps such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack and Jira.
17Oct 24, 2026Apache-2.0low62
Agentic Task System (ATS)
Turns your task manager into agent memory with hybrid retrieval over TickTick or an Obsidian vault, without a separate vector database.
17Oct 22, 2026MITlow62
Engram (rwnalds)
Git-backed, Obsidian-compatible Markdown second brain for agents: search ranks live notes above superseded ones, with per-agent tokens and a
17Aug 14, 2026MITlow57
Zaxy
Event-sourced agent memory on a hash-chained log with an embedded Kuzu temporal knowledge graph, salience-based forgetting and review-gated
17Aug 10, 2026MITlow57
Easy obsidian MCP
Create, read, update and search notes in local Obsidian vaults via filesystem access.
17Oct 20, 2025—high19
Lians Agent Memory
Bitemporal agent memory with deterministic fact supersession, point-in-time recall, memory lineage, conflict tracking and tamper-evident aud
16Oct 19, 2026Apache-2.0moderate62
Obsidian Everywhere
Graph-native Obsidian vault access: search, backlinks, n-hop neighborhoods, paginated reads and safe partial and bulk edits with dry-run and
16Oct 19, 2026MITlow62
Remembra Relay
Self-hosted persistent agent memory with entity resolution, PII detection, AES-256-GCM encryption at rest and hybrid search.
16Oct 24, 2026MITmoderate62
Alcove
On-demand BM25 search over private project docs for coding agents, keeping docs out of public repos.
16Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0low57
Cross llm MCP
Cross-LLM communication and memory sharing so different AI models can collaborate and share context across conversations.
16Oct 15, 2026MITlow57
CogniRepo
Persistent memory and codebase context for coding agents: FAISS vector store, AST symbol index, knowledge graph, episodic journal and cross-
15Oct 24, 2026MITlow62
Linksee memory
Local-first cross-agent memory in one SQLite file with a layered structure, Ebbinghaus-style forgetting and detection of code drifting from
15Sep 9, 2026MITlow57
Midas
Local-first long-horizon agent memory: source-traceable recall, belief revision, selective forgetting and a guard against memory-driven dest
15Jul 28, 2026MITlow57
Agent memory (xChuCx)
Git-native project memory for coding agents: Markdown in your repo, reviewable staged updates, secret/PII-safe and branch-aware, without clo
15Oct 2, 2026Apache-2.0low62
NexusMem
Correlates failed shell commands and their exit codes with whatever later fixed them, alongside git diffs and docs, stored locally in SQLite
15Sep 27, 2026MITlow62
Recallnest
Local-first memory for coding agents: hybrid vector/BM25 retrieval with reranking, knowledge graph, session checkpoint/resume and multi-scop
15Oct 23, 2026MITlow57
Kremis
Local deterministic knowledge graph on redb with no LLM or embedding calls, BLAKE3 state hashing and canonical export for byte-identical aud
15Oct 21, 2026Apache-2.0low57
Longhand
Persistent local memory for Claude Code: indexes all sessions verbatim into SQLite and ChromaDB for semantic recall across your history, wit
14Sep 28, 2026MITlow61
Memory MCP (michael-denyer)
Two-tier memory (hot cache and cold semantic search) that promotes frequently used patterns, extracts knowledge from Claude outputs and link
14Oct 14, 2026MITlow61
Obsidian Turbocharged
Obsidian vault access with role-based access control, native search, multi-vault support, pluggable embeddings and SLSA provenance.
13Oct 24, 2026AGPL-3.0low61
Apple notes MCP (ailenshen)
Read and write Apple Notes with bidirectional Markdown conversion: SQLite queries for listing and search, AppleScript for full CRUD.
13Oct 16, 2026MITlow56
Lennys quotes
Search Lenny's Podcast transcripts with YouTube timestamps for product management insights on PRDs, strategy and PM careers.
13Oct 19, 2026—moderate46
MCP persona sessions
Structured, persona-driven sessions for interview preparation, personal reflection and coaching, with timers and performance evaluation.
13Mar 2, 2026GPL-3.0low36
Empathy framework
Five-level AI collaboration system with persistent local-first memory via MemDocs and anticipatory capabilities.
13Apr 13, 2026Apache-2.0low36
Claude find
Retrieve memory from across your Claude Code sessions on demand.
12Jun 10, 2026MITlow49
Memex (STiFLeR7)
Watches git repos and builds a temporal knowledge graph of modules, symbols, decisions and open problems via Graphiti and Neo4j, served to A
12Oct 21, 2026MITmoderate61
XMemo
XMemo: user-owned agent memory to save, search, recall and manage scoped memories across AI tools.
12Oct 24, 2026MITmoderate61
Coldstart
Codebase memory for coding agents: a deterministic AST index finds task-relevant files, and in-repo Markdown notes flag themselves stale whe
11Sep 29, 2026MITlow60
Skillmem
Self-improving skill memory for coding agents: useful skills are reinforced, unused ones fade; local English/Russian hybrid search, tamper-e
11Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0low60
Hive Vault
On-demand Obsidian vault access: adaptive context loading, full-text and ranked search, health checks, auto git commits and delegation to ch
11Oct 23, 2026MITmoderate60
Lore
Local semantic search across Claude Code conversations with hybrid vector and keyword search, background indexing and per-project selection.
11May 13, 2026MITlow43
LIFE
Persistent identity for AI agents: servers for drives, relationships, semantic memory with decay, working threads, learned patterns, journal
11Feb 16, 2026MITlow35
Genome
Local persistent agent memory without LLM calls: semantic recall over SQLite with bi-temporal fact tracking.
10Oct 1, 2026Apache-2.0low60
Memory arbiter MCP
Local memory middleware: targeted retrieval instead of full-memory loading, rule-based conflict arbitration and one SQLite store shared acro
10Oct 21, 2026Apache-2.0low60
KLYPIX Shared Project Memory
Versioned project brain for coding agents, committed with the repo: decisions, corrections, evidence anchors that flag code drift and file-o
10Oct 24, 2026Apache-2.0low60
Lockstep
Shared decision memory for teams using AI coding agents: captures engineering decisions, ranks them by blast radius and briefs agents before
10Oct 21, 2026Apache-2.0low60
Tribal
Self-hosted semantic memory for an engineering team's tribal knowledge: the decisions and reasoning behind the code, queryable by the team a
10Aug 6, 2026—high45
CodeCortex
Persistent codebase knowledge for coding agents: symbols, dependency graphs, co-change patterns and architectural decisions extracted with t
10Apr 21, 2026MITlow35
AvianSuite
Safe write access for AI agents: an append-only business fact store where every change is kept, attributed to the agent that made it, and ca
9Oct 16, 2026AGPL-3.0low66
Engram (HBarefoot)
Offline persistent agent memory on SQLite with local embeddings, hybrid semantic and full-text recall, secret detection and contradiction ha
9Jul 7, 2026MITlow48
Artel
Self-hosted coordination for agent fleets: shared semantic memory, tasks, agent-to-agent messaging, session handoffs and cross-agent knowled
9Oct 20, 2026MITlow60
Sessionmem
Local memory for coding assistants: watches sessions and injects a compact summary at the start of each new one, stored in a SQLite file.
9Oct 23, 2026MITlow55
Mnemostack
Self-hosted hybrid agent memory on Qdrant combining vector search, BM25, temporal retrieval and an optional Memgraph knowledge graph via ran
9Sep 28, 2026Apache-2.0low55
Wellread
Shared research cache across agents: reuse answers from verified sources, or save new research for the next developer.
9Apr 19, 2026AGPL-3.0low35
Hypermnesic
Git-first agent memory: Markdown files are the source of truth, the index is disposable and writes are reviewable commits, with hybrid searc
9Sep 27, 2026AGPL-3.0low55
Inspeximus: agent memory with provenance, GDPR erasure and a tamper evident audit trail
Agent memory with a correction channel: supersede or revert stale facts, block restated old values, and prove deletions with signed tombston
8Oct 22, 2026MITlow59
Crbro memory
Persistent agent memory in local JSON files: neuron/synapse graph with heat scoring, fact-level search, corrections, secret redaction and te
8Oct 18, 2026MITlow59
Agent memory (g1itchbot8888-del)
Three-layer agent memory (identity, active, archive) with semantic search, graph relationships and conflict detection.
8Feb 27, 2026MITlow34
Memstate MCP
Versioned, structured agent memory storing facts as keypaths with full version history and automatic conflict detection.
8Apr 1, 2026Apache-2.0low34
AIWiki
Search and read AiWiki, a bilingual English/Chinese encyclopedia of AI-coding pitfalls and LLM privacy protection, with cited evidence.
8Sep 15, 2026CC-BY-SA-4.0low49
Cogmemai MCP
Cloud-based persistent memory for Claude Code with semantic search, AI extraction and project scoping.
7Oct 13, 2026MITmoderate58
Krimto
Team memory for coding agents stored as Markdown in git, with user, team and org access levels and hybrid SQLite/sqlite-vec retrieval.
7Jun 2, 2026Apache-2.0low46
Agent Memory OS
Local-first memory for AI agent teams: private, team and project access control, associative recall and federated sync with revocation, plus
7Oct 1, 2026Apache-2.0low58
Synapse
Zero-runtime-dependency Markdown memory vault with SQLite search, linked wiki pages, ChatGPT/Claude imports, and human-approved agent note p
7Oct 5, 2026MITlow53
Acheron MCP server
Persistent memory shared across Claude Chat, Code and Cowork, stored in local SQLite with full-text search.
7Mar 26, 2026MITlow33
Context memory
Persistent, searchable context storage across Claude Code sessions using SQLite FTS5, with AI session summaries, checkpoint recovery and a w
7Feb 17, 2026MITlow33
Gingugu
Local SQLite memory for coding assistants: typed memories with confidence lifecycle, namespaces, knowledge graph, hybrid search and keychain
7Oct 24, 2026MITlow53
Passbaton
Local session continuity across Claude Code, Codex CLI and Gemini CLI: context injection on start, compaction handover, memory, tasks and mu
7Oct 24, 2026MITlow53
Agent Memory Bridge
Local-first memory for coding agents that turns coding sessions into reusable engineering memory: decisions, gotchas and domain knowledge.
7Oct 11, 2026MITlow53
Agentmem
Governed memory for coding agents with trust lifecycle (hypothesis, active, validated, deprecated), conflict detection, staleness tracking a
6Apr 17, 2026MITlow38
Graph MIND
One local memory shared by every coding agent and model on your PC: every conversation saved verbatim with zero LLM calls, recalled as a ~3k
6Oct 24, 2026AGPL-3.0low58
Penfield Memory
Penfield: persistent memory with hybrid BM25/vector/graph search, typed graph relations, context checkpoints, artifact storage and a persona
6Apr 4, 2026AGPL-3.0low38
Mindmap MCP server (ravi-labs)
Local-first memory and context handoff across AI tools, with graceful decay, a persona layer and a portable memory passport.
6Jul 6, 2026Apache-2.0low46
Open memex
Local-first persistent memory for AI coding agents: plain Markdown as the source of truth with SQLite FTS5 search, one memory shared across
6Oct 24, 2026Apache-2.0low58
Agenthelm
Shared, versioned memory and governance for AI coding agents, resolving architectural decision conflicts across agents.
6Aug 25, 2026MITlow48
Afair
Self-organizing, self-hostable, encrypted memory for AI tools, with background entity extraction, conflict resolution, consolidation and dec
6Oct 24, 2026AGPL-3.0low53
Conversation handoff MCP
Hand off conversation context between Claude Desktop projects and across MCP clients, stored in memory rather than files.
6Sep 29, 2026MITlow53
Flaiwheel
Self-hosted memory and governance for coding agents: structured knowledge capture, hybrid search with reranking, codebase analysis and git-n
6Sep 11, 2026—moderate38
MCP agent memory
Filesystem-based persistent agent memory: agents read, write and search memory while a background daemon handles consolidation and extractio
6Oct 23, 2026MITlow53
Counsel MCP
Strategic reasoning, multi-perspective debate analysis and interactive advisory sessions via the Counsel API.
6Jan 15, 2026MITlow33
Waypath
Local-first memory CLI for coding agents: SQLite-backed context, graph-aware recall via FTS5 and RRF, and governed memory with promote and r
6Jun 30, 2026MITlow41
Ctxfile
Snapshots a project's working state (files, git, plan, decisions) into one context object so a session can move between agents. Local and re
5Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0moderate63
Kybase
Self-hosted Markdown knowledge base that doubles as persistent memory for AI agents: a notes app you browse and edit (wikilinks, backlinks,
5Oct 22, 2026AGPL-3.0moderate57
Rememb
Persistent agent memory in local JSON with sectioned entries (project, user, context), semantic search, a CLI and per-project scope.
5Oct 5, 2026MITlow57
LINZA
Review-gated sidecar for Markdown workspaces: indexes notes into SQLite and proposes links, domains and memory with evidence, editing files
5Oct 16, 2026MITmoderate57
Rekindle
Session continuity: start-of-session reports with gap detection and scoring, structured end-of-session capture and BM25 memory search, store
5Oct 24, 2026MITlow57
Openhive MCP
Shared knowledge base where AI agents search and post problem-solution pairs, with semantic search, duplicate detection and auto-scoring.
5Apr 14, 2026—moderate27
Iranti
Persistent shared memory for coding agents: facts stored as entity/key/value triples with hybrid semantic search, task checkpoints and confl
5Jul 6, 2026—high35
Scholar RAG MCP
Academic paper knowledge base over local PDFs: MinerU parsing, metadata normalization, Qdrant vector search with reranking and paginated ful
5Sep 4, 2026MITlow52
Graphiti Local
Local temporal knowledge graph with six read-only retrieval tools, Ollama inference, embedded LadybugDB, and a separate human-approved CLI w
5Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0low57
Vulcanus
Generates a Git-versioned Markdown vault as project memory, then serves it over MCP. recall returns a project's capsule plus the read-next l
5Oct 19, 2026MITlow57
Rag kb
Local-first agent memory and knowledge base: hybrid dense and BM25 retrieval, document and webpage ingestion and optional RAG answers via lo
5Oct 22, 2026Apache-2.0low52
Adhd hub
Self-hosted project-continuity hub for coding agents: tracks unfinished work, progress, overlap and reminders across clients.
5Oct 18, 2026MITlow52
Memkin
Local-first personal memory that distills Feishu/Lark chats and Claude Code/Codex sessions into a private knowledge graph of people, project
5Oct 23, 2026Apache-2.0low52
Hipocampo
Bilingual (English/Spanish) dual-memory system on PostgreSQL, pgvector and NVIDIA NIM with progressive retrieval, deduplication, checkpoints
5Oct 24, 2026MITlow52
Lore MCP
Persistent knowledge layer for agents: knowledge base, investigation threads and a journal with multi-agent attribution, on SQLite, PostgreS
5Jun 2, 2026MITlow40
Owl MCP
Work with OWL/TTL/RDF ontologies: SPARQL queries, HermiT/Pellet reasoning and CRUD operations on knowledge graphs.
5Oct 7, 2026MITlow52
Devrecall
Local-first index of your commits, PRs, Jira/Linear tickets, Confluence docs, Slack threads and calendar events to search and cite past work
5Sep 10, 2026MITlow47
Weighted compact
Inspectable memory for Claude Code: read-only search and session compaction over a local, signal-scored parse of its project logs, with no o
5Jun 10, 2026MITlow40
Customgpt MCP
Access the CustomGPT.ai RAG-as-a-service API.
5Oct 10, 2026MITlow52
Artifacta MCP ◆
Artifact store for agent outputs: persist, retrieve and share them across runs and sessions, with content-hash dedup and expiring share link
1Jul 28, 2026MITmoderate55
Brainy ◆
Self-hosted shared brain for multiple agents: Git-versioned Markdown knowledge plus a task queue with atomic claims, per-space ACL, audit lo
0Oct 7, 2026AGPL-3.0low60
Solucortex MCP ◆
Technical memory for AI agents: recall a project's approved decisions, conventions and risks at task start and record lessons at the end.
0Oct 6, 2026MITmoderate60
Telys — on device memory ◆
Official Telys MCP server — private, on-device memory & retrieval for AI assistants: 19 tools covering memory CRUD, semantic + on-device BM2
0Oct 11, 2026Apache-2.0low60

Official servers

Published by the service's own vendor (per the awesome-mcp-servers list): they usually track the API closely and are better maintained.

Choosing and securing

Distinguish documentation retrieval from memory that stores context from your own interactions. Review source support, update mechanisms, and citation handling. Examine sharing, export, deletion, and local or remote storage options. Compare maintenance, licensing, and official or community ownership. The documentation should explain retrieval behavior and access controls clearly, including how indexed material is updated and how conflicting or outdated entries can be identified and removed.

Persistent memory can retain secrets, personal information, or assumptions that later become incorrect. Define what may be stored, who may retrieve it, and how deletion works. Malicious source material can poison the memory or introduce persistent instructions. Preserve provenance and separate users and projects. Review backups, indexes, and duplicate copies when deleting material, since removing a visible note may not remove every stored representation.

Before connecting a server to an agent with access to your data, run the AI agent security check.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best Memory and knowledge MCP server?

On our grid (adoption, maintenance, framework), Context7 (90/100), Basic memory (86/100), and Hindsight (85/100) come first. The right choice mostly depends on the service you need and the rights you are willing to grant.

Are these servers free?

93% declare an open-source licence and are free to use. 37 need an API key: the connected service may be paid.

Will the agent automatically remember everything I tell it?

That depends on the exposed tools, client behavior, and storage rules. Some servers require an explicit action to write a memory. Check what is retained and where it is stored. Establish exclusions for credentials and personal information before enabling any feature that automatically records content from your conversations.

How can I keep old information from appearing current?

Retain dates and source references, and establish a process for updating or removing entries. Ask the agent to flag conflicting information and cite retrieved documents. A statement’s presence in memory does not establish that it still applies to the situation or question you are currently working on.

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