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Open-source alternatives to Mem0 Platform

Mem0 Platform does 3 jobs: long-term memory for chat assistants, memory for coding agents, knowledge graph memory. Most projects replace one or two of them, so pick the job you actually need.

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Facts checked 16 Oct 2026

We track 4 open-source alternatives to Mem0 Platform, but none currently has confirmed commercial use, local running and no paid services together. Hindsight covers all 3 Mem0 Platform jobs.

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4 projects

Basic Memory

basicmachines-co/basic-memory #4 TRENDING
★ 4.2k active today

Local-first MCP memory server that stores what you and your AI write as linked Markdown files with full-text and semantic search.

Replaces Memory for coding agents + Knowledge graph memory (partly) Not: long-term memory for chat assistants
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · AGPL-3.0
Paid services
Confirmed: None required
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
7 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

Claude-Mem

thedotmack/claude-mem #2 TRENDING
★ 101k active today

Memory plugin for Claude Code and other coding agents that captures tool use, summarises sessions and injects context into new sessions.

Replaces Memory for coding agents (partly) Not: long-term memory for chat assistants, knowledge graph memory
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · Apache-2.0
Paid services
No: Required
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
7 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

Hindsight

vectorize-io/hindsight #1 TRENDING
★ 50k active today

Self-hostable agent memory server that extracts facts, entities and relationships from conversations and recalls them for AI agents.

Replaces Long-term memory for chat assistants + Memory for coding agents + Knowledge graph memory (partly)
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · MIT
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
7 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

Mem0 (open source)

mem0ai/mem0 #3 TRENDING
★ 67k active today

Open-source memory layer for AI assistants and agents, as a Python/Node library or a self-hosted server with dashboard.

Replaces Long-term memory for chat assistants (partly) Not: memory for coding agents, knowledge graph memory
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · Apache-2.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
6 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

Common questions about Mem0 Platform alternatives

Is there a free, open-source alternative to Mem0 Platform?

Yes. Hindsight, Basic Memory and Mem0 (open source) are free to download and run on your own computer without paid API keys. Hindsight covers every job we list for Mem0 Platform; the others cover only part of it, so check which job you need.

Can I do long-term memory for chat assistants locally without a Mem0 Platform subscription?

Yes, with Hindsight (MIT) and Mem0 (open source) (Apache-2.0). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.

Can I do memory for coding agents locally without a Mem0 Platform subscription?

Yes, with Claude-Mem (Apache-2.0), Hindsight (MIT) and Basic Memory (AGPL-3.0). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.

Which Mem0 Platform alternatives can I use commercially?

Confirmed: Claude-Mem, Hindsight and Mem0 (open source). With conditions: Basic Memory. This is not legal advice; read each licence.

Does any open-source project replace all of Mem0 Platform?

Hindsight covers every job we list for Mem0 Platform.

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