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Decision brief
claude-mem provides persistent context across sessions, leveraging AI to capture and compress agent activity.
Good fit when
- When you require seamless and persistent context continuity between different session interactions with Claude Code or other supported agents.
- If your development workflow needs long-term memory capabilities for code history and project context recall.
Avoid when
- When working in environments where Node.js v20.0.0 or higher cannot be installed, as claude-mem requires this version to operate.
- If your specific AI agent or tool does not integrate with the supported frameworks listed (e.g., Claude Code, OpenClaw), making context persistence ineffective for your workflow.
- Requirements:
- Requires Node.js v20.0.0 or higher.; Must have the latest version of Claude Code with plugin support.; Auto-installs Bun (JavaScript runtime and process manager) if not already present.; Requires uv (Python package for vector search), auto-installation supported.
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- Not a fork · Personal account
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Install
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Overview
Captures agent activity during sessions, compresses it with AI, and injects relevant context into future sessions.
Capability facts
- Deploy
- Self-host
Source: dockerfile:docker-compose.yml · Aug 18, 2026
- Docker
- Dockerfile present
Source: dockerfile:docker-compose.yml · Aug 18, 2026
- CLI
- CLI entrypoint
Source: package.json:bin|scripts · Aug 18, 2026
- MCP server
- Ships MCP server
Source: package.json:@modelcontextprotocol/* · Aug 18, 2026
- Languages
- javascript, typescript
Source: github.language+package.json · Aug 18, 2026
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Compatibility
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Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Aug 18, 2026)
- **Node.js**: 20.0.0 or higherSource link
Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Aug 18, 2026)
- **uv**: Python package manager for vector search (auto-installed if missing)Source link
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Quick Start
Install with a single command:
npx claude-mem install
Or install for OpenCode:
npx claude-mem install --ide opencode
Or install for Antigravity CLI (setup guide):
npx claude-mem install --ide antigravity
Or install from the plugin marketplace inside Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-mem
/plugin install claude-mem
Restart Claude Code. Context from previous sessions will automatically appear in new sessions.
Note: Claude-Mem is also published on npm, but
npm install -g claude-meminstalls the SDK/library only — it does not register the plugin hooks or set up the worker service. Always install vianpx claude-mem installor the/plugincommands above.
Getting Started
- Installation Guide - Quick start & advanced installation
- Usage Guide - How Claude-Mem works automatically
- Search Tools - Query your project history with natural language
- Cloud Sync - Back up your memories to cmem.ai — no daemon, the worker syncs on write
System Requirements
- Node.js: 20.0.0 or higher
- Claude Code: Latest version with plugin support
- Bun: JavaScript runtime and process manager (auto-installed if missing)
- uv: Python package manager for vector search (auto-installed if missing)
- SQLite 3: For persistent storage (bundled)
License
Claude-Mem is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
We chose Apache-2.0 because durable agentic memory should be easy to embed in developer tools, local agents, MCP servers, enterprise systems, robotics stacks, and production agent harnesses.
See the LICENSE file for full details. See docs/license.md and docs/ip-boundary.md for licensing scope and the open/commercial boundary.
Note on Ragtime: The ragtime/ directory is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See ragtime/LICENSE for details.
For agents
This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.