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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.
Observed Jul 11, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts
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Adoption
Package downloads where a registry match exists. GitHub stars (91,018) are secondary evidence.
- npm downloads (30d)
- 63,660·npm downloads API·Aug 18, 2026
Maintenance and security
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- Very active (0d since push)
- As of Aug 18, 2026
- Provenance
- Not a fork · Personal account
- As of Aug 18, 2026
- Security (OSV)
- No lockfile
- As of Jul 11, 2026
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Install
npm install claude-memHow it fits your stack(24)
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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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README
Quick Start Install with a single command: Or install for OpenCode: Or install for Antigravity CLI (setup guide): Or install from the plugin marketplace inside Claude Code: Restart Claude Code. Context from previous sessions will automatically appear in new sessions. Note: Claude...
For agents
This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.