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MemPalace/mempalace

The best-benchmarked open-source AI memory system. And it's free. observed · 2026-10-18

github.com/MemPalace/mempalace · homepage · Python · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-10-18

Health v2 · maintenance only

82/100

  • Activity 100
  • Release rhythm 99
  • Longevity 14
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 7.0
  • age_days: 199
  • days_rel: 6
  • days_push: 3
  • n_releases_24m: 19

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

59621 stars · 7563 forks observed · 2026-10-18

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-21, confidence 0.97

MemPalace is a local‑first AI memory system that stores conversation and project data verbatim and makes it searchable via semantic search. It provides a pluggable backend (defaulting to ChromaDB) and a CLI for initializing, mining, and retrieving memories without any external API calls.

Use cases

  • store and retrieve full conversation histories for LLM assistants
  • index project code and documentation for quick semantic lookup
  • enable long‑term memory in chatbots without external services
  • search across personal notes, chats, and code bases using natural language
  • create a private, offline knowledge base for AI agents

When to choose

  • you need a fully offline, privacy‑preserving memory store for LLMs
  • you want a simple CLI to mine files and chats into a searchable vector store
  • you prefer a pluggable backend and can work with ChromaDB out of the box
  • you are building AI agents that require verbatim recall rather than summarization

When to avoid

  • you require a managed cloud service with built‑in scaling
  • you need real‑time streaming ingestion or massive distributed storage
  • your workflow depends on non‑Python environments without a CLI wrapper

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

vector-database search-engine rag llm-inference cli artificial-intelligence large-language-models chatbots python windows cli local-first ai-memory mcp chromadb verbatim-storage semantic-search retrieval-augmented-generation linux macos

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
MemPalace/mempalacemain82

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