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Universal memory layer for AI Agents

⭐ Hugely popular: 63k stars, gaining about 497 a week

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repo profile

vintage 2023 3 years old
language Python
license Apache-2.0

momentum

total stars 63k
stars added last week +497
HN peak 201 pts 1y 11mo ago
commits / week 27 cooling · -25% vs prior mo
issues closed 88% ~3d to close, median
contributors 397 (+5 in 15d)
release cadence weekly
last activity today

durability

backing VC-backed Y Combinator
openness permissive
bus factor 2 concentrated
top-author share 39% 6 mo

bus factor = how many people it takes to cover more than half the commits (6 months). 1 is a solo project; higher means the work is spread across a team. top-author share is the single busiest author's slice of those commits.

since we covered it

monthly average + 2k/mo (+6%/mo) · + 31k total since PR#9

why it's a big deal

  • Multi-Level Memory Retention: Captures and organizes user, session, and agent-specific memories for nuanced personalization.
  • Hybrid Datastore Architecture: Integrates graph, vector, and key-value stores to manage diverse memory types effectively.
  • Performance Gains: Achieves 26% higher accuracy over OpenAI Memory on the LOCOMO benchmark, with 91% faster responses and 90% lower token usage.

under the hood

  • Python & TypeScript SDKs: Provides flexible integration options for various development environments.
  • LLM Compatibility: Supports multiple large language models, including OpenAI’s GPT-4o-mini.
  • Deployment Flexibility: Available as a self-hosted solution via pip/npm or as a managed service with enterprise-grade features.

our take from PR#9, 2025-05-28

star history

PR#9 · 33k63k now Jun 2023Aug 2026
  1. PR#9 33k 2025-05-28
  2. now 63k + 31k since first covered

curve is sampled from GitHub's star history, plus our own daily readings since we covered it; the dashed stretch is before we first covered it, the solid line since. figures at coverage are the numbers we printed then (approx.), current count is live.

understory

Output and attention are roughly in balance.

+0 understory score output 78 · clout 78
Aug 2025 Jul 2026
  • output, commits & releases
  • clout, star velocity

output = commits & releases; clout = star velocity, both 0 to 100 monthly indices; the gap where output runs above clout is the understory. The understory →

covered in

  • PR#9 2025-05-28 above the radar

    Open-Source Memory Layer for Personalized AI Agents

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