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Local or remoteAGPL-3.0Updated on Nov 8, 20264,546GitHub starsCan change data

Basic Memory, from Basic Machines, gives AI assistants a long-term memory kept as plain Markdown files on the user's disk.

InstallRepository Checked on Nov 12, 2026

What it does

Basic Memory, from Basic Machines, gives AI assistants a long-term memory kept as plain Markdown files on the user's disk. The assistant writes and edits notes through MCP, and people and the AI work on the same folder, which defaults to ~/basic-memory. Notes link to each other through wikilinks and observations to form a knowledge graph, and can be found by keyword or by meaning, with optional reranking. The open-source server runs locally through uvx with no account; a paid hosted version adds syncing across devices, team workspaces and backups, with a seven-day trial. The README gives setup for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT and Obsidian.

Capabilities

  • Write and edit Markdown notes from an AI conversation
  • Link notes with wikilinks into a knowledge graph
  • Search notes by keyword, meaning or a hybrid of both
  • Sync notes across devices through the optional cloud service
  • Expose search and fetch tools for ChatGPT

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