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Basic Memory

Notes-as-memory: your AI reads and writes plain Markdown files you can open in Obsidian, indexed locally.

Works with

ChatGPTClaude DesktopClaude CodeCursorCodexVS Code / CopilotOpenClaw

Per vendor docs, checked 2026-11-09. Not tested by MemoryStack. Source

Install

claude mcp add basic-memory -- uvx --prerelease=allow basic-memory mcp

From the vendor's docs. Read them before running anything.

Details

Runs
Local or hosted
MCP transport
stdio, Streamable HTTP
Auth
None locally; account for Basic Memory Cloud
Storage
Markdown files, SQLite index, Postgres (optional)
License
AGPL-3.0
GitHub
basicmachines-co/basic-memory
Stars
4,541
Last release
v1.0.0 · 2026-10-29
Last push
2026-11-08
Archived
No
Website
basicmemory.com

Known pitfalls

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Change history

  • Added to MemoryStack.
  • Released v1.0.0. Link