#1 AIUnknown
ChatCrystal — alternative #1 to phloem
📇 🏠 🍎 🪟 🐧 - Local-first AI PKM memory server for coding conversations. Imports Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Trae, and GitHub Copilot chat...
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Alternatives to phloem
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#2 AIUnknown
rms-memory-mcp — alternative #2 to phloem
🦀 🏠 🍎 🐧 🪟 - Local-first persistent memory for AI coding agents. Hybrid vector + full-text search (LanceDB + Tantivy), separate Markdown and...
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#3 AIUnknown
cogmemai-mcp — alternative #3 to phloem
📇 ☁️ 🍎 🪟 🐧 - Persistent cognitive memory for Claude Code. Cloud-first with semantic search, AI-powered extraction, and project scoping. Zero...
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#4 AIUnknown
engram — alternative #4 to phloem
📇 🏠 🍎 🪟 🐧 - Local-first persistent memory for AI agents. SQLite + local embeddings (all-MiniLM-L6-v2), hybrid semantic + FTS5 recall, secret...
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#5 AIUnknown
engram-mcp — alternative #5 to phloem
📇 🏠 🍎 🪟 🐧 - Persistent semantic memory for AI agents. SQLite-backed, local-first, zero config. Semantic search via Ollama embeddings (nomic-...
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#6 AIUnknown
mcp-server — alternative #6 to phloem
📇 ☁️ 🍎 🪟 🐧 - Universal persistent memory for AI coding tools. Semantic code search, knowledge graphs, impact analysis, and decision tracking...
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#7 AIUnknown
threadctx-mcp — alternative #7 to phloem
📇 🏠 ☁️ 🍎 🪟 🐧 - Shared team memory for AI coding agents. Decisions, fixes, and gotchas persist per repo and are shared across Claude Code, Cu...
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#8 AIUnknown
LIFE — alternative #8 to phloem
🐍 🏠 - Persistent identity architecture for AI agents. 16 MCP servers covering drives, emotional relationships, semantic memory with decay, w...
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