8 Best Supermemory Alternatives in 2026 (Open Source)

Supermemory — Memory and context engine + app that is extremely fast, scalable, and can be run fully locally. The Memory API for the AI era. Claims #1 performance on three major AI memory benchmarks with 95% recall and 99.4% context reduction.

These 8 open-source tools do the same job. They are ordered by how closely they match Supermemory, with live GitHub data so you can see which projects are actively maintained.

ToolGitHub starsStars / 30dLast commit
Supermemory(original)31.0k+2,5872026-09-30
Mem066.4k+2,4292026-09-25
MemOS11.7k+9722026-09-22
Memary2.7k+122024-10-18
Memori17.0k+1,4192026-09-18
MemPalace59.4k+4,9482026-09-29
Cognee31.2k+2,6562026-09-29
Hindsight43.9k+3,6552026-09-30
Letta25.0k+5152026-09-10
  1. 1. Mem0

    Universal memory layer for AI Agents

    What sets it apart: Unlike Zep (session-focused memory) or ChatGPT's built-in memory (closed, limited), Mem0 provides a standalone, open-source memory layer with proven +26% accuracy gains over OpenAI Memory, multi-level (user/session/agent) state management, and 90% token reduction via intelligent memory retrieval.

    Best for: AI assistant developers who need persistent, personalized memory across conversations without building custom infrastructure; Customer support chatbots that need to recall past tickets and user preferences

  2. 2. MemOS

    Self-evolving memory OS for LLM & AI Agents: ultra-persistent memory, hybrid-retrieval, and cross-task skill reuse, with 35.24% token savings and DeepSeek Harne

    What sets it apart: Provides a unified memory operating system with graph-structured memory that's inspectable and editable, not just a black-box embedding store.

    Best for: AI agents needing long-term memory; multi-agent collaboration systems; developers building context-aware agents

  3. 3. Memary

    The Open Source Memory Layer For Autonomous Agents

    What sets it apart: vs LangChain Memory / Mem0: graph-database-backed memory system emulating human memory (breadth + depth tracking) — agents automatically build and query knowledge graphs rather than flat conversation history

    Best for: Building persistent, context-aware AI agents with evolving memory; User preference tracking and personalization across sessions; Multi-user agent management with separate knowledge contexts

  4. 4. Memori

    Memori is agent-native memory infrastructure. A LLM-agnostic layer that turns agent execution and conversation into structured, persistent state for production

    What sets it apart: Provides agent-native memory infrastructure that works with existing data systems without requiring rip-and-replace.

    Best for: enterprise agent systems; production AI applications; long-conversation memory management

  5. 5. MemPalace

    The best-benchmarked open-source AI memory system. And it's free.

    What sets it apart: Open-source local-first memory system with verbatim storage and 96.6% R@5 performance on LongMemEval benchmarks without API calls.

    Best for: developers building AI agents with persistent memory; projects requiring local-first conversation history storage; systems needing structured semantic retrieval

  6. 6. Cognee

    Knowledge Engine for AI Agent Memory in 6 lines of code

    What sets it apart: Unlike Mem0 (conversation memory) or Chroma (pure vector search), Cognee builds an evolving knowledge graph from documents, combining vector + graph search with cognitive science approaches, ontology grounding, and cross-agent knowledge sharing — making it AI memory infrastructure rather than just a vector database.

    Best for: AI agent developers who need persistent, learning memory that combines vector search with knowledge graph relationships; Enterprise use cases requiring tenant isolation, audit trails, and cross-agent knowledge sharing

  7. 7. Hindsight

    Hindsight: Agent Memory That Learns

    What sets it apart: Focuses on enabling agents to learn from experience rather than just retrieving stored conversation history.

    Best for: Building agents that need to learn from past interactions; Improving agent performance over long conversations; Implementing sophisticated memory systems

  8. 8. Letta

    Letta is the platform for building stateful agents: AI with advanced memory that can learn and self-improve over time.

    What sets it apart: Purpose-built memory architecture that enables agents to self-improve over time — vs generic agent frameworks that only have short-term chat history

    Best for: Building long-running AI agents that learn from interactions; Applications requiring persistent context across sessions

FAQ

What are the best alternatives to Supermemory?
The closest open-source alternatives to Supermemory are Mem0, MemOS and Memary, followed by Memori, MemPalace and Cognee. They are ranked by how closely they match what Supermemory does.
Which Supermemory alternative is the most popular?
Mem0 has the most GitHub stars among Supermemory alternatives, with 66,380 stars.
Which Supermemory alternative is the most actively maintained?
By recent activity, Cognee (2,437 commits in the last 90 days) is the most actively developed alternative.