Which is more popular, Cognee or planning-with-files?

Cognee has more GitHub stars (31,323 vs 27,264).

Which is more actively developed, Cognee or planning-with-files?

Cognee had more commits in the last 90 days (2,423 vs 228).

Should I use Cognee or planning-with-files?

Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.

Cognee vs planning-with-files

Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools

Short answer

Cognee is growing faster: +2,627 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +590 for planning-with-files.
Pick Cognee for: knowledge Engine for AI Agent Memory in 6 lines of code. Pick planning-with-files for: persistent file-based planning and context recovery for AI coding agents and long-running tasks.

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Cogneeopen-source

Knowledge Engine for AI Agent Memory in 6 lines of code

planning-with-filesopen-source

Persistent file-based planning and context recovery for AI coding agents and long-running tasks

Metrics

	Cognee	planning-with-files
Stars	31.3k	27.3k
Star velocity /mo	2.6k	590
Commits (90d)	2.4k	228
Releases (6m)	10	10
Downloads (30d, npm + PyPI)	—	2.7K
Overall score	0.905927402151062	0.7798501915116138

Pros

+极简 API 设计，仅需 6 行代码即可集成知识引擎功能
+专注于 AI Agent 内存管理，提供个性化和动态的知识存储能力
+活跃的开源社区支持，拥有插件生态系统和多语言文档

Cons

-作为相对较新的工具，可能在企业级应用中缺乏充分的生产验证
-专门针对 AI Agent 场景设计，对于通用知识管理需求可能过于专业化

Use Cases

•构建具有长期记忆能力的聊天机器人和虚拟助手
•开发能够学习用户偏好和历史交互的个性化 AI Agent
•实现多会话间的知识共享和上下文保持的企业 AI 应用

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FAQ

Which is more popular, Cognee or planning-with-files?: Cognee has more GitHub stars (31,323 vs 27,264).
Which is more actively developed, Cognee or planning-with-files?: Cognee had more commits in the last 90 days (2,423 vs 228).
Should I use Cognee or planning-with-files?: Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.