HBarefoot/engram

Overview

Engram is a local memory system for AI agents. It uses SQLite to store agent state and embeddings, eliminating cloud dependencies. It integrates via MCP with tools like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf.

Best for

Best for
Developers building local AI agents that need persistent memory without cloud services.

Use cases

• Store conversation history locally for AI agents
• Enable agents to recall context across sessions
• Run memory persistence without external APIs

How to use

Install

npm install -g @hbarefoot/engram

Tools exposed

• engram_remember
• engram_recall
• engram_forget
• engram_feedback
• engram_context
• engram_status

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, ChatGPT

Notes

Engram is a local memory system for AI agents. It uses SQLite to store agent state and embeddings, eliminating cloud dependencies. It integrates via MCP with tools like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf.

4 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-07-01. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Store conversation history locally for AI agents
• Enable agents to recall context across sessions
• Run memory persistence without external APIs

Pros

• No cloud dependencies, fully local
• Simple SQLite-based storage
• Works with multiple popular AI tools via MCP

Cons

• Limited to local machine, not distributed
• Embeddings are local, no cloud-scale retrieval
• Small community (4 GitHub stars)

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