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  1. 1 OpenAI Codex (cloud agent) Coding-agent memory

    also in Coding-agent memory · same storage (file) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (episode) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 128k released 2026-10-27 Apache-2.0 (Codex CLI; cloud agent proprietary) Compare with Aider →

  2. 2 Letta Code Coding-agent memory

    also in Coding-agent memory · same storage (file) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (episode) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ? ★ 3.7k released 2026-10-22 Apache-2.0 Compare with Aider →

  3. 3 claude-mem Claude Code memory mechanisms

    same storage (file) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (episode) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 104k released 2026-10-20 Apache-2.0 Compare with Aider →

  4. 4 Mistral Vibe (Remote Agents) + Mistral Medium 3.5 Coding-agent memory

    also in Coding-agent memory · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (episode) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 4.9k released 2026-10-20 Apache-2.0 (Vibe CLI); Modified MIT (Medium 3.5… Compare with Aider →

  5. 5 AutoGLM (Zhipu AI) Dedicated memory layers

    same storage (file) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (episode) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 26k Apache-2.0 Compare with Aider →

  6. 6 OpenClaw memory File-backed / editor paradigms

    same storage (file) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (episode) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 393k released 2026-10-22 MIT Compare with Aider →

  7. 7 Gemini CLI memory (save_memory / GEMINI.md) Coding-agent memory

    also in Coding-agent memory · same storage (file) · same retrieval (injection) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 108k released 2026-10-21 Apache-2.0 Compare with Aider →

  8. 8 agentmemory (rohitg00) Coding-agent memory

    also in Coding-agent memory · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (episode) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 30k released 2026-10-21 Apache-2.0 Compare with Aider →

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