Capacities alternatives

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  1. 1 Amplenote Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph, relational) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document, fact) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ✓ Compare with Capacities →

  2. 2 Scrintal Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Capacities →

  3. 3 Tana (now Tana Outliner) Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory ⚠ renamed — now Tana Outliner

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph, relational) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document, fact) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ✓ Compare with Capacities →

  4. 4 Craft AI Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (relational) · same retrieval (similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ✓ Compare with Capacities →

  5. 5 RemNote AI Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph, relational) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (fact) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Capacities →

  6. 6 Reflect Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 1.5k MIT Compare with Capacities →

  7. 7 Heptabase Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Capacities →

  8. 8 Supernotes AI Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (relational) · same retrieval (similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP — Compare with Capacities →

Ranked by shared memory design (storage, retrieval, conflict handling, memory unit), same section and shared must-haves (open source, self-hosting, MCP), with adoption as a tie-breaker. ✓ confirmed · — no · ? not in the catalog yet. Want picks for your own requirements? Use the chooser. Checking a whole project? Check your stack.