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  1. 1 Apple Notes + Apple Intelligence Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

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

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

  2. 2 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 Craft AI →

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

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

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

  4. 4 Capacities 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 Craft AI →

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

    also in Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory · same storage (relational) · same retrieval (injection, similarity) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed · also has MCP

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

  6. 6 Amplenote Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

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

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

  7. 7 Obsidian Smart Connections Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

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

    OSS — Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 5.5k released 2026-08-06 proprietary (Smart Plugins License… Compare with Craft AI →

  8. 8 Luminance Institutional Memory Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

    same storage (relational) · same retrieval (injection, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

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

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