m_flow (M-Flow) alternatives

Cognitive memory engine modelled on biology that presents itself as a new paradigm for graph RAG for agents. #13 on GitHub agent-memory topic Full m_flow (M-Flow) record →

  1. 1 LightRAG Retrieval-as-memory hybrids

    also in Retrieval-as-memory hybrids · same storage (graph, vector) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same memory unit (fact) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ? ★ 39k released 2026-09-02 MIT Compare with m_flow (M-Flow) →

  2. 2 HippoRAG 2 Retrieval-as-memory hybrids

    also in Retrieval-as-memory hybrids · same storage (graph, vector) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same memory unit (fact) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ? ★ 4.0k MIT Compare with m_flow (M-Flow) →

  3. 3 Mem0 Security / OpenMemory Memory governance, privacy & safety

    same storage (graph, vector) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same memory unit (fact) · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 67k released 2026-09-25 Apache-2.0 Compare with m_flow (M-Flow) →

  4. 4 Zep & Graphiti Dedicated memory layers

    same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same memory unit (episode, fact) · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 32k released 2026-09-01 Apache-2.0 Compare with m_flow (M-Flow) →

  5. 5 Graphiti MCP Server (Zep) Claude Code memory mechanisms

    same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same memory unit (episode, fact) · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 32k released 2026-10-20 Apache-2.0 Compare with m_flow (M-Flow) →

  6. 6 MemoRAG Retrieval-as-memory hybrids

    also in Retrieval-as-memory hybrids · same storage (vector) · same retrieval (similarity) · same memory unit (fact) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ? ★ 2.3k Apache-2.0 Compare with m_flow (M-Flow) →

  7. 7 Omi Voice-first / wearable AI memory

    same storage (graph, vector) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same memory unit (episode, fact) · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 13k released 2026-10-22 MIT Compare with m_flow (M-Flow) →

  8. 8 PathRAG Retrieval-as-memory hybrids

    also in Retrieval-as-memory hybrids · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same memory unit (fact) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ? ★ 376 MIT Compare with m_flow (M-Flow) →

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