Spring AI ChatMemory alternatives

Wraps conversation memory behind an Advisor abstraction. MessageWindowChatMemory default 20-msg sliding window (preserves system messages); pluggable ChatMemoryRepository backends (in-memory, JDBC, Cassandra, Neo4j). Full Spring AI ChatMemory record →

  1. 1 Haystack Memory (deepset) Framework-embedded memory

    also in Framework-embedded memory · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same conflict handling (append) · same memory unit (document) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 26k released 2026-10-21 Apache-2.0 Compare with Spring AI ChatMemory →

  2. 2 smolagents Memory Framework-embedded memory

    also in Framework-embedded memory · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same conflict handling (append) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 29k released 2026-05-29 Apache-2.0 Compare with Spring AI ChatMemory →

  3. 3 DSPy History Framework-embedded memory

    also in Framework-embedded memory · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (document) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 37k MIT Compare with Spring AI ChatMemory →

  4. 4 AutoGen Memory Framework-embedded memory ⚠ maintenance — maintenance mode (bug and security fixes only)

    also in Framework-embedded memory · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same conflict handling (append) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 60k released 2025-09-30 MIT Compare with Spring AI ChatMemory →

  5. 5 Botpress LLMz Framework-embedded memory

    also in Framework-embedded memory · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (document) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 15k MIT (SDK/integration packages in… Compare with Spring AI ChatMemory →

  6. 6 LlamaIndex Memory Framework-embedded memory

    also in Framework-embedded memory · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 53k released 2026-09-21 MIT Compare with Spring AI ChatMemory →

  7. 7 CrewAI Memory Framework-embedded memory

    also in Framework-embedded memory · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 51k released 2026-10-14 MIT Compare with Spring AI ChatMemory →

  8. 8 LangGraph Persistence Framework-embedded memory

    also in Framework-embedded memory · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 43k released 2026-10-16 MIT Compare with Spring AI ChatMemory →

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