Sweep AI alternatives

Superseded: the sweepai/sweep README says the team now builds an AI coding assistant for JetBrains; the GitHub-app product described here is no longer the focus (repo not archived). No dedicated persistent memory layer. Full Sweep AI record →

Official migration path

The sweepai/sweep repo is not archived, but its README says the team now builds an AI coding assistant for JetBrains; the GitHub-app product is no longer the focus.

Move to: Sweep AI plugin for JetBrains IDEs

  1. Open IDE plugin settings (Cmd/Ctrl + comma) and install Sweep AI from the JetBrains Marketplace
  2. Restart the IDE and choose Sign In with Sweep, which redirects to the Sweep app
  3. If sign-in fails, copy a token from app.sweep.dev and paste it into Sweep Settings in the Sweep sidebar

Sources: github.com · docs.sweep.dev · plugins.jetbrains.com · checked 2026-10-26

Other live alternatives

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

    also in Coding-agent memory · same storage (file) · same retrieval (extraction-pull) · same memory unit (episode) · also self-hostable · also offered managed

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

  2. 2 Devin (Cognition) Coding-agent memory

    also in Coding-agent memory · same storage (file) · same retrieval (extraction-pull) · also self-hostable · also offered managed

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

  3. 3 Aider Coding-agent memory

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

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed — MCP — ★ 41k released 2026-02-12 Apache-2.0 Compare with Sweep AI →

  4. 4 Microsoft Recall Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    same storage (file) · same retrieval (extraction-pull) · same memory unit (episode) · also self-hostable

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

  5. 5 Abridge Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

    same storage (file) · same retrieval (extraction-pull) · same memory unit (episode) · also offered managed

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

  6. 6 Browserbase Browser-agent memory

    same storage (file) · same retrieval (extraction-pull) · same memory unit (episode) · also offered managed

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

  7. 7 Granola Voice-first / wearable AI memory

    same storage (file) · same retrieval (extraction-pull) · same memory unit (episode) · also offered managed

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

  8. 8 Otter.ai Voice-first / wearable AI memory

    same storage (file) · same retrieval (extraction-pull) · same memory unit (episode) · also offered managed

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

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