Coldstart vs Claude Engram

Side-by-side comparison of two Model Context Protocol servers — install paths, tools, quality signals, and directory engagement so you can pick the right one for Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients.

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SummaryCodebase memory for coding agents, with no embeddings and no API key. A deterministic AST index answers "which files are relevant to this task?" in milliseconds, and agents write durable notes about the repo that are content-hash checked — a note flags itself stale the moment the code it describes changes. Notes are markdown inside the repo, so they commit and review alongside your code. npm i -g @cstart/coldstart && coldstart initPersistent memory and session intelligence for Claude Code. Auto-tracks mistakes, decisions, and context via hooks. Mines session history for patterns and cross-session search. Loop detection, pre-edit warnings, context compaction survival. Runs locally with Ollama.
Quality signal24/100 (Emerging)27/100 (Emerging)
Install pathnpx · lowpip · high
Engagement 1 0 0 7 0 0 16
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Verified / officialNoNo
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