Basic Memory vs Iai Personal Memory Engine

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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🧠 Knowledge & Memory
SummaryPersistent, local-first AI memory: a semantic knowledge graph of plain Markdown files that humans and LLMs both read and write. Works with any MCP client, with optional cloud sync and team workspaces.Local memory daemon for any MCP-over-stdio client with three-tier storage (episodic/semantic/procedural). Own SQLite + hnswlib store (Hippo) with bge-small-en-v1.5, MIT-licensed community-detection reranking (MOSAIC), and sleep-cycle consolidation. AES-256-GCM encrypted at rest, no telemetry. Verbatim recall >=99% and post-contradiction Rescue@10 1.000 at honest scale. Ambient capture via shell hooks. Windows support in beta.
Quality signal32/100 (Emerging)25/100 (Emerging)
Install pathnpx · lownpx · low
Engagement 2 0 0 3,545 2 0 0
ToolsNot listed yetNot listed yet
Verified / officialNoNo
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