Best Alternatives to Cairn

Moxie Docs MCP

Runtime: npx

★ Featured

Provides repository-aware documentation context, convention checks, API context, and proposed documentation updates through MCP.

Scrivener MCP

Runtime: npx

Connects Scrivener 3 projects to AI clients for editing, analysis, search, and writing support.

Dakera MCP

Runtime: npx

Decay-weighted vector memory for AI agents — 83 MCP tools: store, recall, search, knowledge graphs.

Goldhold

Runtime: npx

Persistent memory for AI agents. Search, store, and recall across sessions.

Neural Memory

Runtime: uvx

Persistent memory for AI agents — 55 MCP tools, spreading activation recall.

AIMEAT

Runtime: npx

Persistent memory, identity, shared workspaces, skills and tasks for AI agents

Memorix

Runtime: Remote (SSE)

Local-first persistent project memory for AI coding agents across MCP clients and sessions.

Synap Memory

Runtime: uvx

Persistent memory for AI agents — log and recall conversation context over MCP.

6DuckLearn MCP

Runtime: npx

Connect agents to 6DuckLearn memory, approvals, and runtime control.

Projectmind

Runtime: npx

Persistent project memory for AI coding agents: one compact digest instead of re-reading the repo.

Graph memory that dreams: Neo4j knowledge-graph memory for AI agents with hybrid search

Octobrain

Runtime: Remote (SSE)

Persistent memory for AI assistants with semantic search and knowledge graph relationships.