Best Alternatives to Cortex Memory Engine

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.

Memento

Runtime: npx

Local-first, LLM-agnostic memory layer for AI assistants.

Screenpipe

Runtime: npx

Local-first workflow memory for AI agents. screenpipe lets MCP clients search selected screen, audio, app, and meeting context and turn real work into cited notes, SOPs, workflow reports, and automation candidates.

Mindswap

Runtime: npx

Local-first AI context and memory server for cross-tool coding continuity.

Codebase Memory MCP

Runtime: npx

Indexes repositories into a local code graph for structural search, call tracing, impact analysis, and architecture exploration.

Notes

Runtime: npx

A daily notebook your AI writes in — on today's page, in your entity graph, marked as its own.

Memorix

Runtime: Remote (SSE)

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

Shyn

Runtime: uvx

Local-first ambient memory for your Mac — pages, meetings, notes, encrypted on-device.

Basic Memory

Runtime: npx

Local-first AI memory server storing knowledge as Markdown files with semantic search and optional cloud sync.

Hindsight

Runtime: npx

Stores, searches, and synthesizes long-term agent memory through retain, recall, and reflect operations.

Context7

Runtime: npx

Fetches current, version-aware library documentation and code examples for AI coding agents.