IHMT Memory vs Nan Forget

In-depth architectural comparison of the IHMT Memory and Nan Forget MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose IHMT Memory when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: IHMT_HOME.
• Primary tools included: Stores memory in a local hierarchy of text and JSON files, Searches memory by walking tree branches, Shares one memory folder across agents.

Explore IHMT Memory Details

Choose Nan Forget when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Local SQLite memory database with sqlite-vec search, Automatic Claude Code recall and session-end capture, Memory consolidation, decay, deduplication, and expiry.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	IHMT Memory Knowledge & Memory	Nan Forget Knowledge & Memory
Summary	Long-term memory for AI coding agents, stored as a tree of plain local files.	Long-term memory for AI coding tools via vector search (Qdrant).
Category & Scope	Knowledge & Memory	Knowledge & Memory
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ihmt-memory": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ihmt-memory"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IHMT_HOME": "YOUR_IHMT_HOME_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nan-forget": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "nan-forget"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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