NMEMORY vs Genome

In-depth architectural comparison of the NMEMORY and Genome 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 NMEMORY when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Genome 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).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	NMEMORY Knowledge & Memory	Genome Knowledge & Memory
Summary	Hermetic local memory for coding agents: provenance-mandatory capture, honest recall, zero sockets.	Fully local memory for AI agents: zero-LLM ingest, semantic recall, air-gapped, auditable.
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": {
    "nmemory": {
      "url": "https://img.shields.io/badge/license-AGPL--3.0-blue)](LICENSE"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "genome": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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