Alternatives to mem-search
mem-search is an agent skill by thedotmack: Use this when the user asks to search memory, "did we already solve this?", "how did we do X last time?", or wants work from previous sessions. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 agent skills cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match mem-search and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. caveman-compress leads the list (supports Python). 4 of them are published by the company behind the product. Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with mem-search.
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mem-search
Use this when the user asks to search memory, "did we already solve this?", "how did we do X last time?", or wants work from previous sessions.
12 alternatives
Ordered by how closely each matches mem-search (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.
- 1caveman-compress
JuliusBrussee
Compress a memory file such as CLAUDE.md or a todo list into caveman format to save input tokens, keeping a readable backup.
- Supports Python
★ 114.8KLast active Oct 17, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 2how-it-works
thedotmack
Explain how claude-mem captures observations, when memory injection kicks in, and where data lives.
- Repository has 102.8K stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 102.8KLast active Oct 23, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 3remember
langchain-aiOfficial
Review the current conversation and capture valuable knowledge — best practices, coding conventions, architecture decisions, workflows, and user feedback —…
- Published by the vendor
★ 30.6KLast active Oct 23, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 4coding-prefs
langchain-aiOfficial
Read the user's coding preferences from /memory/coding-prefs.md before making non-trivial style decisions, and append new preferences when the user gives…
- Published by the vendor
★ 30.6KLast active Oct 23, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 5binary-mobile-reversing
AIPentest
APK/EXE/二进制:UniApp/DCloud/Flutter逆向,证书固定绕过,导出组件,内存破坏exploit链,IoT固件。Use when reversing APK/EXE, UniApp/Flutter, native .so, or memory-corruption exploits.
- Repository has 8K stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 8KLast active Oct 16, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 6memory-rag-poisoning-detection
TencentOfficial
Detect persistent-memory poisoning and RAG/knowledge-base contamination via dialogue testing.
- Published by the vendor
★ 7.1KLast active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 7memory-poisoning-detection
TencentOfficial
Detect persistent instruction injection or long-term memory poisoning.
- Published by the vendor
★ 7.1KLast active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 8cpu-reduction
nubjs
Diagnose and clear CPU, memory, and disk contention on the maintainer's dev host.
- Supports Python
★ 4.4KLast active Oct 19, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 9engram-memory
Gentleman-Programming
ALWAYS ACTIVE — Persistent memory protocol.
- Repository has 7.6K stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 7.6KLast active Oct 23, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 10zylos-memory
zylos-ai
Core memory system.
- Supports JavaScript
★ 1.2KLast active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 11hivemind-graph
activeloopai
Query the local code graph (functions, classes, calls, imports) through the Deeplake mount at memory/graph/.
- Repository has 1.6K stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 1.6KLast active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 12hivemind-goals
activeloopai
Create, track and update team goals via the Deeplake virtual filesystem at memory/goal/.
- Repository has 1.6K stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 1.6KLast active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet
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