Honcho
Honcho is a memory library that gives AI agents persistent memory of users and projects over time for developers building stateful products.
What it is good for
- Giving AI agents memory of users across conversations
- Keeping track of how people and projects change over time
- Adding searchable long-term context to a chatbot or assistant
- Giving a coding agent memory that persists between sessions
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Requires programming
Level 5 of 5. You need to write code to use it.
- Cost
- Free tier plus paid plans
- Type
- Framework or SDK
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Kilo Code, OpenClaw
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked (last #47, week 41, 2026)
- Best rank
- #47 week 41, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 7,887
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Ranking history
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Honcho free?
- It has a free plan and paid plans, according to its own description.
- Do I need to know how to code to use Honcho?
- Yes. You need to write code to use it.
- What does Honcho work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Kilo Code, and OpenClaw.
- What is Honcho good for?
- Giving AI agents memory of users across conversations, keeping track of how people and projects change over time, adding searchable long-term context to a chatbot or assistant, and giving a coding agent memory that persists between sessions.
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