MemPalace
MemPalace is a local memory system that stores your AI conversation history and searches it later for people who want their AI tools to remember past work.
What it is good for
- Remembering past conversations with Claude Code across sessions
- Searching old AI chat history for a specific decision or detail
- Keeping AI memory on your own machine instead of a cloud service
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- MCP server or connector
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, ChromaDB, Docker, uv, pipx, Claude Desktop
Momentum
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- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 60,236
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is MemPalace free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use MemPalace?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does MemPalace work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, ChromaDB, Docker, uv, pipx, and Claude Desktop.
- What is MemPalace good for?
- Remembering past conversations with Claude Code across sessions, searching old AI chat history for a specific decision or detail, and keeping AI memory on your own machine instead of a cloud service.
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