Magnemo vs Zep / Graphiti

Your memory lives on your computer, in plain files you can open.

IN THE TREE: test_the_network_line_passes_on_the_package_and_fails_on_a_planted_import · test_free_tier_stdlib_only

Both. Graphiti: self-hosted graph DB, "Neo4j, FalkorDB, or Amazon Neptune" (Kuzu listed as deprecated); MCP server default "FalkorDB". Zep: hosted, repo is for "building agent memory with Zep Cloud".

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The only write verb. Lands in _staging/ as a memory candidate; never touches canon.

IN THE TREE: test_lists_exactly_four_tools · test_promotion_is_not_a_tool · test_the_author_is_the_seat_and_a_keyholder_claim_is_refused

The LLM: "Facts are generated as part of the ingestion process." Callers submit episodes via graph.add or the MCP add_memory tool; Graphiti extracts entities and edges with an LLM.

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Agent writes NEVER reach canonical stores directly — staging only, always.

IN THE TREE: test_staging_is_the_only_note_write_path · test_retrieve_excludes_staged

not stated in their docs (read 2026-10-02)

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Every note is markdown with provenance frontmatter (author, written, source, status, reviewed_by, supersedes, strength).

IN THE TREE: test_stage_lands_in_staging_with_provenance_and_salience · test_paperless_and_malformed_notes_refused · governance.promote

"Every entity and relationship traces back to the episodes (raw data) that produced it." Four timestamp attributes: created_at, valid_at, invalid_at, expired_at. "Bi-temporal valid_at/invalid_at timestamps let Zep track change and answer point-in-time queries." Episode: uuid, created_at, source_description, metadata. Author: not stated in their docs (read 2026-10-02).

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Anything that speaks MCP over stdio mounts the same way.

IN THE TREE: test_connect_and_list_over_stdio

MCP clients: Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code with GitHub Copilot, others. Export format: not stated in their docs (read 2026-10-02). Zep ingest tool covers Slack, documents, email, JSON/CSV, fact triples (import only).

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Python 3.11+, zero dependencies, Apache-2.0.

IN THE TREE: LICENSE

Graphiti: Apache-2.0. Zep repo: Apache-2.0 (examples and integrations; "Zep Community Edition is no longer supported").

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