Basic Memory

Welcome

Real memory for your AI. A knowledge base you own.

Basic Memory is real memory for your AI — a knowledge base you own. Built-in AI memory is small, vendor-owned, and usually invisible. Basic Memory is large, structured, and inspectable: a knowledge graph written in plain Markdown. Open it in any editor, hand it to any AI tool, and keep it forever.

New in v0.23: the search release — reranking, Milvus, and a deadlock-free indexing core. See What's New in v0.23. Also new in Basic Memory Cloud: Comments and Suggestions and the Interactive MCP App for ChatGPT and Claude.

Pick your path

What is Basic Memory?

How persistent AI memory works, and why it beats chat history.

Quickstart — Cloud

Connect Basic Memory Cloud and create your first note in 2 minutes, no install required.

Quickstart — Local

Run the open-source version on your machine. Your files never leave your computer.

Set Up Local Projects

After installing locally: create projects and choose where your notes are saved on disk.

Go deeper

Connect your AI tools

Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, VS Code, Obsidian, and more via MCP.

Teams

Share one knowledge base with your team — roles, invites, and real-time editing.

Open source

Run locally, self-host, contribute, or just explore the code.

AI-friendly docs

These docs support llms.txt, so your AI assistant can read them directly.

What is Basic Memory

An overview of what Basic Memory is and how it works.