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title: Basic Memory

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NEW · Basic Memory for Teams is live →

One knowledge base.

For you, your AI tools, and your team.

Your chats, docs, decisions, tasks, and research, connected in a living knowledge graph. Plain markdown you control.

Try it free

See how it works

## What it actually is

Not a bigger AI memory.
A knowledge base you own.

Built-in AI memory is small, vendor-owned, and usually invisible. Basic Memory is the opposite: a large, structured, inspectable knowledge graph written in plain Markdown. Read it like a human, query it like a database, hand it to any AI tool — and keep it, because the files are yours.

## Start where you are

Same knowledge graph. Three ways to use it.

Run Basic Memory locally, sync a private cloud knowledge base, or scale it across a team and its agents. Same markdown, same graph, same ownership model — you just choose how far it reaches.

Local

$0 · open source

Open source and offline. Your knowledge graph lives on your own machine — 3K+ stars and 57K downloads a month.

Cloud

from $15/seat/mo

Private sync for a knowledge base that follows you across devices and AI tools. Starts with a 7-day trial; seats get cheaper as a team grows.

Agents

custom

Credit-based usage for agent fleets and automation, with enterprise, custom-deployment, and on-prem options.

See full pricing →

## Why it matters

The graph is the asset. AI is one way to use it.

Basic Memory isn't chat history with a better memory. It's a durable knowledge base for the work you want to keep — readable by humans, useful to AI, and independent of any one vendor.

For you

Keep decisions, research, notes, and project history in files you can open, search, and edit by hand.

For AI tools

Give Claude, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT, and any MCP-compatible tool the same structured context to work from.

For your team

Build one shared body of knowledge instead of scattering context across chats, docs, and people.

## Open by default

Works with the tools you already use.

One knowledge graph, read and written through the Model Context Protocol. No lock-in, no proprietary store — just Markdown files and an open standard the whole ecosystem speaks.

Claude Codex Cursor Obsidian VS Code MCP Markdown

Try Basic Memory
Simple plans. No surprises.

Start with a 7-day trial. Talk to us when Basic Memory becomes infrastructure.

7-Day Trial

$15/seat/month

Add or remove seats anytime.

AI collaboration via MCP
Shared workspaces for teams and agents
Team member management and audit logs
Full-text search across notes and projects
Desktop, mobile, and web access
Private, exportable Markdown files
50,000 notes per seat
1,000 note updates per seat per day
Cancel anytime, your data stays yours

Monthly pricing is calculated automatically at checkout.

Agent Infrastructure

Custom

Credits and metered usage

For agent fleets, custom deployment, enterprise, and on-prem needs.

Credit-based usage for agent fleets and automation
Higher limits with budget controls and clear guardrails
Custom deployment, enterprise, or on-prem options
Written limits, support expectations, and operational safeguards

Team and enterprise controls

Hosted, private, or on-prem

Good fit when Basic Memory becomes production memory infrastructure.

Deploying Basic Memory for clients? Learn about the partner program →

Open Source

Prefer to self-host? The full app is free and open source (AGPL-3.0) — complete control, complete privacy.

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## Get started

Start your knowledge graph.

Free and open source to run locally. Two minutes to connect your first AI tool. Your files, your graph, forever.

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One knowledge base.

Not a bigger AI memory.
A knowledge base you own.