Basic Memory

The origin story of Basic Memory, reconstructed from the git log: a Markdown knowledge graph born a week after the MCP spec, the in-memory ASGI decision that made a cloud possible, a failed Tauri desktop app, and the pivot to Basic Memory Cloud — with commit receipts.

From a Thanksgiving weekend project to a four-person team building a knowledge platform that serves as your ground truth. A year of Basic Memory in review.

AI has become a cognitive workspace. The problem is that it doesn't behave like one. Your conversations are spread across platforms, threads are isolated, and context is lost.

Transform ephemeral AI conversations into persistent, interconnected knowledge you own and control across all your AI tools

Import your ChatGPT and Claude conversation histories, and sync Basic Memory with local Markdown tools like Obsidian

Analyzing Claude's new memory features, Microsoft integrations, and recent performance issues - and how Basic Memory provides a more robust solution for persistent AI knowledge.

We got so fed up with AI forgetting everything that we built a (free, open source) solution, and it actually works! I've followed this sub for ages from my main account, so it's great to finally have something to post about.

How we fixed a critical breaking change in FastMCP v2.10.0 that affected Basic Memory and other MCP servers - in under 2 hours

It's a fake milestone, but it marks progress in a real journey. A little reflection on how we got here, what it means and where we are going.

Basic Memory turns AI conversations into a knowledge graph you actually own, using nothing but Markdown files.

Basic Memory v0.13.0 - Sorry it took so long, But there's lots of cool new features, including improved multi-project support, edit_note, move_note, view_note tools.

The real story behind Basic Memory - born from weekly beers and endless frustration with AI conversations that never remember what came before.

How collaborative development with AI transforms the psychological and social experience of building software.

The technical breakthroughs and patterns that enable effective collaborative development between humans and AI systems.

How Basic Memory emerged from and enables a new kind of development process, where humans and AI work together as true collaborators.

Claude describes its experience working directly on the Basic Memory codebase, offering a unique perspective on human-AI collaborative development.

Exploring why text with semantic structure creates the ideal knowledge representation for both humans and AI systems.

In an age of cloud-based tools, there's a growing movement toward keeping data local. Here's why Basic Memory embraces this approach for knowledge management.

How Basic Memory transforms ephemeral AI conversations into lasting knowledge that builds over time, improving context and continuity.

How a file-first architecture and straightforward tools enable natural knowledge building between humans and AI.