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ownmem
Git-native Markdown memory for coding agents—deterministic, reviewable, and shared across tools.
- Linux
- Runs locally
- Needs API key
- Popularity
- 423 Stars
- GitHub stars
- Recent activity
- 10/6/2026
- Updated in the last 30 days
- License
- APACHE-2.0
- Permissive
Why it matters
We look beyond stars: what problem it solves, whether it creates real utility, and what makes its approach worth noticing.
Problem
AI coding agents often lack persistent, unified memory across tools and sessions, leading to lost debugging lessons and project constraints.
Practical value
By storing structured Markdown inside Git repositories with a deterministic BM25F engine, it provides cross-agent local persistent memory at low daily overhead.
Innovation / differentiation
Adopts Git-native storage and deterministic retrieval instead of common cloud vector database approaches, allowing project memory to evolve and roll back with code.
Leverage potential
Integrated directly into repositories as an npm dependency, providing consistent context constraints across multiple mainstream AI coding agents.
Why now
With the proliferation of multi-agent development toolchains, developer demand for cross-tool memory sharing and privacy protection is rising.
Community activity
In the last 90 days there were 2 new issues and 3 pull requests; the bounded issue/PR samples include 2 issue authors and 1 PR contributors, with 16 releases.
Maintainer responsiveness
The 2-issue window sample had a 100% close rate, and the 3-pull-request sample had a 67% merge rate. Maintainer-comment observations covered only 100% of that issue sample, so response rate and first-response speed are not reported.
Key highlights
- Claude Code gains a project command: `/ownmem <anything you want the
- Codex and Grok CLI automatically discover the repository's
ownmem - Antigravity loads the same project instructions (
AGENTS.md,
Quick start
How it is installed, how hard it is, and where to start.
Best for
- Developers who want to try it on their machine
Watch outs
- 5 inferred from materials — review under Sources below
More about it
OwnMem stores project memory as Git-native Markdown and serves it to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and similar tools with deterministic retrieval (e.g. BM25F). Memory becomes diffable and reviewable instead of trapped in a vendor cloud.
It fits teams hopping between coding agents. Treat memory as code: sloppy notes pollute the repo; good notes become shared assets.
Sources
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Sources
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Latest release
Verifiedv0.8.1
Source: GitHub API · latest_release=v0.8.1 · 10/9/2026
License
VerifiedApache-2.0
Source: GitHub API · license.spdx_id=Apache-2.0 · 10/9/2026
logo url
VerifiedNone
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/28/2026
needs api key
Inferred from materialsYes
Source: Project README · matched api key keywords · 8/23/2026
One-liner
Verified{"en":"Git-native Markdown memory for coding agents—deterministic, reviewable, and shared across tools.","zh":"OwnMem 解决了 AI 编程代理在不同工具间记忆碎片化、无法持久化且依赖云端服务的痛点。它通过 Git 原生的 Markdown 存储方案，结合确定性的 BM25F 检索引擎，实现了跨工具（Claude Code, Cursor,…"}
Source: heuristic_batch_publish · batch-publish-tools heuristic write · 8/24/2026
Platforms
Inferred from materialslinux
Source: Project README · linux · 8/23/2026
Category hint
Inferred from materialsai-apps
Source: Project README · hint=ai-apps · 8/23/2026
screenshot url
VerifiedNone
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/28/2026
supports local
Inferred from materialsYes
Source: Project README · matched local keywords · 8/23/2026
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