memU

Name: memU Review
Item: memU
Rating: 3.2
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

Bridges the gap between local development environments and AI agent context, reducing context loss and improving agent reasoning accuracy across multi-sessio…

Memory framework that compiles conversations, documents, code, images, audio, video, URLs, and tool traces into a human-readable Markdown tree (INDEX.md, MEMORY.md, SKILL.md) that agents traverse to load only the context they need. Ships a bundled Claude Code agent skill for memorize/retrieve workspace commands, plus a CLI and Python library; storage backends include in-memory, SQLite, and Postgres.

Ask Claude to retrieve code context from your workspace memory during development sessions.
Generate documentation by extracting relevant code snippets from memU's stored workspace knowledge.
Automate context switching by loading saved project memories instead of re-explaining codebase details.

14,282 starsFreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Bridges the gap between local development environments and AI agent context, reducing context loss and improving agent reasoning accuracy across multi-session workflows.

Best for

Engineering teams integrating AI agents into development pipelines requiring persistent, workspace-aware memory.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/NevaMind-AI/memU

By NevaMind-AI

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

git clone https://github.com/NevaMind-AI/memU && cp -r memU/.claude/skills/memu ~/.claude/skills/  # skill drives the memU CLI — install with: pip install memu-py (or use npx memu-cli)

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Retrieve code context from my workspace memory during development sessions

PrerequisitesPython 3.13+ for the memu-py library/CLI, or Node.js to run npx memu-cli. State persists in a project-local SQLite file by default.CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars14,282Contributors41Last updated2026-08-10Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-11 · scanner vattempted-no-data

Community Pulse Active

Discussed on Hacker News

Show HN: A file-based agent memory framework that works like skill — Hacker News · 11 pts
Show HN: MemU: Let AI Memorize You — Hacker News · 11 pts
Show HN: Unified multimodal memory framework, without embeddings — Hacker News · 7 pts

3 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 13,900 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 1d ago; license no license.

Things to check

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

2/5

Versatility

5/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.15 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJun 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 13,900 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 1d ago; license no license.

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