1. claude-mem
104,088 stars+1,943 this week
Persistent Context Across Sessions for Every Agent – Captures everything your agent does during sessions, compresses it with AI, and…
gentleman-programming-engram alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like gentleman-programming/engram
Flowy lists 135 other Agent Memory plugins like gentleman-programming-engram, ranked by shared technologies, then GitHub stars; nothing in this list is paid.
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How they compare
| Plugin | Stars | 7 days | Updated | License | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gentleman-programming-engramThis page | 7,632 | +159 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 20 skills |
| 1claude-mem | 104,088 | +1,943 | Oct 29, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 33 skills, 1 command, 1 MCP server |
| 2remnic | 230 | +2 | Oct 29, 2026 | MIT | 6 skills, 1 agent, 1 MCP server |
| 3community | 196 | +3 | Oct 27, 2026 | not available | 13 skills, 11 commands, 1 MCP server |
| 4opentrace | 109 | not available | Aug 12, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 2 skills, 6 agents, 16 commands, 1 MCP server |
| 5mksglu-context-mode | 32,573 | +1,043 | Oct 28, 2026 | not available | 9 skills, 6 hooks, 1 MCP server |
| 6mksglu-context-mode-2 | 32,573 | +1,044 | Oct 28, 2026 | not available | 9 skills, 6 hooks, 1 MCP server |
| 7beads | 28,238 | +187 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 2 skills, 10 agents, 1 command |
| 8ai-memory | 13,555 | +1,769 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 7 skills, 1 hook, 1 MCP server |
| 9basic-memory | 4,389 | +78 | Oct 29, 2026 | AGPL-3.0 | 31 skills, 5 commands, 1 MCP server |
| 10letta-code | 3,732 | +54 | Oct 29, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 27 skills, 8 hooks |
| 11token-optimizer | 2,747 | +149 | Oct 27, 2026 | not available | 5 skills, 2 commands, 11 hooks |
| 12powercontext | 1,369 | +32 | Oct 26, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 1 skill, 1 MCP server |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. remnic
230 stars+2 this week
Open-source, local-first memory and context for AI agents.
3. community
196 stars+3 this week
Community integrations for Nowledge Mem
4. opentrace
109 stars
A knowledge graph that maps your codebase structure, service architecture, and system relationships — then exposes it all through MCP so…
5. mksglu-context-mode
32,573 stars+1,043 this week
The other half of the context problem.
6. mksglu-context-mode-2
32,573 stars+1,044 this week
The other half of the context problem.
7. beads
28,238 stars+187 this week
Distributed graph issue tracker for AI agents, powered by Dolt.
8. ai-memory
13,555 stars+1,769 this week
Solution for long term memory for agent coding CLIs and to facilitate handoff between different agent vendors
9. basic-memory
4,389 stars+78 this week
AI conversations that actually remember.
10. letta-code
3,732 stars+54 this week
Letta Code is a stateful agent harness for creating agents that are more like people than tools.
11. token-optimizer
2,747 stars+149 this week
Find the ghost tokens.
12. powercontext
1,369 stars+32 this week
Context that stays with the work — across sessions, agents, and people.
Questions about gentleman-programming-engram alternatives
What is the best alternative to gentleman-programming-engram?
claude-mem is the first of 12 alternatives to gentleman-programming-engram by shared technologies: it has 104,088 stars (ahead of gentleman-programming-engram), gained 1,943 stars this week and ships 33 skills against 20 for gentleman-programming-engram.
Which gentleman-programming-engram alternative has the most skills?
claude-mem has the most, with 33 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. gentleman-programming-engram has 20.
Is gentleman-programming-engram free?
Yes. gentleman-programming-engram is published under the MIT license, so it is free to use.