1. milla-jovovich-mempalace
59,737 stars+83 this week
Local-first AI memory.
cq alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like mozilla-ai/cq
Flowy lists 135 other Agent Memory plugins like cq, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cqThis page | 1,288 | +5 | Oct 22, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 1 skill, 2 commands |
| 1milla-jovovich-mempalace | 59,737 | +83 | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 3 skills, 6 commands, 4 hooks, 1 MCP server |
| 2mempalace | 59,727 | +83 | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 3 skills, 6 commands, 4 hooks, 1 MCP server |
| 3basic-memory | 4,389 | +78 | Oct 29, 2026 | AGPL-3.0 | 31 skills, 5 commands, 1 MCP server |
| 4token-optimizer | 2,747 | +149 | Oct 27, 2026 | not available | 5 skills, 2 commands, 11 hooks |
| 5autocontext | 1,311 | +4 | Oct 24, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 4 skills |
| 6hindsight | 53,798 | +3,341 | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 18 skills |
| 7openviking | 40,960 | +546 | Oct 27, 2026 | AGPL-3.0 | 14 skills |
| 8everos | 13,615 | +140 | Oct 22, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 5 skills, 6 commands |
| 9ai-memory | 13,555 | +1,769 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 7 skills, 1 hook, 1 MCP server |
| 10gentleman-programming-engram | 7,632 | +159 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 20 skills |
| 11powercontext | 1,369 | +32 | Oct 26, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 1 skill, 1 MCP server |
| 12zylos-core | 1,160 | +1 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 14 skills |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. mempalace
59,727 stars+83 this week
Local-first AI memory.
3. basic-memory
4,389 stars+78 this week
AI conversations that actually remember.
4. token-optimizer
2,747 stars+149 this week
Find the ghost tokens.
5. autocontext
1,311 stars+4 this week
a recursive self-improving harness designed to help your agents (and future iterations of those agents) succeed on any task
6. hindsight
53,798 stars+3,341 this week
Hindsight: Agent Memory That Learns
7. openviking
40,960 stars+546 this week
Self-evolving Context Database for AI Agents.
8. everos
13,615 stars+140 this week
One portable memory layer for every AI agent: local-first, Markdown-native, user-owned, and self-evolving across apps, tools, and workflows.
9. 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
10. gentleman-programming-engram
7,632 stars+159 this week
Persistent memory system for AI coding agents.
11. powercontext
1,369 stars+32 this week
Context that stays with the work — across sessions, agents, and people.
12. zylos-core
1,160 stars+1 this week
Zylos (/ˈzaɪ.lɒs/ 赛洛丝) — Give your AI a life
Questions about cq alternatives
What is the best alternative to cq?
milla-jovovich-mempalace is the first of 12 alternatives to cq by shared technologies: it has 59,737 stars (ahead of cq), gained 83 stars this week and ships 3 skills against 1 for cq.
Which cq alternative has the most skills?
basic-memory has the most, with 31 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. cq has 1.
Is cq free?
Yes. cq is published under the Apache-2.0 license, so it is free to use.