1. caura-ai-caura-2
501 stars+35 this week
Caura (formerly MemClaw) — governed shared memory for AI agent fleets.
arkon alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like nduckmink/arkon
Flowy lists 135 other Agent Memory plugins like arkon, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| arkonThis page | 1,497 | +12 | Jun 3, 2026 | not available | 3 skills |
| 1caura-ai-caura-2 | 501 | +35 | Oct 26, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 3 skills |
| 2caura-ai-caura | 501 | +35 | Oct 26, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 3 skills |
| 3ogham-mcp | 116 | not available | Oct 14, 2026 | MIT | 3 skills |
| 4hindsight | 53,798 | +3,341 | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 18 skills |
| 5agentrecall-x | 372 | +1 | Oct 16, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill, 4 commands |
| 6ai-driven-development | 166 | not available | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 22 skills |
| 7agent-brain | 119 | not available | Sep 19, 2026 | MIT | 3 skills, 9 agents, 44 commands |
| 8openviking | 40,960 | +546 | Oct 27, 2026 | AGPL-3.0 | 14 skills |
| 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 |
| 11basic-memory | 4,389 | +78 | Oct 29, 2026 | AGPL-3.0 | 31 skills, 5 commands, 1 MCP server |
| 12autocontext | 1,311 | +4 | Oct 24, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 4 skills |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. caura-ai-caura
501 stars+35 this week
Caura (formerly MemClaw) — governed shared memory for AI agent fleets.
3. ogham-mcp
116 stars
Ogham (pronounced "OH-um") -- persistent, searchable shared memory for AI coding agents.
4. hindsight
53,798 stars+3,341 this week
Hindsight: Agent Memory That Learns
5. agentrecall-x
372 stars+1 this week
Correction-first persistent memory for AI agents.
6. ai-driven-development
166 stars
Practices, protocols, and skills for AI-driven software development.
7. agent-brain
119 stars
A RAG-based (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) document indexing and semantic search system for AI agents and applications.
8. openviking
40,960 stars+546 this week
Self-evolving Context Database for AI Agents.
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. basic-memory
4,389 stars+78 this week
AI conversations that actually remember.
12. 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
Questions about arkon alternatives
What is the best alternative to arkon?
caura-ai-caura-2 is the first of 12 alternatives to arkon by shared technologies: it has 501 stars (behind arkon) and gained 35 stars this week.
Which arkon alternative has the most skills?
basic-memory has the most, with 31 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. arkon has 3.