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Cognee
Open-source AI memory platform: turns documents, code and conversations into a knowledge graph plus vectors; local by default, Cognee Cloud managed.
www.cognee.ai/Active
cognee 1.6.5 on PyPI 2026-10-16; v1.6.6rc1 on 2026-10-23. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Agent memory
Where it stands apart
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? a property-graph database (Neo4j, FalkorDB, Kuzu) (14% of 21 others)
- By default, how do old or wrong memories mainly go away? only when someone deletes them (agent, app, or user) (16% of 19 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (67% of 21 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (67% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (75% of 20 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (67% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? developers (76% of 21 others)
- In the default setup, who mainly decides what gets remembered? the system, by extracting memories from conversations or data in the background (67% of 21 others)
- How can the person the memories are about see and edit them? only through developer APIs or a developer dashboard (62% of 21 others)
- Does it work with models from different LLM vendors? yes, model-agnostic (86% of 21 others)
- Is there a first-party MCP server for it? yes (67% of 21 others)
- How is memory separated between users or tenants? built-in scoping by user, agent, session, or tenant IDs (62% of 21 others)
- Does it publish scores on public memory benchmarks (LoCoMo, LongMemEval, BEAM, etc.)? yes (62% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Graphiti 88% of 17 shared answers match
- Mem0 76% of 17 shared answers match
- MemOS (MemTensor) 76% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) Apache-2.0; the production Postgres-as-graph-store is 'available as a licensed product' (open core). | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes Runs locally with GLiNER and local embeddings, no API key. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | optional account Runs locally free with no API key; Cognee Cloud is separate and optional. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart a property-graph database (Neo4j, FalkorDB, Kuzu) Knowledge graph on graph backends plus vectors; MCP is one interface. | source 2026-10-26 |
| In the default setup, who mainly decides what gets remembered? | the system, by extracting memories from conversations or data in the background remember/cognify extract entities and relations from data the app adds. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How can the person the memories are about see and edit them? | only through developer APIs or a developer dashboard Local UI and graph visualization aimed at developers. | source 2026-10-25 |
| By default, how do old or wrong memories mainly go away? | stands apart only when someone deletes them (agent, app, or user) forget removes an item or dataset; improve enriches but no documented decay. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do memories live in the default setup the docs lead with? | in the developer's own infrastructure | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it work with models from different LLM vendors? | yes, model-agnostic | source 2026-10-25 |
| What is the main storage model for long-term memory? | knowledge graph (usually with vectors alongside) | source 2026-10-25 |
| What shape does it mainly take (the one its docs lead with)? | library or API primitive you build into your app | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is there a first-party MCP server for it? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is memory separated between users or tenants? | built-in scoping by user, agent, session, or tenant IDs API defaults to multi-tenant mode with authenticated users and datasets. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it publish scores on public memory benchmarks (LoCoMo, LongMemEval, BEAM, etc.)? | yes BEAM evaluation report in repo. | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/topoteretes/cognee · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · www.cognee.ai/ · read 2026-10-25
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