kitfunso/hippo-memory
Stop re-teaching your agent. Make your agent's memory work like a brain. Hippo is long-term memory for coding agents. It's a critical layer for your AI harness that connects across your different tool
- Stars
- 784
- Forks
- 46
- Open issues
- 4
- Last push
- today
About hippo-memory
hippo-memory is a free, open-source AI agent tool by kitfunso, written mainly in TypeScript. Stop re-teaching your agent. Make your agent's memory work like a brain. Hippo is long-term memory for coding agents. It's a critical layer for your AI harness that connects across your different tool. It has 784 GitHub stars and 46 forks, and was last updated today. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
- License
- MIT
- Language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 784
- Last update
- today
- Runs on Mac
- Not stated
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Yes
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hippo-memory FAQ
Is hippo-memory free?
Yes. hippo-memory is open source and free to use. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
Does hippo-memory run on a Mac?
The project doesn't say. Check its installation guide before you start.
Does hippo-memory need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is hippo-memory still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated today and has 4 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to hippo-memory?
Similar free, open-source tools include ECC, hermes-agent, rea, ponytail.