Honcho vs Claude Mem
Honcho and Claude Mem are both knowledge and memory MCP servers. Claude Mem scores higher (94 vs 92 out of 100). Claude Mem has more GitHub stars (102k), and Claude Mem was updated more recently (2 days ago). The table compares them side by side.
| Honcho | Claude Mem | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 92 / 100 | 94 / 100 |
| What it does | Memory that reasons: continual learning for stateful agents. Better context, fewer tokens. | Memory compression system for Claude Code - persist context across sessions |
| Publisher | Community: plastic-labs | Verified: npm:claude-mem |
| Grades | Maintenance A, Licence C, Quality A | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A |
| npm downloads a week | Not on npm | 12,757 |
| Runs | Remote | Local |
| Works with | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf |
| GitHub stars | 7,688 | 101,882 |
| Last commit | 19 Oct 2026 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Listed since | 19 Oct 2026 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Install Honcho | Install Claude Mem |
Questions
Is Honcho or Claude Mem more popular?
Claude Mem has more GitHub stars: 101,882.
Can I use Honcho and Claude Mem together?
Yes. AI assistants can load several MCP servers at once. Install both and the assistant picks the right one for each task.