engram vs io.github.0Mattias/bettermemory
engram is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
engram is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Chad Hietala. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.0Mattias/bettermemory is an MCP server published by 0Mattias. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  io.github.0Mattias/bettermemory | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace chadhietala/engram | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 8.0.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 4 973 Downloads/week (PyPI): 702 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | engramno longer listed · | io.github.0Mattias/bettermemory |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (bettermemory) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 5 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 10 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/chadhietala/engram | github.com/0mattias/bettermemory |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 4 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of engram
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Skill memory for coding agents: learn, recall, reinforce, decay. Local SQLite, no API key.
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Local memory with full-text recall and a recall-and-save skill.
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Agent memory MCP server with 4-type cognitive memory, hybrid search, and TTL-based forgetting.
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Graph-vector memory for AI assistants using FalkorDB and Qdrant
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Teaches Claude best practices for memory management — when to save, importance scoring, memory types, and session workflows.
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Curate auto-memory, promote learnings to CLAUDE.md and rules, extract patterns into skills. Ships 5 slash commands (/si:memory-review, /si:promote, /si:extract, /si:memory-status…
What each says it does
engram
Learn from your Claude Code usage and generate reusable skills
io.github.0Mattias/bettermemory
Memory for coding agents, checked against the filesystem and git before it is believed.
How to run each
engram
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.0Mattias/bettermemory As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio bettermemory -- uvx bettermemoryCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: engram · What it can do: io.github.0Mattias/bettermemory · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.