awareness-memory vs Perenna
awareness-memory is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑24.
awareness-memory is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Awareness. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Perenna is an MCP server published by scarletkc. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. 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 |  Perenna | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace edwin-hao-ai/awareness-sdk | Removed on 2026-10-24 Version: 0.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 9 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 248 Downloads/week (PyPI): 50 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 61 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 | awareness-memoryno longer listed · | Perenna |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 | 61 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 3 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (perenna) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 4, secrets among them: 2 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 4 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 10 | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/edwin-hao-ai/awareness-sdk | github.com/scarletkc/perenna |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-16 | 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 awareness-memory
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Coding Agents forget everything when a session ends. total-recall fixes that: a shared memory layer that persists across sessions, tools, and devices. Memory is organized into…
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Topic-based automatic memory for Claude Code — never lose context across sessions or compactions.
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Persistent memory for AI coding agents via the memini memory service. 7 hooks, MCP tools, and skills that capture tool usage and inject prior context at session start.
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Graph-vector memory for AI assistants using FalkorDB and Qdrant
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Semantic memory for Claude Code sessions
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Persistent local memory for Claude Code. Longer sessions, cross-session recall, zero cloud.
What each says it does
awareness-memory
Persistent cross-session memory for Claude Code via Awareness Memory Cloud
Perenna
A lightweight, Git-backed permanent memory for AI agents.
How to run each
awareness-memory
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Perenna As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "VEXOR_API_KEY=<YOUR_VEXOR_API_KEY>" --env "VEXOR_REMOTE_RERANK_API_KEY=<YOUR_VEXOR_REMOTE_RERANK_API_KEY>" --transport stdio perenna -- uvx perenna mcpRequires: VEXOR_API_KEY (secret), VEXOR_REMOTE_RERANK_API_KEY (secret)
Commands 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
The marketplaces of awareness-memory publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: awareness-memory · What it can do: Perenna · Compare two other plugins
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