mem0 vs total-recall
mem0 is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by mem0ai. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). total-recall is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by strvmarv. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  mem0 |  total-recall |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 54a03cc Forks (GitHub): 7 898 Stars (GitHub): 67 138 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 4.0.4 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 15 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 | mem0 | total-recall |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 67 138 (better) | 15 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 898 (better) | 5 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 3 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | 7 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mem0ai/mem0 | github.com/strvmarv/total-recall |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-12 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
mem0
Connect Mem0 to Claude to give your agent persistent memory across sessions. Claude can store user preferences, project context, and conversation history, then search, update, or forget them as new information comes in. Useful for coding assistants that remember your codebase conventions, support agents that recall customer history, research workflows that build context over weeks, or any use case where Claude resets back to zero today. Memories are scoped per user, agent, or session. Cloud-hosted, no local install.
total-recall
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 three tiers (Hot / Warm / Cold) with a 4,000-token budget enforced automatically — so Claude gets relevant context injected at session start without carrying stale noise. Semantic search (all-MiniLM-L6-v2 embeddings, offline) retrieves the right memories on demand. A knowledge base lets you ingest READMEs, API docs, and architecture notes that are retrieved semantically when relevant. An eval framework lets you measure retrieval quality, run benchmarks, and compare config changes — so you know memory is actually helping. All state is local: SQLite + ONNX embeddings, no external services, no API keys required. Works across Claude Code, Copilot CLI, Cursor, Cline, and OpenCode — existing memories auto-import on first run.
How to run each
mem0 As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install mem0@claude-communitytotal-recall As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install total-recall@claude-communityCommands 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: mem0 · What it can do: total-recall · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.