Cognee Memory vs knowmind
Cognee Memory is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Cognee. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). knowmind is an MCP server published by Schubeler-Consulting. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-14. 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 |  knowmind | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace topoteretes/cognee-integrations | Listed Version: 1.8.1 Forks (GitHub): 136 Stars (GitHub): 107 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.6 Downloads/month (npm): 1 979 Downloads/week (npm): 445 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| npm registry (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.4.6 Downloads/month (npm): 1 979 Downloads/week (npm): 445 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 | Cognee Memory | knowmind |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 107 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 136 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-11-14 (better) | 2026-11-01 (worse) |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (knowmind) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 11 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 23 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/topoteretes/cognee-integrations | github.com/schubeler-consulting/knowmind |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 6 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-09 | 2026-10-11 |
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
Cognee Memory
Persistent memory for Claude Code, built on Cognee's knowledge graph. Captures your prompts, tool calls and answers, recalls what's relevant on every prompt, and carries decisions and lessons into later sessions. Runs locally or on Cognee Cloud.
knowmind
AI agent memory & knowledge graph, hosted in Germany (GDPR). Recall, relations, store via MCP.
How to run each
Cognee Memory As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add topoteretes/cognee-integrations
/plugin install cognee-memory@cogneeknowmind As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "KNOWMIND_TOKEN=<YOUR_KNOWMIND_TOKEN>" --transport stdio knowmind -- npx -y knowmind mcpRequires: KNOWMIND_TOKEN (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 Cognee Memory publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Cognee Memory · What it can do: knowmind · 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. Package data comes from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.