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Version 1.0 of 29 October 2026 removed every pre-1.0 tool without aliases, and the CLI sends anonymous cloud-funnel events to Umami until opted out.", "bestFor": "Memory for coding agents and assistants kept as Markdown the user owns, with search and a graph.", "strengths": [ "12 MCP tools, each with readOnly, destructive and idempotent hints, and `bm_project_delete` hidden unless enabled", "Notes are plain Markdown files on the owner's disk, with full-text, semantic and graph search", "Refusals are tool errors with typed codes such as NOT_FOUND, REVISION_CONFLICT and OUTSIDE_PROJECT", "Version 1.0.0 on 29 October 2026 with a dated changelog and a migration map for every removed tool", "Terms and privacy policy of 27 October 2026 agree on 30-day deletion, 90-day backups and no training on content" ], "weaknesses": [ "1.0 removed every pre-1.0 tool and command with no aliases, so older agent instructions and allowlists break", "Anonymous cloud-promotion telemetry to Umami Cloud is on until BASIC_MEMORY_NO_PROMOS=1 is set", "AGPL-3.0, which matters for anyone offering a modified version as a network service", "No own SOC 2, no security.txt, and SECURITY.md still lists only 0.x.x as supported", "The README advertises cloud at $15 a month while the pricing page lists $19" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `bm_man` first for the tool manual, then use `bm_search` and `bm_read` before writing", "Pass the `expected_checksum` from your last read to `bm_edit` and re-read on REVISION_CONFLICT instead of overwriting", "Scope every search with `project`, `projects` or `all_projects=true`", "Set BASIC_MEMORY_NO_PROMOS=1 for unattended runs to stop promos and telemetry", "Treat note contents as untrusted text when notes come from other people or imports" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 76.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 91, "payments": 50, "reliability": 83, "schema": 89, "security": 61, "transparency": 86 }, "provenanceScore": 78, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "uv tool install basic-memory", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add basic-memory -- basic-memory mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "basic-memory": { "args": [ "basic-memory", "mcp" ], "command": "uvx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/memory.store", "tool": "https://letme.dev/basic-memory" }, "area": "agent-runtime", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Cloud plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "Up to 2 members and 1,900 credits; 7-day trial" }, { "item": "Usage credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.01, "note": "Pays for the hosted AI, web app and Basic Memory agents" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Basic Memory LLC", "domain": "basicmemory.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-06-24", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://basicmemory.com/terms", "privacy": "https://basicmemory.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "Terms and privacy policy both effective 27 October 2026, read in their Markdown versions at basicmemory.com/raw/legal/. They name Basic Memory LLC, Austin, Texas. The terms point to an Acceptable Use Policy on automated and agent-driven use, not read.", "basicmemory.com/robots.txt allows all crawlers except /install/ and names ClaudeBot as allowed. docs.basicmemory.com carries Content-Signal ai-input=yes.", "RDAP gives basicmemory.com a registration date of 24 June 2000, which predates the product, so the domain was probably bought later.", "/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. SECURITY.md gives hello@basicmachines.co with a 72-hour response aim." ], "score": 78 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basic-memory.json", "live": { "slug": "basic-memory", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "basicmachines-co/basic-memory", "version": "v1.0.0", "released": "2026-10-29", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:10:24.344334834Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.basicmachines-co/basic-memory", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "basic-memory", "version": "1.0.0", "released": "2026-10-29", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:10:24.086880294Z" } ], "githubStars": 4513, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://basicmemory.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:33.039496203Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.basicmemory.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:31:42.053120181Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:20:09.92162468Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f0d13083be72" }, { "url": "https://basicmemory.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T13:59:59.298399437Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "653d0ae981d7" }, { "url": "https://basicmemory.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:00:03.097753192Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bb02aea11329" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" } }, "answer": "Basic Memory scores 76.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Honcho's 61.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Honcho leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "honcho", "name": "Honcho", "vendor": "Plastic Labs", "vendorUrl": "https://honcho.dev", "kind": "http-api", "category": "agent-memory", "summary": "Honcho is a memory API that models conversation participants, with integrations for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, OpenClaw and Hermes. Its hosted MCP server is at mcp.honcho.dev.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/honcho.json", "dns": "honcho.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.honcho.dev/v3", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "honcho-ai" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@honcho-ai/sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Bearer API key (`hch-...`) on api.honcho.dev. The create-key endpoint mints further keys scoped to a workspace, peer or session, with an optional expiry, and they're revocable from the API Keys page. The hosted MCP at mcp.honcho.dev takes a key as a Bearer header or an OAuth token, plus an optional workspace header. The AgentCash endpoints take x402 or MPP payment instead of a key, with wallet sign-in for the free ones.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Ingestion (storage plus background reasoning) is $2.00 per million, and queries through `chat` cost $0.001 (minimal), $0.01 (low), $0.05 (medium), $0.10 (high) or $0.50 (max) each. Context retrieval is listed as unlimited. Startups that have raised under $5 million get $1,000 of credit and 12 months of subsidised pricing (https://honcho.dev/). New organisations get $100 of free credit (https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho). Over x402 the ingestion price is $2 per million tokens of message content, with a $0.001 minimum and a $5.00 maximum per call (https://agentcash.honcho.dev/openapi.json).", "priceSummary": "$0.001 / call", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "yes", "evidence": "An AgentCash storefront at agentcash.honcho.dev lists 16 POST endpoints under /api/honcho/. Storing messages and chat are paid over x402 or Tempo MPP on Base, Solana or Tempo. Messages cost $2 per million tokens (minimum $0.001, maximum $5.00), chat $0.001 to $0.50 by reasoning level, and the other endpoints are free (https://agentcash.honcho.dev/openapi.json, checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [ { "url": "https://agentcash.honcho.dev/api/honcho/messages", "priceUsd": 0.001, "network": "eip155:8453" }, { "url": "https://agentcash.honcho.dev/api/honcho/chat", "priceUsd": 0.001, "network": "eip155:8453" } ] }, "toolCount": 40, "popularity": { "githubStars": 7400, "npmWeekly": 17913, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://honcho.dev/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://honcho.dev/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://honcho.dev/docs/v3/openapi.json", "registryName": "io.github.plastic-labs/honcho", "capabilities": [ "memory.store", "memory.search", "memory.user", "memory.delete" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-priced", "x402", "stablecoin", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "open-source", "self-hosted" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.6, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 600, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 71, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 80, "reliability": 50, "schema": 84, "security": 52, "transparency": 69 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-02" }, "negative": -6, "negativeNotes": [ "-3: v3.5.0 and SDK 2.8.0 (2026-10-29, minor releases) changed workspace configuration updates from merging to replacing the stored object, so a client sending one setting now clears the rest. The changelog announced it the day it shipped, with no earlier notice found (https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md, https://honcho.dev/docs/changelog/introduction)", "-3: released fixes with no advisory. v3.2.0 (2026-09-15) stopped peer-scoped keys reaching sessions and peers outside their scope on POST /sessions and POST /peers, and v3.3.0 (2026-10-09) stopped session clones copying a same-named session's data from another workspace. No advisory found in OSV or the commits (https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)" ], "verdict": "Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints, and keys scoped to a workspace, peer or session. No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA, and v3.5.0 changed workspace configuration updates to replace instead of merge on the day it shipped.", "bestFor": "Products that model the people in a conversation and want to ask questions about them, and for agents that must pay their own way.", "strengths": [ "Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints", "Keys can be minted per workspace, peer or session, with an expiry, through the API", "Context retrieval listed as unlimited, with reasoning billed only when you call chat", "Hosted MCP in the official registry with 40 annotated tools, plus OpenAPI specs for v1 to v3", "AGPL-3.0 server, the same code that runs the hosted service" ], "weaknesses": [ "No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA", "v3.5.0 changed workspace configuration updates from merge to replace with no advance notice", "Access-control fixes in v3.2.0 and v3.3.0 shipped without an advisory", "No security.txt, audit log or prompt-injection guidance found", "AGPL-3.0 server licence" ], "agentNotes": [ "Get or create the workspace with POST /v3/workspaces before writing sessions and messages, and send the full configuration when updating one, since v3.5.0 replaces it", "Batch up to 100 messages per request, each under 25,000 characters", "Use context retrieval for routine turns and save `chat` at high or max for questions that need it, since max costs 500 times minimal", "Mint a peer- or session-scoped key with an expiry for any agent that shouldn't see the whole workspace", "Over x402, batch messages rather than sending them singly, as each paid call has a $0.001 floor" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 71, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 80, "reliability": 50, "schema": 84, "security": 52, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 81, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-02", "maintenance": "2026-11-02", "payments": "2026-11-02", "reliability": "2026-11-02", "schema": "2026-11-02", "security": "2026-11-02", "transparency": "2026-11-02" }, "last": "2026-11-02", "lastMoved": "2026-11-02", "oldest": "2026-11-02", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install honcho-ai # or: npm install @honcho-ai/sdk", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.honcho.dev/v3/workspaces -H \"Authorization: Bearer $HONCHO_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"id\":\"workspace-123\",\"metadata\":{}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add honcho --transport http \"https://mcp.honcho.dev\" --header \"Authorization: Bearer $HONCHO_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "honcho": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${HONCHO_API_KEY}" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.honcho.dev" } } }, "x402": "curl -s -i -X POST https://agentcash.honcho.dev/api/honcho/messages -H 'content-type: application/json'\n# 402 -\u003e pay over x402 (USDC on eip155:8453, or Solana) or Tempo MPP -\u003e retry. 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Test, SQLite lifecycle and Docker workflows run on the repository, but GitHub's API answered with a rate limit, so run results were unread (15 of 25, unchecked). 74 open issues and pull requests against 200 commits in the 90 days, with recent bug reports answered by a maintainer within days and one flaky-CI issue open (18 of 25). The changelog calls out breaking changes in their own sections (15). v1.0.0 on 29 October 2026 (15). Total 83.", "b": "Rootly status page at status.honcho.dev with Honcho API and Web Dashboard components and history (20). Per the 1 October check, the window holds slow provisioning of new instances on 17 August (about 7 hours, existing instances unaffected) and 36 minutes of migration downtime on 17 September, minor only (20). status.honcho.dev answered a Cloudflare bot check on 2 November, so 2 October to 2 November is unread and isn't credited. No published rate limits found; a Gmail import guide mentions Honcho's rate limits without numbers (0). No 429 or retry guidance found (0). No SLA found (0). The v3 API is generally available (10)." }, "scores": { "a": 83, "b": 50 } }, { "by": 30, "category": "payments", "leads": "honcho", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "Self-hosted rule, with the price lines read for the cloud. No x402, MPP or L402 (0 of 40). Cloud plans are public, and credits are $0.01 each, but what a credit buys isn't priced per unit (10). The open-source server is free with no card (20). An agent can install it from PyPI and run it with no account (20). Total 50.", "b": "x402 and Tempo MPP on 16 endpoints at agentcash.honcho.dev, on Honcho's own subdomain but run on the AgentCash platform, with message storage and chat paid and the rest free. api.honcho.dev itself takes only keys (30 of 40). Ingestion at $2 per million tokens and chat at $0.001 to $0.50 a call are published (20). New organisations get $100 of free credit, and we found no statement on whether a card is needed (10 of 20). An agent can pay per call over x402 with no account (20)." }, "scores": { "a": 50, "b": 80 } }, { "by": 14, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "basic-memory", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "13 tools, one hidden unless enabled, so the 11 to 30 band (15), with 6 back for the manual tool and the progressive-discovery tags (21 of 25). Search narrows by mode, filters, note types, items, `since`, `path` and line context (18 of 20). Refusals are tool errors with typed codes an agent can act on (17 of 20). Every tool has readOnly, destructive and idempotent hints, and edits take an expected checksum that refuses a stale write (19 of 20). Most arguments are optional and the server starts with one command, but there is one language and no SDK beyond the CLI (10 of 15). Total 85.", "b": "The API's context call returns a ready block for the next prompt (15 of 25). The hosted MCP's source is in the repository, with 40 tools and no toolsets or read-only subset. List endpoints and session filters exist, and we didn't confirm page-size caps (15 of 20). 422 responses name the failing field (12 of 20). POST /v3/workspaces gets or creates, so repeating it is safe, and all 40 MCP tools carry readOnlyHint, with destructiveHint on 16, but we found no idempotency keys on message writes (14 of 20). Python and TypeScript SDKs and few required fields (15)." }, "scores": { "a": 85, "b": 71 } }, { "by": 13, "category": "transparency", "leads": "basic-memory", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "AGPL-3.0, an OSI licence (30). The terms and privacy policy of 27 October 2026 agree on 30-day retention after cancellation, backups up to 90 days and no training on or sale of content, and name the infrastructure providers (26 of 30). The 1.0 release ships a migration guide mapping every removed tool and command, without a written deprecation period (14 of 20). Telemetry is disclosed in the README with what is and isn't sent and one opt-out, but it is on by default (16 of 20). Total 86.", "b": "The server is AGPL-3.0, the same code Honcho hosts, and the TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0 (30). The terms keep data for 90 days after termination and then delete it, and a deleting-data page says what survives each kind of delete. We didn't re-read the privacy policy this run (18 of 30). Docs for v1, v2 and v3 sit side by side with a compatibility guide, but no dated notices or written policy (8 of 20). No subprocessor list or data-location statement found (0)." }, "scores": { "a": 82, "b": 69 } }, { "by": 9, "category": "security", "leads": "basic-memory", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Local stdio server with no credential, and cloud OAuth 2.1 through WorkOS with read-only or project-scoped keys on Pro (22 of 30). Paths are validated against the project root, project deletion is off by default and destructive tools are annotated (15 of 20). SECURITY.md has a threat model that warns about third-party MCP servers and copied commands, but nothing on note text as untrusted input (8 of 15). A local log file, and cloud audit logs only on Business (8 of 15). SECURITY.md gives an email and a 72-hour response aim but lists only 0.x.x as supported; no security.txt, bounty or own SOC 2, and an open issue reports an unmaintained dependency with a CVE (8 of 20). Total 61.", "b": "Keys can be minted through the API scoped to a workspace, a peer or a session, with an optional expires_at, and are revocable from the API Keys page. The MCP takes a Bearer key or OAuth (30). Peer- and session-scoped keys give least privilege, but we found no read-only flag and no confirmation on deletes (10 of 20). Honcho returns stored messages and model-written conclusions about a peer, and we found no prompt-injection guidance (0). No audit log or per-call log found (0). SECURITY.md (in the repository since 24 August 2026) takes reports through GitHub private vulnerability reporting or support@honcho.dev, and the site carried a SOC 2 Type I badge per the 1 October check. No security.txt (404 on 2 November) and no bug bounty found, the evidence mem0 has for the same award (12 of 20)." }, "scores": { "a": 61, "b": 52 } }, { "by": 8, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "basic-memory", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "v1.0.0 on 29 October 2026 (30). v0.24.0 and v0.24.1 on 22 October and v1.0.0, three releases in 90 days (20). Recent issues from outside users got maintainer replies within a few days (20 of 25). Verified namespace io.github.basicmachines-co/basic-memory in the official MCP registry, published by a workflow (15). uv.lock and CI, with an open report of an unmaintained dependency (6 of 10). Total 91.", "b": "Server v3.5.0 and both SDKs at 2.8.0 on 29 October 2026 (30). The repository's tags and dated CHANGELOG.md show 11 server releases from v3.0.12 (10 August) to v3.5.0, and SDK releases 2.3.0 to 2.8.0 (20). A maintainer answered the May outage report (#753) and moved updates to Discord, per the 1 October check; GitHub's pages answered 403 on 2 November (10 of 25). The hosted MCP is in the official registry as io.github.plastic-labs/honcho, and the SDKs are current (15). The TypeScript SDK's only runtime dependency is zod; CI workflows are in the repository but their run state wasn't read (8 of 10)." }, "scores": { "a": 91, "b": 83 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Basic Memory LLC", "b": "Plastic Labs", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api.honcho.dev/v3", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "stdio", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes, from $0.001/call", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "AGPL-3.0", "b": "AGPL-3.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "13", "b": "40", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "io.github.basicmachines-co/basic-memory", "b": "io.github.plastic-labs/honcho", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-10-29", "b": "2026-10-29", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-10-27", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-10-27", "b": "2025-04-24", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "4.5k stars, 20k PyPI/wk", "b": "7.4k stars, 18k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Basic Memory scores 76.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Honcho's 61.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Honcho leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Basic Memory or Honcho?" }, { "answer": "Basic Memory needs no key. Honcho takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Honcho per call over x402, with no account.", "question": "Do Basic Memory and Honcho need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Basic Memory runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Honcho has a hosted endpoint at https://api.honcho.dev/v3.", "question": "Can an agent call Basic Memory and Honcho without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Basic Memory is open source (AGPL-3.0). Honcho is open source (AGPL-3.0).", "question": "Are Basic Memory and Honcho open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 50", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 84", "Agent ergonomics, 85 against 71", "Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 52", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 91 against 83", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 69" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "No key needed to call it", "Runs on your own machine", "No incidents deducted, where Honcho loses 6 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Memory for coding agents and assistants kept as Markdown the user owns, with search and a graph.", "slug": "basic-memory", "watchFor": "1.0 removed every pre-1.0 tool and command with no aliases, so older agent instructions and allowlists break" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 80 against 50" ], "also": [ "An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account", "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "Products that model the people in a conversation and want to ask questions about them, and for agents that must pay their own way.", "slug": "honcho", "watchFor": "No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA" } ], "history": { "basic-memory": null, "honcho": [ { "causes": [ "evidence", "event" ], "date": "2026-11-02", "delta": -2.6, "from": 64.2, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 61.6, "toGrade": "C" }, { "causes": [ "evidence" ], "date": "2026-10-28", "delta": 0.1, "from": 64.1, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 64.2, "toGrade": "B" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-27", "delta": 0, "from": 64.1, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 64.1, "toGrade": "B" } ] }, "job": { "capability": "memory.store", "name": "Agent memory" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-basic-memory.json", "title": "Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory vs Basic Memory", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-basic-memory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-honcho.json", "title": "Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-honcho" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-claude-mem.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs claude-mem", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-claude-mem" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-cognee.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Cognee", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-cognee" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-everos.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs EverOS", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-everos" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-google-memory-bank.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Agent Platform Memory Bank", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-google-memory-bank" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-graphicle.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Graphicle", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-graphicle" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-graphiti.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Graphiti", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-graphiti" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-hindsight.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Hindsight", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-hindsight" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-hy-memory.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Hy Memory", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-hy-memory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-langmem.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs LangMem", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-langmem" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-localghost.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs LocalGhost", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-localghost" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-mem0.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Mem0 Platform + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-mem0" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-memmachine.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs MemMachine", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-memmachine" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-memori.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Memori", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-memori" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-memory-reference-server.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Memory (MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-memory-reference-server" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-mempalace.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs MemPalace", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-mempalace" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-past-dev.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs past.dev", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-past-dev" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-supermemory.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Supermemory API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-supermemory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-tencentdb-agent-memory.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs TencentDB Agent Memory", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-tencentdb-agent-memory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-tokenrip.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Tokenrip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-tokenrip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-zep.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Zep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-zep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-mem-vs-honcho.json", "title": "claude-mem vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-mem-vs-honcho" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cognee-vs-honcho.json", "title": "Cognee vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cognee-vs-honcho" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/everos-vs-honcho.json", "title": "EverOS vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/everos-vs-honcho" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-memory-bank-vs-honcho.json", "title": "Agent Platform Memory Bank vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-memory-bank-vs-honcho" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphiti-vs-honcho.json", "title": "Graphiti vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphiti-vs-honcho" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hindsight-vs-honcho.json", "title": "Hindsight vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hindsight-vs-honcho" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-hy-memory.json", "title": "Honcho vs Hy Memory", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-hy-memory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-langmem.json", "title": "Honcho vs LangMem", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-langmem" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-localghost.json", "title": "Honcho vs LocalGhost", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-localghost" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-mem0.json", "title": "Honcho vs Mem0 Platform + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-mem0" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-memmachine.json", "title": "Honcho vs MemMachine", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-memmachine" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-memori.json", "title": "Honcho vs Memori", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-memori" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-memory-reference-server.json", "title": "Honcho vs Memory (MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-memory-reference-server" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-mempalace.json", "title": "Honcho vs MemPalace", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-mempalace" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-past-dev.json", "title": "Honcho vs past.dev", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-past-dev" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-supermemory.json", "title": "Honcho vs Supermemory API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-supermemory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-tencentdb-agent-memory.json", "title": "Honcho vs TencentDB Agent Memory", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-tencentdb-agent-memory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-tokenrip.json", "title": "Honcho vs Tokenrip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-tokenrip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-zep.json", "title": "Honcho vs Zep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/honcho-vs-zep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-basic-memory.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Basic Memory", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-basic-memory" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-honcho.json", "title": "AI Memory vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-memory-vs-honcho" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-context-mode.json", "title": "Basic Memory vs Context Mode Engine", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-context-mode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/context-mode-vs-honcho.json", "title": "Context Mode Engine vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/context-mode-vs-honcho" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-honcho.json", "title": "Graphicle vs Honcho", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-honcho" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "basic-memory": 83, "by": 33, "edge": "basic-memory", "honcho": 50, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "basic-memory": 89, "by": 5, "edge": "basic-memory", "honcho": 84, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "basic-memory": 85, "by": 14, "edge": "basic-memory", "honcho": 71, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "basic-memory": 61, "by": 9, "edge": "basic-memory", "honcho": 52, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "basic-memory": 50, "by": 30, "edge": "honcho", "honcho": 80, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "basic-memory": 91, "by": 8, "edge": "basic-memory", "honcho": 83, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "basic-memory": 82, "by": 13, "edge": "basic-memory", "honcho": 69, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Basic Memory scores 76.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Honcho's 61.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Honcho leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent memory. Honcho accepts x402. Basic Memory doesn't.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "basic-memory": "Basic Memory 1.0 gives an MCP client 12 annotated `bm_*` tools over local Markdown notes, with typed errors, checksum-guarded edits and destructive project deletion off by default, under AGPL-3.0. Version 1.0 of 29 October 2026 removed every pre-1.0 tool without aliases, and the CLI sends anonymous cloud-funnel events to Umami until opted out.", "honcho": "Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints, and keys scoped to a workspace, peer or session. No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA, and v3.5.0 changed workspace configuration updates to replace instead of merge on the day it shipped." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-honcho", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-honcho.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-honcho.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-honcho.min.md" }, "markdown": "Basic Memory scores 76.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Honcho's 61.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Honcho leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent memory. Honcho accepts x402. Basic Memory doesn't.\n\n- Basic Memory: grade BB, 76.9/100, rank #38 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basic-memory.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/basic-memory.json\n- Honcho: grade C, 61.6/100, rank #600 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/honcho.json\n- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md\n- All 353 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Basic Memory (BB)\n\nGood for: Memory for coding agents and assistants kept as Markdown the user owns, with search and a graph.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 50\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 84\n- Agent ergonomics, 85 against 71\n- Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 52\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 91 against 83\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 69\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- No key needed to call it\n- Runs on your own machine\n- No incidents deducted, where Honcho loses 6 points for them\n\nWatch for: 1.0 removed every pre-1.0 tool and command with no aliases, so older agent instructions and allowlists break\n\n### Honcho (C)\n\nGood for: Products that model the people in a conversation and want to ask questions about them, and for agents that must pay their own way.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 80 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Reliability: Basic Memory +33\n\n- Basic Memory (83): Local-software lines, as a stdio MCP server the owner runs. `basic-memory` on PyPI with Python 3.12 or newer stated, installed with uv (20). Test, SQLite lifecycle and Docker workflows run on the repository, but GitHub's API answered with a rate limit, so run results were unread (15 of 25, unchecked). 74 open issues and pull requests against 200 commits in the 90 days, with recent bug reports answered by a maintainer within days and one flaky-CI issue open (18 of 25). The changelog calls out breaking changes in their own sections (15). v1.0.0 on 29 October 2026 (15). Total 83.\n- Honcho (50): Rootly status page at status.honcho.dev with Honcho API and Web Dashboard components and history (20). Per the 1 October check, the window holds slow provisioning of new instances on 17 August (about 7 hours, existing instances unaffected) and 36 minutes of migration downtime on 17 September, minor only (20). status.honcho.dev answered a Cloudflare bot check on 2 November, so 2 October to 2 November is unread and isn't credited. No published rate limits found; a Gmail import guide mentions Honcho's rate limits without numbers (0). No 429 or retry guidance found (0). No SLA found (0). The v3 API is generally available (10).\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Honcho +30\n\n- Basic Memory (50): Self-hosted rule, with the price lines read for the cloud. No x402, MPP or L402 (0 of 40). Cloud plans are public, and credits are $0.01 each, but what a credit buys isn't priced per unit (10). The open-source server is free with no card (20). An agent can install it from PyPI and run it with no account (20). Total 50.\n- Honcho (80): x402 and Tempo MPP on 16 endpoints at agentcash.honcho.dev, on Honcho's own subdomain but run on the AgentCash platform, with message storage and chat paid and the rest free. api.honcho.dev itself takes only keys (30 of 40). Ingestion at $2 per million tokens and chat at $0.001 to $0.50 a call are published (20). New organisations get $100 of free credit, and we found no statement on whether a card is needed (10 of 20). An agent can pay per call over x402 with no account (20).\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Basic Memory +14\n\n- Basic Memory (85): 13 tools, one hidden unless enabled, so the 11 to 30 band (15), with 6 back for the manual tool and the progressive-discovery tags (21 of 25). Search narrows by mode, filters, note types, items, `since`, `path` and line context (18 of 20). Refusals are tool errors with typed codes an agent can act on (17 of 20). Every tool has readOnly, destructive and idempotent hints, and edits take an expected checksum that refuses a stale write (19 of 20). Most arguments are optional and the server starts with one command, but there is one language and no SDK beyond the CLI (10 of 15). Total 85.\n- Honcho (71): The API's context call returns a ready block for the next prompt (15 of 25). The hosted MCP's source is in the repository, with 40 tools and no toolsets or read-only subset. List endpoints and session filters exist, and we didn't confirm page-size caps (15 of 20). 422 responses name the failing field (12 of 20). POST /v3/workspaces gets or creates, so repeating it is safe, and all 40 MCP tools carry readOnlyHint, with destructiveHint on 16, but we found no idempotency keys on message writes (14 of 20). Python and TypeScript SDKs and few required fields (15).\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Basic Memory +13\n\n- Basic Memory (82): AGPL-3.0, an OSI licence (30). The terms and privacy policy of 27 October 2026 agree on 30-day retention after cancellation, backups up to 90 days and no training on or sale of content, and name the infrastructure providers (26 of 30). The 1.0 release ships a migration guide mapping every removed tool and command, without a written deprecation period (14 of 20). Telemetry is disclosed in the README with what is and isn't sent and one opt-out, but it is on by default (16 of 20). Total 86.\n- Honcho (69): The server is AGPL-3.0, the same code Honcho hosts, and the TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0 (30). The terms keep data for 90 days after termination and then delete it, and a deleting-data page says what survives each kind of delete. We didn't re-read the privacy policy this run (18 of 30). Docs for v1, v2 and v3 sit side by side with a compatibility guide, but no dated notices or written policy (8 of 20). No subprocessor list or data-location statement found (0).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Basic Memory +9\n\n- Basic Memory (61): Local stdio server with no credential, and cloud OAuth 2.1 through WorkOS with read-only or project-scoped keys on Pro (22 of 30). Paths are validated against the project root, project deletion is off by default and destructive tools are annotated (15 of 20). SECURITY.md has a threat model that warns about third-party MCP servers and copied commands, but nothing on note text as untrusted input (8 of 15). A local log file, and cloud audit logs only on Business (8 of 15). SECURITY.md gives an email and a 72-hour response aim but lists only 0.x.x as supported; no security.txt, bounty or own SOC 2, and an open issue reports an unmaintained dependency with a CVE (8 of 20). Total 61.\n- Honcho (52): Keys can be minted through the API scoped to a workspace, a peer or a session, with an optional expires_at, and are revocable from the API Keys page. The MCP takes a Bearer key or OAuth (30). Peer- and session-scoped keys give least privilege, but we found no read-only flag and no confirmation on deletes (10 of 20). Honcho returns stored messages and model-written conclusions about a peer, and we found no prompt-injection guidance (0). No audit log or per-call log found (0). SECURITY.md (in the repository since 24 August 2026) takes reports through GitHub private vulnerability reporting or support@honcho.dev, and the site carried a SOC 2 Type I badge per the 1 October check. No security.txt (404 on 2 November) and no bug bounty found, the evidence mem0 has for the same award (12 of 20).\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Basic Memory +8\n\n- Basic Memory (91): v1.0.0 on 29 October 2026 (30). v0.24.0 and v0.24.1 on 22 October and v1.0.0, three releases in 90 days (20). Recent issues from outside users got maintainer replies within a few days (20 of 25). Verified namespace io.github.basicmachines-co/basic-memory in the official MCP registry, published by a workflow (15). uv.lock and CI, with an open report of an unmaintained dependency (6 of 10). Total 91.\n- Honcho (83): Server v3.5.0 and both SDKs at 2.8.0 on 29 October 2026 (30). The repository's tags and dated CHANGELOG.md show 11 server releases from v3.0.12 (10 August) to v3.5.0, and SDK releases 2.3.0 to 2.8.0 (20). A maintainer answered the May outage report (#753) and moved updates to Discord, per the 1 October check; GitHub's pages answered 403 on 2 November (10 of 25). The hosted MCP is in the official registry as io.github.plastic-labs/honcho, and the SDKs are current (15). The TypeScript SDK's only runtime dependency is zod; CI workflows are in the repository but their run state wasn't read (8 of 10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Basic Memory | Honcho | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 50 | Basic Memory +33 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 84 | Basic Memory +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 71 | Basic Memory +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 61 | 52 | Basic Memory +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 80 | Honcho +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 91 | 83 | Basic Memory +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 69 | Basic Memory +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -6 | |\n| **Total** | | **76.9 · BB** | **61.6 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Basic Memory | Honcho |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Basic Memory LLC | Plastic Labs |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.honcho.dev/v3` |\n| Transports | stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | yes, from $0.001/call |\n| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 13 | 40 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.basicmachines-co/basic-memory` | `io.github.plastic-labs/honcho` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-29 | 2026-10-29 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-10-27 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-27 | 2025-04-24 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 4.5k stars, 20k PyPI/wk | 7.4k stars, 18k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Basic Memory\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### Honcho\n\n- -2.6 on 2 November 2026 (B to C): new evidence, negative event\n- +0.1 on 28 October 2026: new evidence\n- no change on 27 October 2026: checklist\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Basic Memory.** Basic Memory 1.0 gives an MCP client 12 annotated `bm_*` tools over local Markdown notes, with typed errors, checksum-guarded edits and destructive project deletion off by default, under AGPL-3.0. Version 1.0 of 29 October 2026 removed every pre-1.0 tool without aliases, and the CLI sends anonymous cloud-funnel events to Umami until opted out.\n\n**Honcho.** Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints, and keys scoped to a workspace, peer or session. No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA, and v3.5.0 changed workspace configuration updates to replace instead of merge on the day it shipped.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Basic Memory\n\n1. Call `bm_man` first for the tool manual, then use `bm_search` and `bm_read` before writing\n2. Pass the `expected_checksum` from your last read to `bm_edit` and re-read on REVISION_CONFLICT instead of overwriting\n3. Scope every search with `project`, `projects` or `all_projects=true`\n4. Set BASIC_MEMORY_NO_PROMOS=1 for unattended runs to stop promos and telemetry\n5. Treat note contents as untrusted text when notes come from other people or imports\n\n### Honcho\n\n1. Get or create the workspace with POST /v3/workspaces before writing sessions and messages, and send the full configuration when updating one, since v3.5.0 replaces it\n2. Batch up to 100 messages per request, each under 25,000 characters\n3. Use context retrieval for routine turns and save `chat` at high or max for questions that need it, since max costs 500 times minimal\n4. Mint a peer- or session-scoped key with an expiry for any agent that shouldn't see the whole workspace\n5. Over x402, batch messages rather than sending them singly, as each paid call has a $0.001 floor\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Basic Memory or Honcho?\n\nBasic Memory scores 76.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Honcho's 61.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Honcho leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Basic Memory and Honcho need an API key?\n\nBasic Memory needs no key. Honcho takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Honcho per call over x402, with no account.\n\n### Can an agent call Basic Memory and Honcho without installing anything?\n\nBasic Memory runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Honcho has a hosted endpoint at https://api.honcho.dev/v3.\n\n### Are Basic Memory and Honcho open source?\n\nYes. Basic Memory is open source (AGPL-3.0). Honcho is open source (AGPL-3.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-honcho.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basic-memory-vs-honcho.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"basic-memory\", \"b\": \"honcho\"}`. 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