# Graphicle vs Graphiti

> Graphicle scores 69.8 (B) to Graphiti's 53.3 (D) for memory search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Graphicle scores 69.8 (B) on agent readiness against Graphiti's 53.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Graphiti leads on maintenance & community. Both do memory search.

- Graphicle: grade B, 69.8/100, rank #178 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graphicle.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphicle.json
- Graphiti: grade D, 53.3/100, rank #761 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graphiti.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphiti.json
- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md
- All 65 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Graphicle (B)

Good for: A developer who wants one local tool that gives Claude Code, Codex or Cursor both code structure and project memory with citations.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 63 against 50
- Schema & documentation, 83 against 71
- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 51
- Security & auth, 69 against 23

Also in its favour:
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: One release, v0.1.0 on 14 October 2026, from a repository created that day

### Graphiti (D)

Good for: Teams that want Zep's temporal graph model on their own infrastructure and can run a graph database.

Ahead on:
- Maintenance & community, 65 against 48

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it

Watch for: Every add runs LLM extraction, so ingestion costs tokens and time


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Graphicle | Graphiti | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 50 | Graphicle +13 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 71 | Graphicle +12 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 51 | Graphicle +35 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 69 | 23 | Graphicle +46 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 65 | Graphiti +17 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 71 | Graphiti +3 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **69.8 · B** | **53.3 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Graphicle | Graphiti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | Agent framework |
| Vendor | KarLex AI, Inc. | Zep |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 25 | 13 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-09-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-03-14 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-03-14 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 144 stars | 29k stars, 151k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |

## Verdicts

**Graphicle.** One local program gives a coding agent a code graph and project memory through 25 typed, annotated MCP tools that return cited excerpts within a token budget, with agent-written memories held for human approval. It is one day old at version 0.1.0, its SDKs are not on any registry, and the licence and advisory check fails on main.

**Graphiti.** Apache-2.0, with FalkorDB, Neo4j or Amazon Neptune as the store. Every add runs LLM extraction, so ingestion costs tokens and time.

## Before you call either

### Graphicle

1. Call `recall_project` with a `max_tokens` budget, then `read_project_source` with the cited id and byte offset to continue a cut excerpt
2. Use `query_graph`, `get_neighbors` and `shortest_path` for structure questions, and pass `repo` to reach another synced project
3. Treat proposed memories as drafts. They are not served until a person approves them in `graphicle open` under Memory
4. Ask the user before running `graphicle setup`, which edits agent settings, AGENTS.md and Git hooks, and use `graphicle disconnect` to undo it
5. Over HTTP send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, never in the URL, and on 429 wait for the Retry-After reset

### Graphiti

1. Set OPENAI_API_KEY (or another provider's key) and MODEL_NAME before starting the MCP server
2. Use search_memory_facts for facts and search_nodes for entities instead of reading whole episodes
3. Never call clear_graph to fix one fact. Use delete_episode or delete_entity_edge
4. Pass group_ids on every search and add so one user's graph doesn't leak into another's
5. Call get_status to check the database connection before a long ingest

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Graphicle or Graphiti?

Graphicle scores 69.8 (B) on agent readiness against Graphiti's 53.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Graphiti leads on maintenance & community.

### Can an agent call Graphicle and Graphiti without installing anything?

Graphicle runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Graphiti runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.

### Are Graphicle and Graphiti open source?

Yes. Graphicle is open source (Apache-2.0). Graphiti is open source (Apache-2.0).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-graphiti.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-graphiti.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "graphicle", "b": "graphiti"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare graphicle graphiti`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphicle.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphiti.json

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