# Graphicle vs Hindsight

> Graphicle scores 69.8 (B) to Hindsight's 50.2 (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 Hindsight's 50.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Hindsight 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
- Hindsight: grade D, 50.2/100, rank #839 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hindsight.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hindsight.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 25
- Schema & documentation, 83 against 68
- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 57
- Security & auth, 69 against 58
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 30
- Transparency & trust, 68 against 45

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine
- Free to start without a card

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

### Hindsight (D)

Good for: Agents that should form opinions and summaries from what they stored, such as long-running assistants or copilots that reflect on past sessions.

Ahead on:
- Maintenance & community, 80 against 48

Also in its favour:
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for: Retain at $10 per million tokens is the priciest ingestion in this category


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Graphicle | Hindsight | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 25 | Graphicle +38 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 68 | Graphicle +15 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 57 | Graphicle +29 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 69 | 58 | Graphicle +11 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | Graphicle +30 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 80 | Hindsight +32 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 45 | Graphicle +23 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **69.8 · B** | **50.2 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Graphicle | Hindsight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | KarLex AI, Inc. | Vectorize |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.hindsight.vectorize.io` |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 25 | 27 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-03-14 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-03-14 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 144 stars | 43k stars, 44k npm/wk, 227k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (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.

**Hindsight.** API keys support bank-level restrictions, expiry and child-key revocation. Retain ingestion costs $10 per million tokens.

## 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

### Hindsight

1. Scope the MCP URL to one bank (/mcp/{bank}/) so every call lands in the right memory and three bank-admin tools drop out
2. Use recall for lookups and keep reflect ($0.05 a call) for questions that need reasoning
3. Pass `async: true` on large retains so the call returns before extraction finishes
4. Treat HTTP 402 as out of credit and 403 as a key that can't reach that bank

## Questions

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

Graphicle scores 69.8 (B) on agent readiness against Hindsight's 50.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Hindsight leads on maintenance & community.

### Do Graphicle and Hindsight need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

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

Graphicle runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Hindsight has a hosted endpoint at https://api.hindsight.vectorize.io.

### Are Graphicle and Hindsight open source?

Yes. Graphicle is open source (Apache-2.0). Hindsight is open source (MIT).


## For agents

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

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