{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "graphicle", "name": "Graphicle", "vendor": "KarLex AI, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.karlex.ai/graphicle", "kind": "mcp", "category": "agent-memory", "summary": "Graphicle is an open-source Rust program that builds a code graph of a repository and keeps its documents, reviewed decisions and past coding-agent sessions, served to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients as cited excerpts.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graphicle", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graphicle.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graphicle.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphicle.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Graphicle-AI/graphicle", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "stdio", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No account. The stdio server (`graphicle mcp`) runs with the owner key saved in the local data folder, which reads every project in the store. Over HTTP (`graphicle serve`, 127.0.0.1:8854 by default) each agent or person gets its own access key with a role, optional expiry and optional project list, sent as `Authorization: Bearer` or `X-Workspace-Capability`, never in the URL. Keys are stored as hashes and can be revoked.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under Apache-2.0 for individuals and teams, with nothing to buy. A commercial edition for teams is in private preview with no published prices. Optional model calls (answers, memory extraction, full document extraction) are paid to the provider the owner configures, or run locally through Ollama.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the source, README, docs or karlex.ai (checked 2026-10-15). The software has no paid tier.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 25, "popularity": { "githubStars": 144, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-15" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/Graphicle-AI/graphicle/blob/main/docs/quickstart.md", "capabilities": [ "memory.search", "memory.graph", "memory.store", "memory.delete" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "self-hosted", "free", "no-card", "apache-2.0", "rust", "mcp", "macos", "linux" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-14", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 175, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1098, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 86, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 60, "reliability": 63, "schema": 83, "security": 69, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-15" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "A developer who wants one local tool that gives Claude Code, Codex or Cursor both code structure and project memory with citations.", "strengths": [ "25 MCP tools with closed JSON Schema inputs, enums and limits, readOnlyHint on every read tool, and an idempotency key on `propose_memory`", "Recall returns excerpts with file, line range and hash, within a `max_tokens` budget, and `skip_shown` avoids resending excerpts", "Agent-proposed memories need verbatim quotes and a person's approval, and the MCP server has no tool that deletes or runs commands", "No telemetry or account. The source calls out only to models, connectors and GitHub that the owner configures", "Apache-2.0 with detailed NOTICE files, a SECURITY.md with private GitHub reporting and a valid security.txt at karlex.ai" ], "weaknesses": [ "One release, v0.1.0 on 14 October 2026, from a repository created that day", "The cargo-deny licence and advisory job failed on both pushes to main, though the test jobs passed on macOS and Linux", "The stdio server runs with the owner key, so its graph tools can read any project in the store unless an HTTP key is scoped", "SDKs are source-only, no llms.txt, not in the official MCP registry, and no native Windows build", "The team audit trail is in the commercial edition. Core shows usage counters and deletion receipts only" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `recall_project` with a `max_tokens` budget, then `read_project_source` with the cited id and byte offset to continue a cut excerpt", "Use `query_graph`, `get_neighbors` and `shortest_path` for structure questions, and pass `repo` to reach another synced project", "Treat proposed memories as drafts. They are not served until a person approves them in `graphicle open` under Memory", "Ask the user before running `graphicle setup`, which edits agent settings, AGENTS.md and Git hooks, and use `graphicle disconnect` to undo it", "Over HTTP send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, never in the URL, and on 429 wait for the Retry-After reset" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 86, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 60, "reliability": 63, "schema": 83, "security": 69, "transparency": 71 }, "provenanceScore": 65 }, "connect": { "install": "brew install graphicle-ai/tap/graphicle \u0026\u0026 cd your-repo \u0026\u0026 graphicle setup", "claudeCode": "graphicle sync . \u0026\u0026 graphicle connect claude-code", "config": { "mcpServers": { "graphicle": { "args": [ "mcp", "--project", "PROJECT_ID" ], "command": "/full/path/to/graphicle" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/memory.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/graphicle" }, "area": "agent-runtime", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "KarLex AI, Inc.", "domain": "karlex.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.karlex.ai/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://www.karlex.ai/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/Graphicle-AI/graphicle/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-15", "notes": [ "The README and LICENSE read Copyright 2026 KarLex AI, Inc. karlex.ai names KarLex AI as the company behind Graphicle and links the graphicle-ai GitHub organisation, created on 29 September 2026.", "The terms of use and privacy policy at karlex.ai are dated 14 March 2025 and cover the website and its accounts, not the Graphicle software, which runs on the user's machine.", "karlex.ai/.well-known/security.txt names security@karlexai.com and expires on 7 April 2027 (read 15 October 2026). karlexai.com redirects to karlex.ai; RDAP at Verisign gives karlexai.com a registration date of 20 December 2023. The .ai registration date was not read.", "karlex.ai's robots.txt allows all crawlers.", "The software runs on the owner's machine, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check." ], "score": 65 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graphicle.json", "live": { "slug": "graphicle", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "Graphicle-AI/graphicle", "version": "v0.1.0", "released": "2026-10-14", "seenAt": "2026-10-16T00:54:08.786655114Z" } ], "githubStars": 174, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://karlex.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-04-07T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T15:48:09.302781866Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Graphicle-AI/graphicle/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T22:02:55.279655337Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e08509153215" }, { "url": "https://www.karlex.ai/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T22:10:49.194970027Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a8953059470c" }, { "url": "https://www.karlex.ai/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T22:10:51.432053298Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c06219127676" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-16T00:54:08.786655114Z" } }, "answer": "Graphicle and Zep score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 69.8 (B) and 69.3 (B). Zep leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "zep", "name": "Zep", "vendor": "Zep", "vendorUrl": "https://www.getzep.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "agent-memory", "summary": "Hosted context and memory service built on a temporal graph of facts, relationships and source episodes.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zep.json", "repo": "https://github.com/getzep/zep", "license": "Apache-2.0 (examples repo). The service is closed-source", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.getzep.com/api/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "zep-cloud" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@getzep/zep-cloud" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Project API key in the `Authorization: Api-Key \u003ckey\u003e` header. Keys can carry ABAC policies that limit what each agent reaches. The Memory MCP server at api.getzep.com/mcp uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and signs users in through their organisation's identity provider, so it suits people on a team more than headless agents.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free has 10,000 credits a month with no rollover, 2 projects, 1 MCP seat, and variable rate limits. The pricing page doesn't say whether a card is needed. Flex is $125 a month for 50,000 credits, then $25 per 10,000, at 600 requests a minute, with 30-day rollover and auto top-up. Flex Plus is $375 a month for 200,000 credits, then $75 per 40,000, at 1,000 requests a minute, with 60-day rollover. Enterprise is negotiated and adds guaranteed rate limits with an SLA, a HIPAA BAA, BYOK and BYOC. An episode (a chat message, JSON payload or block of text) costs 1 credit for up to 350 bytes and 1 more for each further 350 bytes or part. Storage, retrieval and users aren't metered, and each webhook call costs an eighth of a credit (https://www.getzep.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$125 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 12, "popularity": { "githubStars": 4900, "npmWeekly": 129945, "pypiWeekly": 86681, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://help.getzep.com", "llmsTxt": "https://help.getzep.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://help.getzep.com/v3/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "memory.store", "memory.search", "memory.graph", "memory.user", "memory.delete" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "closed-source", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.3, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 201, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1098, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 89, "security": 84, "transparency": 57 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Facts that new data invalidates keep the time they stopped being true. The terms of 17 August 2026 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence to train models on customer data.", "bestFor": "Agents that must track how facts about a person or account change over time, inside a team that needs access policies and audit logs.", "strengths": [ "Facts that new data invalidates keep the time they stopped being true", "API keys can carry ABAC policies, and audit and API logs record what each key did", "Published rate limits (600 a minute on Flex, 1,000 on Flex Plus) with 429, Retry-After and X-RateLimit headers", "A memory-security guide that treats every context block as untrusted data", "SDKs for Python, TypeScript and Go, OpenAPI for v3 and llms.txt" ], "weaknesses": [ "The terms of 17 August 2026 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence to train models on customer data", "First paid plan is $125 a month, and credits grow with episode size", "The MCP server needs OAuth through a company identity provider, so a headless agent can't use it", "Four status incidents between 27 August and 15 September 2026", "No security.txt, no subprocessor list and no entry in the MCP registry" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create the user and a thread before adding messages, as the quickstart does", "Set `return_context` when adding messages to skip a second round trip", "Keep episodes short. Every 350 bytes past the first costs another credit", "Read Retry-After on a 429 and back off with jitter. Free accounts over quota drop to 5 requests a minute", "Expect a delay after a graph add (202 Accepted) before new facts show up in search" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "high", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 89, "security": 84, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 74 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install zep-cloud # or: npm install @getzep/zep-cloud", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.getzep.com/api/v2/graph -H \"Authorization: Api-Key $ZEP_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"user_id\":\"user-123\",\"type\":\"text\",\"data\":\"Alex moved to Leeds in March and prefers aisle seats.\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http zep https://api.getzep.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "zep": { "type": "http", "url": "https://api.getzep.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/memory.store", "tool": "https://letme.dev/zep" }, "sameCompany": [ "graphiti" ], "area": "agent-runtime", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Flex plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 125, "note": "50,000 credits, 600 requests a minute" }, { "item": "Flex Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 375, "note": "200,000 credits, 1,000 requests a minute" }, { "item": "Overage on Flex", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.0025, "note": "$25 per 10,000 credits" }, { "item": "Overage on Flex Plus", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.001875, "note": "$75 per 40,000 credits" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Zep Software, Inc.", "domain": "getzep.com", "domainRegistered": "2023-05-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.getzep.com/legal/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.getzep.com/legal/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.getzep.com", "changelog": "https://help.getzep.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The terms, updated 17 August 2026, name Zep Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and are governed by California law.", "www.getzep.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404." ], "score": 74 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep.json", "live": { "slug": "zep", "probe": { "target": "https://api.getzep.com/api/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-16T13:16:21.493709938Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 218, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 203, "p95ms24h": 485, "samples24h": 253, "samples30d": 3866, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 141, "ok": 141 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.getzep.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-16T13:11:24.420059142Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "getzep/zep", "version": "zep-ingest-v0.4.0", "released": "2026-10-14", "seenAt": "2026-10-16T01:29:44.176794423Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@getzep/zep-cloud", "version": "4.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-16T01:29:43.222156428Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "zep-cloud", "version": "4.0.0", "released": "2026-10-14", "seenAt": "2026-10-16T01:29:41.140600115Z" } ], "githubStars": 4961, "npmWeekly": 178513, "pypiWeekly": 59589, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://getzep.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T15:48:53.136660515Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://help.getzep.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T14:18:04.489506951Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "getzep.com", "registered": "2023-05-08", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/getzep.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:14:22.06785838Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://help.getzep.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T21:58:09.112573885Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-15T21:28:18.412066323Z", "fingerprint": "bfd8982a197f" }, { "url": "https://www.getzep.com/legal/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T22:09:48.714018218Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:38:21.106411993Z", "fingerprint": "b49841156a51" }, { "url": "https://www.getzep.com/legal/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T22:09:50.879629012Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:38:23.230842634Z", "fingerprint": "955360e78c6a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-16T13:16:21.493709938Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "KarLex AI, Inc.", "b": "Zep", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api.getzep.com/api/v2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "stdio, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "Apache-2.0 (examples repo). The service is closed-source", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "25", "b": "12", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-14", "b": "2026-09-24", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-03-14", "b": "2026-08-17", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-03-14", "b": "2024-01-27", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "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": "144 stars", "b": "4.9k stars, 130k npm/wk, 87k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.8/5 (4)", "b": "4/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Graphicle and Zep score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 69.8 (B) and 69.3 (B). Zep leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Graphicle or Zep?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Graphicle and Zep need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Graphicle runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Zep has a hosted endpoint at https://api.getzep.com/api/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call Graphicle and Zep without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Graphicle is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Zep.", "question": "Are Graphicle and Zep open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 86 against 70", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 57" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A developer who wants one local tool that gives Claude Code, Codex or Cursor both code structure and project memory with citations.", "slug": "graphicle", "watchFor": "One release, v0.1.0 on 14 October 2026, from a repository created that day" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 83", "Security \u0026 auth, 84 against 69", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 48" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "Agents that must track how facts about a person or account change over time, inside a team that needs access policies and audit logs.", "slug": "zep", "watchFor": "The terms of 17 August 2026 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence to train models on customer data" } ], "job": { "capability": "memory.search", "name": "Memory search" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-graphicle.json", "title": "Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory vs Graphicle", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-graphicle" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-zep.json", "title": "Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory vs Zep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-memory-vs-zep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cognee-vs-graphicle.json", "title": "Cognee vs Graphicle", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cognee-vs-graphicle" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cognee-vs-zep.json", "title": "Cognee vs Zep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cognee-vs-zep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphiti-vs-zep.json", "title": "Graphiti vs Zep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphiti-vs-zep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hindsight-vs-zep.json", "title": "Hindsight vs Zep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hindsight-vs-zep" }, { "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/langmem-vs-zep.json", "title": "LangMem vs Zep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langmem-vs-zep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/localghost-vs-zep.json", "title": "LocalGhost vs Zep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/localghost-vs-zep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mem0-vs-zep.json", "title": "Mem0 Platform + MCP vs Zep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mem0-vs-zep" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-khoj.json", "title": "Graphicle vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-langmem.json", "title": "Graphicle vs LangMem", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-langmem" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-mem0.json", "title": "Graphicle vs Mem0 Platform + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-mem0" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-supermemory.json", "title": "Graphicle vs Supermemory API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-supermemory" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 2, "edge": "zep", "graphicle": 63, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "zep": 65 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "zep", "graphicle": 83, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "zep": 89 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "graphicle", "graphicle": 86, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "zep": 70 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "zep", "graphicle": 69, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "zep": 84 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "graphicle", "graphicle": 60, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "zep": 30 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 32, "edge": "zep", "graphicle": 48, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "zep": 80 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "graphicle", "graphicle": 68, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "zep": 57 } ], "summary": "Graphicle and Zep score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 69.8 (B) and 69.3 (B). Zep leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do memory search.", "tutorials": [], "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.", "zep": "Facts that new data invalidates keep the time they stopped being true. The terms of 17 August 2026 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence to train models on customer data." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-zep", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-zep.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-zep.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-zep.min.md" }, "markdown": "Graphicle and Zep score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 69.8 (B) and 69.3 (B). Zep leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do memory search.\n\n- Graphicle: grade B, 69.8/100, rank #175 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graphicle.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphicle.json\n- Zep: grade B, 69.3/100, rank #201 of 1098. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zep.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zep.json\n- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md\n- All 65 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Graphicle (B)\n\nGood for: A developer who wants one local tool that gives Claude Code, Codex or Cursor both code structure and project memory with citations.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 70\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 57\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: One release, v0.1.0 on 14 October 2026, from a repository created that day\n\n### Zep (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that must track how facts about a person or account change over time, inside a team that needs access policies and audit logs.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 83\n- Security \u0026 auth, 84 against 69\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 48\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: The terms of 17 August 2026 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence to train models on customer data\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Graphicle | Zep | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 65 | Zep +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 89 | Zep +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 70 | Graphicle +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 69 | 84 | Zep +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | Graphicle +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 80 | Zep +32 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 57 | Graphicle +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.8 · B** | **69.3 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Graphicle | Zep |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | KarLex AI, Inc. | Zep |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.getzep.com/api/v2` |\n| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 (examples repo). The service is closed-source |\n| Tools exposed | 25 | 12 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-03-14 | 2026-08-17 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-03-14 | 2024-01-27 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 144 stars | 4.9k stars, 130k npm/wk, 87k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.8/5 (4) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Zep.** Facts that new data invalidates keep the time they stopped being true. The terms of 17 August 2026 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence to train models on customer data.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Graphicle\n\n1. Call `recall_project` with a `max_tokens` budget, then `read_project_source` with the cited id and byte offset to continue a cut excerpt\n2. Use `query_graph`, `get_neighbors` and `shortest_path` for structure questions, and pass `repo` to reach another synced project\n3. Treat proposed memories as drafts. They are not served until a person approves them in `graphicle open` under Memory\n4. Ask the user before running `graphicle setup`, which edits agent settings, AGENTS.md and Git hooks, and use `graphicle disconnect` to undo it\n5. Over HTTP send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, never in the URL, and on 429 wait for the Retry-After reset\n\n### Zep\n\n1. Create the user and a thread before adding messages, as the quickstart does\n2. Set `return_context` when adding messages to skip a second round trip\n3. Keep episodes short. Every 350 bytes past the first costs another credit\n4. Read Retry-After on a 429 and back off with jitter. Free accounts over quota drop to 5 requests a minute\n5. Expect a delay after a graph add (202 Accepted) before new facts show up in search\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Graphicle or Zep?\n\nGraphicle and Zep score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 69.8 (B) and 69.3 (B). Zep leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Graphicle and Zep need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Graphicle and Zep without installing anything?\n\nGraphicle runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Zep has a hosted endpoint at https://api.getzep.com/api/v2.\n\n### Are Graphicle and Zep open source?\n\nGraphicle is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Zep.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-zep.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-zep.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"graphicle\", \"b\": \"zep\"}`. 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