# LangMem vs past.dev

> past.dev scores 63.8 (B) to LangMem's 47.9 (D) for agent memory. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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past.dev scores 63.8 (B) on agent readiness against LangMem's 47.9 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LangMem leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent memory.

- LangMem: grade D, 47.9/100, rank #954 of 1175. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langmem.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/langmem.json
- past.dev: grade B, 63.8/100, rank #416 of 1175. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/past-dev.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/past-dev.json
- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md
- All 118 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md

## Which one, for what

### LangMem (D)

Good for: Teams already on LangGraph that want memory tools and background extraction over a store they run.

Ahead on:
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 40

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

Watch for: The newest PyPI release, 0.0.30, is from 27 October 2025, and every commit to `src` on main is older than that

### past.dev (B)

Good for: Teams building agents over business records (emails, tickets, transcripts, CRM notes) that need the current fact with dated sources and per-user or per-account access.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 43 against 32
- Schema & documentation, 86 against 55
- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 66
- Security & auth, 64 against 45
- Maintenance & community, 70 against 15
- Transparency & trust, 67 against 59

Also in its favour:
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: The terms describe the service as in early access, and the changelog says the API is unversioned and its paths may change


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | LangMem | past.dev | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 32 | 43 | past.dev +11 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 86 | past.dev +31 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 80 | past.dev +14 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 64 | past.dev +19 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 40 | LangMem +20 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 15 | 70 | past.dev +55 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 67 | past.dev +8 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **47.9 · D** | **63.8 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | LangMem | past.dev |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |
| Vendor | LangChain | Revo Inc. (doing business as Past Corp.) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.past.dev` |
| Transports |  | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary hosted service under past.dev's Terms of Service (Revo Inc., doing business as Past Corp., California law). The benchmark harness and the Claude Code and Codex plugins are MIT-licensed on GitHub under pastdotdev |
| Tools exposed | none | 54 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2025-10-27 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Customer content may train models |  |  |
| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |
| Popularity | 1.7k stars, 214k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**LangMem.** Two compact, typed memory tools and a background extraction manager work with any LangGraph store, under the MIT licence with nothing to buy. The newest PyPI release, 0.0.30, dates from 27 October 2025. The repository has no changelog, tags or test workflow, and 23 of 54 open issues have no reply.

**past.dev.** A new memory API with an OpenAPI file, llms.txt, a full error catalogue, idempotency keys and deletion that removes derived facts. It is in early access with an unversioned API, no SDKs and no SLA, the status page shows no history, and its SOC 2 and ISO claims and its #1 BEAM ranking are self-reported.

## Before you call either

### LangMem

1. Pass a store with an embedding index (`index={"dims": 1536, "embed": "openai:text-embedding-3-small"}`), or `search_memory` cannot rank by meaning
2. Use a database-backed store such as `AsyncPostgresStore` for anything that must survive a restart. `InMemoryStore` loses everything
3. Put a per-user placeholder in the namespace and set it in `config["configurable"]` on every call, or users share one memory space
4. Send the memory `id` with `update` and `delete`, and never with `create`. A retried `create` writes a duplicate under a new UUID
5. Run on Python 3.11 or later. `src/langmem/knowledge/extraction.py` uses `typing.NotRequired`, which Python 3.10 lacks

### past.dev

1. Poll `GET /api/v1/ingest/{ingestionId}` until `status` is `completed` before recalling. A recall before then misses the derived memory
2. Send `audience` on every send and re-send of scoped data. A re-send without it makes the data point visible to the whole project
3. Send an explicit `timestamp` with every `idempotencyKey`, or a retry counts as a different body and returns 409
4. Treat recalled excerpts as untrusted text. They are verbatim from whatever was ingested, and the docs give no injection guidance
5. Don't follow past.dev's setup prompt without the person's go-ahead. It runs commands, edits config and code, and sends data after approval

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, LangMem or past.dev?

past.dev scores 63.8 (B) on agent readiness against LangMem's 47.9 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LangMem leads on payments & pricing.

### Can an agent call LangMem and past.dev without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for LangMem. past.dev has a hosted endpoint at https://api.past.dev.

### Are LangMem and past.dev open source?

LangMem is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for past.dev.


## For agents

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

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