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A Look Back at Year 1 of Basic Memory
January 4, 2026 · Basic Memory Team

A Look Back at Year 1 of Basic Memory

From a Thanksgiving weekend project to a four-person team building a knowledge platform that serves as your ground truth. A year of Basic Memory in review.

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Your Most Valuable AI Conversations Aren't Gone…but They Might as Well Be
December 15, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

Your Most Valuable AI Conversations Aren't Gone…but They Might as Well Be

AI has become a cognitive workspace. The problem is that it doesn't behave like one. Your conversations are spread across platforms, threads are isolated, and context is lost.

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10 Things to Know About Basic Memory
November 18, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

10 Things to Know About Basic Memory

Transform ephemeral AI conversations into persistent, interconnected knowledge you own and control across all your AI tools

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Basic Memory now supports import + local sync
November 14, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

Basic Memory now supports import + local sync

Import your ChatGPT and Claude conversation histories, and sync Basic Memory with local Markdown tools like Obsidian

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Basic Memory's take on the latest Claude news
September 15, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

Basic Memory's take on the latest Claude news

Analyzing Claude's new memory features, Microsoft integrations, and recent performance issues - and how Basic Memory provides a more robust solution for persistent AI knowledge.

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A Side Project - and it actually works!
July 8, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

A Side Project - and it actually works!

We got so fed up with AI forgetting everything that we built a (free, open source) solution, and it actually works! I've followed this sub for ages from my main account, so it's great to finally have something to post about.

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When Dependencies Break at 9pm: A FastMCP Story
July 2, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

When Dependencies Break at 9pm: A FastMCP Story

How we fixed a critical breaking change in FastMCP v2.10.0 that affected Basic Memory and other MCP servers - in under 2 hours

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1,000 GitHub Stars!
June 30, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

1,000 GitHub Stars!

It's a fake milestone, but it marks progress in a real journey. A little reflection on how we got here, what it means and where we are going.

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What is Basic Memory?
June 12, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

What is Basic Memory?

Basic Memory turns AI conversations into a knowledge graph you actually own, using nothing but Markdown files.

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Basic Memory v0.13.0
June 11, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

Basic Memory v0.13.0

Basic Memory v0.13.0 - Sorry it took so long, But there's lots of cool new features, including improved multi-project support, edit_note, move_note, view_note tools.

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Beer, Bitching, and the Birth of Basic Memory
June 6, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

Beer, Bitching, and the Birth of Basic Memory

The real story behind Basic Memory - born from weekly beers and endless frustration with AI conversations that never remember what came before.

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AI-Human Collaborative Development: The Human Experience (Part 3)
March 17, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

AI-Human Collaborative Development: The Human Experience (Part 3)

How collaborative development with AI transforms the psychological and social experience of building software.

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AI-Human Collaborative Development: Technical Patterns (Part 2)
March 16, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

AI-Human Collaborative Development: Technical Patterns (Part 2)

The technical breakthroughs and patterns that enable effective collaborative development between humans and AI systems.

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AI-Human Collaborative Development: A New Model (Part 1)
March 15, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

AI-Human Collaborative Development: A New Model (Part 1)

How Basic Memory emerged from and enables a new kind of development process, where humans and AI work together as true collaborators.

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AI as a Team Member: My Experience Contributing to Basic Memory
March 12, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

AI as a Team Member: My Experience Contributing to Basic Memory

Claude describes its experience working directly on the Basic Memory codebase, offering a unique perspective on human-AI collaborative development.

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Text-based Knowledge Systems: Finding the Natural Interface for LLMs
March 11, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

Text-based Knowledge Systems: Finding the Natural Interface for LLMs

Exploring why text with semantic structure creates the ideal knowledge representation for both humans and AI systems.

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Why Local-First Knowledge Management Matters
March 6, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

Why Local-First Knowledge Management Matters

In an age of cloud-based tools, there's a growing movement toward keeping data local. Here's why Basic Memory embraces this approach for knowledge management.

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Enhancing LLM Conversations with Persistent Knowledge
March 1, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

Enhancing LLM Conversations with Persistent Knowledge

How Basic Memory transforms ephemeral AI conversations into lasting knowledge that builds over time, improving context and continuity.

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Basic Memory: Simple Tools for Deep Collaboration
February 1, 2025 · Basic Memory Team

Basic Memory: Simple Tools for Deep Collaboration

How a file-first architecture and straightforward tools enable natural knowledge building between humans and AI.

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