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SimpleMem

Research-backed lifelong memory for LLM agents, text and multimodal.

★ 3.8k stars⑂ 402 forksMITupdated 2026-07
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// project facts

Project facts

SimpleMem is an open-source ai agents project by aiming-lab (aiming-lab/SimpleMem on GitHub). It has 3,823 GitHub stars and 402 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 24 July 2026.

GitHub stars
3,823
Forks
402
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
24 July 2026
Category
AI Agents
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// how it works

How it works

  1. Clarify your goal

    Decide what you want the project to do before installing anything.

  2. Clone the repo

    Grab the source and skim the README for setup requirements.

  3. Install and configure

    Install dependencies and add any API keys or settings it needs.

  4. Run your first task

    Launch it and follow the example workflow from the docs.

// features

Why people love it

Lifelong memory

Designed for very long horizons.

Multimodal

Handles text and other modalities.

Efficiency focus

Compression keeps memory tractable.

Research-backed

Tied to an ICML 2026 paper.

Knowledge graphs

Structured memory representation.

MIT licensed

Free to build on.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 - Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/aiming-lab/SimpleMem.git
    cd SimpleMem
  2. Step 2 - Install dependencies

    Create a virtual environment and install the requirements.

    python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
    pip install -r requirements.txt
  3. Step 3 - Run an example

    Treat these as starting points - the README documents the exact commands.

    python examples/quickstart.py
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains SimpleMem?

It is an open-source project at aiming-lab/SimpleMem with 402 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to judge how active maintenance is.

Is SimpleMem free to use?

Yes - it is MIT licensed, so you can use, modify, and distribute it freely, including in commercial projects.

Do I need a paid API to use it?

It depends on your setup - self-hosted storage can be free, while hosted tiers or embedding APIs may cost money. Check the README for options.

SimpleMem vs mem0 or cognee?

SimpleMem is a research system with a paper to read; mem0 and cognee are production-oriented platforms. Choose SimpleMem to study and extend the ideas, the others to ship memory features.

How do I get started?

Clone the repo, read the README's quickstart, and run the provided example - most projects get you to a first result in minutes.

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