Ensue Memory
AI
agent memory
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4 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 35 critical, out of 64 comments about the project. Thread score -0.53.
Idea: 3 for, 21 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstDocs: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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Persistent memory helps resume long research sessions across days.
From 1 comment
I mostly use it during long Claude Code research sessions so I don’t lose my place between days. I run it in automatic mode with decent namespacing, so thoughts, notes, and whole…
zyan1de on HN
Objections
No benchmarks showing the memory layer improves outputs.
From 3 comments
Do we really need another vibe-coded LLM context/memory startup? Do the authors have any benchmarks or test to show that this genuinely improved outputs? I have tried probably…
saberience on HNI'm not sure how many HN users frequent other places related to agentic coding like the subreddits of particular providers, but this has got to be the 1000th "ultimate memory…
gbnwl on HNLooks cool but as others have said, it’s really hard to just try all similar projects because all of them promise the same thing but I haven’t seen any of them provide any…
rmonvfer on HN
Competing with Anthropic's own improvements and many similar projects.
From 3 comments
Do we really need another vibe-coded LLM context/memory startup? Do the authors have any benchmarks or test to show that this genuinely improved outputs? I have tried probably…
saberience on HNThere are a quadrillion startups (mem0, langmem, zep, supermemory), open source repos (claude-mem, beads), and tools that do this. My approach is literally just a top-level,…
ossa-ma on HNCongrats for this! how does this differs from claude-mem? I've been using claude-mem for a while now https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem
robertwt7 on HN
Sending proprietary code to third-party servers is a non-starter.
From 2 comments
What's the data retention/deletion policy and is there a self-hosted option planned? I'd prefer not to send proprietary code to third-party servers.
coffeeboy27 on HNNon starter for us, We cant ship propriety data to a third party servers.
sabareesh on HN
Requests
Self-hosted or local database option.
From 2 comments
What's the data retention/deletion policy and is there a self-hosted option planned? I'd prefer not to send proprietary code to third-party servers.
coffeeboy27 on HNCan it run with a local DB? I have zero interest in another monthly subscription pretending to be "an open source tool".
photios on HN
Benchmarks or evaluation results.
From 2 comments
Looks cool but as others have said, it’s really hard to just try all similar projects because all of them promise the same thing but I haven’t seen any of them provide any…
rmonvfer on HNDo we really need another vibe-coded LLM context/memory startup? Do the authors have any benchmarks or test to show that this genuinely improved outputs? I have tried probably…
saberience on HN
Questions
How does it differ from claude-mem and similar tools?
From 1 comment
Congrats for this! how does this differs from claude-mem? I've been using claude-mem for a while now https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem
robertwt7 on HN
Advantage over summaries or compaction?
From 1 comment
What is the advantage over summarizing previous sessions for the new one? Or, over continuing the same session and compacting?
senshan on HN
Alternatives named
claude-mem
From 1 comment
Congrats for this! how does this differs from claude-mem? I've been using claude-mem for a while now https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem
robertwt7 on HN
beads
From 1 comment
Have you tried https://github.com/steveyegge/beads
qudat on HN
mem0, langmem, zep, supermemory
From 1 comment
There are a quadrillion startups (mem0, langmem, zep, supermemory), open source repos (claude-mem, beads), and tools that do this. My approach is literally just a top-level,…
ossa-ma on HN
Markdown files kept in the repo (CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md)
From 3 comments
Do we really need another vibe-coded LLM context/memory startup? Do the authors have any benchmarks or test to show that this genuinely improved outputs? I have tried probably…
saberience on HNThis is impressive. Though I have found repo level claude.md that is updated everytime claude makes a mistake plus using —restore to select a previous relevant session works…
ec109685 on HNThe past few weeks I've been experimenting with using less context and less memory and it's been going really well. Where before I'd try to do a bunch of fairly related things in…
linsomniac on HN