How do I install engram?

Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/rwnalds/engram

Which AI clients can use engram?

Its own description mentions Claude Code and Cursor. That is a mention in its description, not a test we ran.

Is engram official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 17 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-08-14.

What licence does engram use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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engram

engram is an MCP server, listed under memory & vectors. Its repository has 17 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-24.

engram is a self-hosted MCP server with a dashboard, providing Claude Code, Cursor, and Hermes agents with a shared long-term memory stored in a git-backed markdown vault. It is agent-native and compatible with Obsidian, functioning as a markdown retrieval augmented agent without using a vector database.

Install

MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. engram’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.

Read engram’s own install instructions ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

○ not recognised

Credential

○ none found

What it connects to

Supported in

Claude Code, Cursor

Unverified means a mention in the server’s own description, not a citation. A wrong claim here costs nothing to correct and nothing to trust yet.

Maintenance

Stars

State

listed

Licence

MIT

From the repository

Self-hosted MCP server + dashboard giving Claude Code, Cursor & Hermes agents shared long-term memory over a git-backed markdown vault. Agent-native, Obsidian-compatible second brain — markdown RAG, no vector DB.

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-24

engram compared with similar servers

engram compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
engram (this page)	—	None listed	17	2026-08-14	MIT
mcp-server-qdrant	qdrant	QDRANT_API_KEY	1,553	2026-09-04	Apache-2.0
mcp-knowledge-graph	—	None listed	886	2026-05-29	MIT
chroma-mcp	chroma	CHROMA_API_KEY, CHROMA_CUSTOM_AUTH_CREDENTIALS	601	2025-09-17	Apache-2.0
caura	—	None listed	504	2026-10-25	Apache-2.0
MemoryMesh	—	None listed	354	2026-03-01	MIT

Ranked by services in common with engram, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about engram

What does engram do?: engram is a self-hosted MCP server with a dashboard, providing Claude Code, Cursor, and Hermes agents with a shared long-term memory stored in a git-backed markdown vault. It is agent-native and compatible with Obsidian, functioning as a markdown retrieval augmented agent without using a vector database.
How do I install engram?: Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/rwnalds/engram
Which AI clients can use engram?: Its own description mentions Claude Code and Cursor. That is a mention in its description, not a test we ran.
Is engram official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 17 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-08-14.
What licence does engram use?: The repository declares the MIT licence.

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