Claude-Mem vs Context Mode
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
Short answer
- Context Mode is growing faster: +7,280 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +2,090 for Claude-Mem.
- Claude-Mem is freemium; Context Mode is open-source.
- Pick Claude-Mem for: captures and compresses agent activity to provide relevant context across coding sessions. Pick Context Mode for: mCP server that sandboxes tool output, persists session memory, and enforces routing across platforms.
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Claude-Memfreemium
Captures and compresses agent activity to provide relevant context across coding sessions
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Context Modeopen-source
MCP server that sandboxes tool output, persists session memory, and enforces routing across platforms
Metrics
| Claude-Mem | Context Mode | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 95.2k | 25.1k |
| Star velocity /mo | 2.1k | 7.3k |
| Commits (90d) | 844 | 141 |
| Releases (6m) | 10 | 10 |
| Downloads (30d, npm + PyPI) | 68.7K | 88.9K |
| Overall score | 0.8787883211640553 | 0.8332926937375552 |
FAQ
- Which is more popular, Claude-Mem or Context Mode?
- Claude-Mem has more GitHub stars (95,227 vs 25,150).
- Which is more actively developed, Claude-Mem or Context Mode?
- Claude-Mem had more commits in the last 90 days (844 vs 141).
- Should I use Claude-Mem or Context Mode?
- Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.