Claude-Mem vs planning-with-files
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
Short answer
- Claude-Mem is growing faster: +2,090 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +590 for planning-with-files.
- Claude-Mem is freemium; planning-with-files is open-source.
- Pick Claude-Mem for: captures and compresses agent activity to provide relevant context across coding sessions. Pick planning-with-files for: persistent file-based planning and context recovery for AI coding agents and long-running tasks.
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Claude-Memfreemium
Captures and compresses agent activity to provide relevant context across coding sessions
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planning-with-filesopen-source
Persistent file-based planning and context recovery for AI coding agents and long-running tasks
Metrics
| Claude-Mem | planning-with-files | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 95.2k | 27.3k |
| Star velocity /mo | 2.1k | 590 |
| Commits (90d) | 844 | 228 |
| Releases (6m) | 10 | 10 |
| Downloads (30d, npm + PyPI) | 68.7K | 2.7K |
| Overall score | 0.8787883211640553 | 0.7798501915116138 |
FAQ
- Which is more popular, Claude-Mem or planning-with-files?
- Claude-Mem has more GitHub stars (95,227 vs 27,264).
- Which is more actively developed, Claude-Mem or planning-with-files?
- Claude-Mem had more commits in the last 90 days (844 vs 228).
- Should I use Claude-Mem or planning-with-files?
- Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.