core

local MCP server

core is a local MCP server: Persistent memory for AI coding agents. 1 on LongMemEval. Local-first. Install it from pypi as omega-memory.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add io-github-omega-memory-core -- uvx omega-memory

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-omega-memory-core": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "omega-memory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.

Persistent memory for AI coding agents. 1 on LongMemEval. Local-first.

Server	Stars	Type	API key	Runtime
core	218	Local	No	pypi
PMB AI	280	Local	No	pypi
SAME - Stateless Agent Memory Engine	23	Local	Yes	npm
OMEGA Memory	218	Local	No	pypi
prism-coder	157	Local	Yes	npm

No. The registry entry lists no keys or environment variables.

Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

core is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package omega-memory.

Run: claude mcp add io-github-omega-memory-core -- uvx omega-memory

Run: codex mcp add io-github-omega-memory-core -- uvx omega-memory

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