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Exomem MCP Server

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Exomem runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 7 753 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.

Local Markdown/Obsidian knowledge substrate for MCP agents with governed memory and hybrid search.

Installs per day peak 1 824 · avg 1 039 · -11% w/w
a month agotoday
7 753
Installs / week
pypi · exomem
10
Stars
47 open issues
16 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
AGPL-3.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 21 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

Runs commands and sends data out [пакет] src/exomem/doctor.py:399
        result = subprocess.run(
Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

    for candidate in (Path("/.dockerenv"), Path("/run/.containerenv")):
        select + where + " ORDER BY edge_key LIMIT ?",
    environ = dict(os.environ if environ is None else environ)
Reads files and sends them to the network src/exomem/doctor.py:1211, [пакет] src/exomem/doctor.py:1211
        for entry in scan_root.iterdir():
In the project's build, not in the package

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

                        storage_shell=True,

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Exomem and you get told the day something new turns up.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add exomem -- uvx exomem
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exomem": {
      "args": [
        "exomem"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.exomem]
command = "uvx"
args = ["exomem"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exomem": {
      "args": [
        "exomem"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exomem": {
      "args": [
        "exomem"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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Exomem — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Exomem?
Exomem runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package exomem was installed 7 753 times last week.
How do I connect Exomem?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls exomem straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Exomem?
The pypi package exomem was installed 7 753 times in the last week. Week over week that is -11%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Exomem open source?
Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in Python, 10 stars on GitHub and 47 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.