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ChainMemory runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 126 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Verifiable, portable AI memory. Optional vault: encrypted on your machine, 12 words only you hold.

Installs per day peak 288 · avg 59 · -40% w/w
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2 Nov 2026
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9 releases in 90 days
MIT
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JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check ChainMemory every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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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 chainmemory -e 'CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY=<CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY>' -- npx -y chainmemory-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chainmemory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "chainmemory-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY": "<CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.chainmemory]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "chainmemory-mcp"]
env = { CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY = "<CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY>" }
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chainmemory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "chainmemory-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY": "<CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "chainmemory": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "chainmemory-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY": "<CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <CHAINMEMORY_API_KEY> (ChainMemory API key. REQUIRED for every tool except chainmemory_seal. Get one at https://faucet.chainmemory.ai). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: CHAINMEMORY_SEED_PHRASE (12-word BIP-39 phrase for the blind vault. Optional: without it the server works exactly as before. With it, sealed:true encrypts a memory on your machine and computes its search vector here, so sealed memories can still be found, and searches send the query's vector instead of its text. Generate one with chainmemory_new_seed. It never leaves your machine and cannot be recovered), CHAINMEMORY_API_BASE (API base URL (default: https://api.chainmemory.ai)), CHAINMEMORY_MODELS_DIR (Folder for the 45 MB search model used with the blind vault (default: ~/.chainmemory/models). Downloaded once from models.chainmemory.ai and checked against its SHA-256 anchored on ChainMemory's chain), CHAINMEMORY_ALLOW_FULL (Set to 1 to let get_project_brief return the FULL level (addresses, ports, server paths and security rules) when you ask for it. Leave it empty to keep every brief at the public level, which is safe to paste anywhere. Works only with the owner's key, and ChainMemory logs every full-level request), AICHAIN_KEY (NOT NEEDED for normal use — leave it empty. Only the chainmemory_seal tool reads it, to sign a contract call yourself instead of letting the API anchor the memory (which chainmemory_remember already does). If you do set it, it is a wallet private key: use a dedicated wallet holding only a few AIC, never your main one. No other tool uses it), AICHAIN_RPC (RPC endpoint used only by chainmemory_seal (default: https://rpc.chainmemory.ai). Leave it empty unless you set AICHAIN_KEY).

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ChainMemory — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for ChainMemory?
ChainMemory 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 npm package chainmemory-mcp was installed 126 times last week.
How do I connect ChainMemory?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls chainmemory-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use ChainMemory?
The npm package chainmemory-mcp was installed 126 times in the last week. Week over week that is -40%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is ChainMemory open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.