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MCP External Memory MCP Server

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MCP External Memory runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 80 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 21 Apr 2026.

An MCP server that gives LLMs persistent, searchable semantic memory

Installs per day peak 30 · avg 11 · +0% w/w
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21 Apr 2026
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MIT
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Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check MCP External Memory 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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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 mcp-external-memory -- uvx mcp-external-memory
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-external-memory": {
      "args": [
        "mcp-external-memory"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-external-memory]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-external-memory"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-external-memory": {
      "args": [
        "mcp-external-memory"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-external-memory": {
      "args": [
        "mcp-external-memory"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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MCP External Memory — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP External Memory?
MCP External Memory 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 mcp-external-memory was installed 80 times last week.
How do I connect MCP External Memory?
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 mcp-external-memory straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use MCP External Memory?
The pypi package mcp-external-memory was installed 80 times in the last week. Week over week that is +0%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is MCP External Memory open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python 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.