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. 90 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 21 Apr 2026.

An MCP server that gives LLMs persistent, searchable semantic memory

Installs per day peak 36 · avg 15 · -13% w/w

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21 Apr 2026

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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.

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

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": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-external-memory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-external-memory]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-external-memory"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-external-memory": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-external-memory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-external-memory": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-external-memory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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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 90 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 in the form 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 90 times in the last week. Week over week that is -13%. 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.