Codebase Memory MCP Server

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Codebase Memory runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 30 453 installs a week from npm. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.

Codebase knowledge graph for AI agents — 162 languages, sub-ms queries, 99% fewer tokens.

Installs per day peak 3 725 · avg 701 · -15% w/w

a month agotoday

30 453

Installs / week

pypi · codebase-memory-mcp

43704

Stars

488 open issues

16 Sep 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

Runs a command on install [пакет] package.json:1

postinstall: node install.js

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] bin.js:1, [пакет] install.js:1

этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет

Builds a file path from a variable pkg/go/cmd/codebase-memory-mcp/main.go:389, pkg/npm/install.js:365, [пакет] install.js:365

    archivePath := filepath.Join(tmp, "cbm."+ext)

Runs an external command pkg/npm/bin.js:23, pkg/npm/install.js:207, [пакет] bin.js:23 и ещё 1

  const probe = spawnSync(binPath, ['--version'], {

Runs an external command pkg/pypi/src/codebase_memory_mcp/_cli.py:140

        subprocess.run(

Builds a database query by concatenation test-infrastructure/Dockerfile.lint:12, test-infrastructure/vm/win.sh:41, test-infrastructure/Dockerfile:18 и ещё 1

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    gcc g++ make cmake \

Runs an external command src/foundation/compat_fs.c:395

    return _popen(cmd, mode);

Touches key and credential files test-infrastructure/vm/provision-windows.sh:25, src/discover/language.c:707

KEY="${HOME}/.claude/cbm-vm/id_ed25519"

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

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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 codebase-memory-mcp -- uvx codebase-memory-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Codebase Memory — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Codebase Memory?

Codebase 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 codebase-memory-mcp was installed 30 453 times last week.

How do I connect Codebase 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 codebase-memory-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Codebase Memory?

The pypi package codebase-memory-mcp was installed 30 453 times in the last week. Week over week that is -15%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Codebase Memory open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in C, 43 704 stars on GitHub and 488 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.