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Memory Lean MCP Server

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Memory Lean runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 265 installs a week from npm. Last commit 16 Oct 2026.

Token-lean memory for AI agents: a knowledge graph searched cheaply. Drop-in for server-memory.

Installs per day peak 417 · avg 13
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265
Installs / week
npm · memory-lean
3
Stars
0 open issues
16 Oct 2026
Last commit
5 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
HTML

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

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.

    try { spawn(cmd, args, { stdio: "ignore", detached: true }).on("error", () => {}).unref(); } catch {}
Page executes code built at runtime server/ui.html:240, [пакет] server/ui.html:240
    else if (k === "html") el.innerHTML = v; // only ever used with the static ICONS below

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.

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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 memory-lean -- npx -y memory-lean
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory-lean": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "memory-lean"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.memory-lean]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "memory-lean"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory-lean": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "memory-lean"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "memory-lean": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "memory-lean"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: MEMORY_FILE_PATH (Where the graph file lives (default ~/.claude/memory-graph/memory.jsonl)).

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Memory Lean — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Memory Lean?
Memory Lean 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 memory-lean was installed 265 times last week.
How do I connect Memory Lean?
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 memory-lean straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Memory Lean?
The npm package memory-lean was installed 265 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Memory Lean open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in HTML and 3 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.