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Cognee

Knowledge-graph memory layer that gives AI agents long-term recall

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What it is

Cognee builds a knowledge graph with embeddings from your documents, source code, and chat history, which agents can then search across sessions. It runs locally with small CPU models and no API key, and can optionally call OpenAI, Ollama, or other providers to generate answers. Developers building agents use it through a Python API, a CLI, or MCP and plugins to keep project context, past decisions, and domain ontologies available between runs. It can be deployed on your own infrastructure or used as a managed cloud service.

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32,588 GitHub stars.
32,588

Forks
3,422
Commits
11,602
Contributors
296
Language
Python
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
Oct 16, 2026
On GitHub since
August 2023
First release
October 2023
Platforms
CLI, self-hosted, library
Self-hostable
Yes
Tags
  • mcp-server
  • semantic-search
  • ai-memory
  • context-engineering
  • rag
  • knowledge-graph

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • Hacker NewsShow HN: Cognee – Open-Source AI Memory Layer That Remembers ContextJun 3, 2025 · 9 points · 2 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“cognee Memory for AI Agents in 5 lines of code.”Jun 19, 2025 · 1 like · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Explore the research: Our GitHub:”Jun 3, 2025 · 2 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsCognee: Reliable LLM Memory for AI Applications and AI AgentsJan 13, 2025 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsCognee: AI Memory EngineNov 18, 2024 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“topoteretes/cognee Knowledge Engine for AI Agent Memory in 6 lines of code Cognee - Build AI memory with a Knowledge Engine that learns Demo . Docs . Learn…”Apr 17, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“→ cognee cognee is an open-source semantic memory layer for AI agents, built on vector and graph databases. It constructs knowledge graphs from retrieved…”Apr 12, 2025 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Seems to have been the week lang LLM agent memories in the last days. Read about langmem of langchain, or cognee. Sounds a bit like we session managers for AI…”Feb 24, 2025 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)