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Funes by Hugging Face

Shares rank 14 of 20 agent memory systems by recommenders

Plain-text memory for AI coding agents, favored for conversation search over vector search. Critics report a first indexing pass covered only 189 of 19k sessions.

Plain-text memory for AI coding agents, favored for conversation search over vector search. Critics report a first indexing pass covered only 189 of 19k sessions.

6 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
1
approval share
83%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 3 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Plain text storage, no vector search

    “I specifically want everything to be stored as plain text and no vector search”

    Comment from 6 Sep 2026 in “OKF Agent Memory – Git-native persistent memory for AI coding agents”
  • Good for conversation search

    “has been my go-to here (specifically for conversation search)”

    Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Local Indexing to reduce tool calling and token usage”

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • Slow, incomplete first indexing pass

    “the documented 1 min first pass indexed 189 of 19k sessions (0/100)”

    Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “OKF Agent Memory – Git-native persistent memory for AI coding agents”

Other agent memory systems people recommend

The four most recommended other agent memory systems, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Funes by Hugging Face compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Engrim210100%4—Approved
Total Recall for Claude Code12475%5—Approved
OKF Agent Memory9375%3——
MemPalace9853%3——
Funes by Hugging FaceThis page5183%3——
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What people said

3 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“has been my go-to here (specifically for conversation search)”

RecommendsComment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Local Indexing to reduce tool calling and token usage”

“the documented 1 min first pass indexed 189 of 19k sessions (0/100)”

CriticizesComment from 7 Sep 2026 in “OKF Agent Memory – Git-native persistent memory for AI coding agents”

“I specifically want everything to be stored as plain text and no vector search”

MixedComment from 6 Sep 2026 in “OKF Agent Memory – Git-native persistent memory for AI coding agents”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.