GBrain
Shares rank 14 of 20 agent memory systems by recommenders
People recommend GBrain as provider-agnostic AI memory and a useful starting point for individuals. Critics say it needs technical knowledge and time to configure.
People recommend GBrain as provider-agnostic AI memory and a useful starting point for individuals. Critics say it needs technical knowledge and time to configure.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 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
Inspiring idea and awesome project
“certainly one of the most inspiring blog posts / papers I have read this year”
Comment from 11 May 2026 in “Garry Tan's GBrain – most important idea of the year” “gbrain is an awesome project”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Engrim – A universal, local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIs”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Needs technical knowledge and time
“those are highly configurable and powerful, but require technical knowledge and time”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: OzBrain, a shared brain for knowledge between agents and your team”
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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engrim | 21 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Total Recall for Claude Code | 12 | 4 | 75% | 5 | — | Approved |
| OKF Agent Memory | 9 | 3 | 75% | 3 | — | — |
| MemPalace | 9 | 8 | 53% | 3 | — | — |
| GBrainThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“gbrain is an awesome project”
“I'm currently using gbrain as provider-agnostic memory but miss how lightweight SQLite is in practice”
“those are highly configurable and powerful, but require technical knowledge and time”
“There are tons of hard-coded regexes that may work beautifully for Garry's priorities and workflow that don't fit other use cases”
“Gbrain is super useful as a starting point for an individual”
“certainly one of the most inspiring blog posts / papers I have read this year”
“Perhaps you can help me build a better backend for this”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.