# Grov

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Grov and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for cutting exploration tokens and recalling past sessions for Claude Code. One user says it is rough around the edges, and it needs an API key.

## Why people recommend it

- Recalls relevant knowledge from past sessions (2 comments): "Grov gives you knowledge from all past sessions (yours + your team's), filtered to what's relevant right now." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46199600)) "A markdown file would be read entirely every time, wasting tokens." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46197997))
- Cuts exploration tokens and setup time (2 comments): "You can save ~50-60% context tokens spent in exploration w/o compromising quality by delegating exploration to a local LLM." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48792961)) "With context injection: 1-2 min, zero explore agents." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46126103))
- Helps when running many agents (2 comments): "it was overwhelming trying to run multiple agents" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104558)) "I really need this with all the sessions open" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46712038))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Engrim](https://hackerapproved.com/p/engrim.md): 21 recommend
- [MemPalace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mempalace.md): 9 recommend
- [claude-mem](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-mem.md): 8 recommend
- [Letta](https://hackerapproved.com/p/letta.md): 8 recommend
- [Hippo AI agent memory](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hippo.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Grov", https://hackerapproved.com/p/grov/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).