Grov
Shares rank 5 of 20 agent memory systems by recommenders
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.
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.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Recalls relevant knowledge from past sessions
“Grov gives you knowledge from all past sessions (yours + your team's), filtered to what's relevant right now.”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Persistent memory for Claude Code sessions” “A markdown file would be read entirely every time, wasting tokens.”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Persistent memory for Claude Code sessions” Cuts exploration tokens and setup time
“You can save ~50-60% context tokens spent in exploration w/o compromising quality by delegating exploration to a local LLM.”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 on Hacker News “With context injection: 1-2 min, zero explore agents.”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Persistent memory for Claude Code sessions” Helps when running many agents
“it was overwhelming trying to run multiple agents”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Grove: Detect worktree conflicts at write time to scale parallel agents” “I really need this with all the sessions open”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Grov – Multiplayer for AI Coding Agents (Open Source)”
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 | — | — |
| GrovThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“You can save ~50-60% context tokens spent in exploration w/o compromising quality by delegating exploration to a local LLM.”
“Grove is rough around the edges and was designed with my workflow in mind”
“so I would say it works fairly well, our average latency is ~50ms”
“It’s super clear to navigate.”
“it was overwhelming trying to run multiple agents”
“I really need this with all the sessions open”
“I use it with my claude code instances, and I am a max user, but you just have to use an API key”
“Grov gives you knowledge from all past sessions (yours + your team's), filtered to what's relevant right now.”
“A markdown file would be read entirely every time, wasting tokens.”
“With context injection: 1-2 min, zero explore agents.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.