# Memento (rcarmo)

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Memento (rcarmo) and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Self-hosted tool that searches and organizes email locally, with shared notes and task lists across agent sessions. One critic says it may not add much value.

## Why people recommend it

- Runs locally, privacy-friendly (2 comments): "One task list every session reads, on your machines, 10 USD an agent a month." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180670)) "we wanted to organize email locally in a privacy-friendly way" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558104))
- Shared notes across sessions (2 comments): "One task list every session reads, on your machines, 10 USD an agent a month." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180670)) "Memento is for that kind of cross-project, long term notes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289955))

## Cite as

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