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claude-mem vs ponytail
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
claude-mem
Persistent Context Across Sessions for Every Agent – Captures everything your agent does during sessions, compresses it with AI, and injects relevant context back into future sessions. Works with Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex, Gemini, Hermes, Copilot, OpenCode + More
Best matched with other agent tools.
95.8K
Stars
+13.4K
Weekly
95/100
Health
ponytail
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
Best matched with other agent tools.
154.0K
Stars
+2.3K
Weekly
84/100
Health
Quick Take
Adoption
ponytail has the larger GitHub footprint with 154.0K stars.
Momentum
claude-mem is currently growing faster at +13.4K stars this week.
Maintenance
claude-mem has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 95/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Side-by-side evidence
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | claude-mem | ponytail |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence status | Verified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC | Verified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC |
| GitHub stars | 95.8K | 154.0K |
| Weekly growth | +13.4K | +2.3K |
| Health score | Strong95/100 | Strong84/100 |
| Contributors | 122 | 62 |
| Commits per week | 30.1 | 15.8 |
| Open issues | 354 | 105 |
| Language | JavaScript | JavaScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-04 09:15 UTC | 2026-10-03 05:12 UTC |
| Last release | v13.11.0 | v4.8.4 |
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