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Hydrate vs. other Claude Code memory tools

Hydrate is benchmarked head-to-head against every tool worth comparing. Brutally honest. Each page is structured the same way: features, benchmarks, and when to pick which.

vs claude-mem

Apache 2.0, Node + Bun + uv, MCP server, six hooks. The most-starred Claude Code memory plugin.

19.40 vs 13.11 · 27% vs 0%

scenario-lquery (/20) · compact-survival recovery · vs claude-mem 13.2.0

vs Bytebell

Codebase knowledge graph over MCP — Neo4j + per-file LLM semantics. Complementary, not a rival.

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Layer 1 (code) + Layer 3 (decisions) compose

vs Maggy

coming soon

Layered restoration ("Layer 2 guaranteed"). Research in progress.

vs Mnemos

coming soon

Long-context memory experiment. Research in progress.

vs MemPalace

coming soon

Local RAG palace, retrospective ingestion via MCP. Research in progress.

vs Ormah

coming soon

Project memory layer for agentic coding. Research in progress.