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📄 Benchmarking Mem0's token-efficient memory algorithm →

New Memory Algorithm (April 2026)

Benchmark	Old	New	Tokens	Latency p50
LoCoMo	71.4	91.6	7.0K	0.88s
LongMemEval	67.8	94.8	6.8K	1.09s
BEAM (1M)	—	64.1	6.7K	1.00s
BEAM (10M)	—	48.6	6.9K	1.05s

All benchmarks run on the same production-representative model stack. Single-pass retrieval (one call, no agentic loops).

What changed:

• Single-pass ADD-only extraction -- one LLM call, no UPDATE/DELETE. Memories accumulate; nothing is overwritten.
• Agent-generated facts are first-class -- when an agent confirms an action, that information is now stored with equal weight.
• Entity linking -- entities are extracted, embedded, and linked across memories for retrieval boosting.
• Multi-signal retrieval -- semantic, BM25 keyword, and entity matching scored in parallel and fused.
• Temporal Reasoning -- time-aware retrieval that ranks the right dated instance for queries about current state, past events, and upcoming plans.

See the migration guide for upgrade instructions. The evaluation framework is open-sourced so anyone can reproduce the numbers.

Research Highlights

• 91.6 on LoCoMo -- +20 points over the previous algorithm
• 94.8 on LongMemEval -- +27 points, with +53.6 on assistant memory recall
• 64.1 on BEAM (1M) -- production-scale memory evaluation at 1M tokens
• Read the full paper

Introduction

Mem0 ("mem-zero") enhances AI assistants and agents with an intelligent memory layer, enabling personalized AI interactions. It remembers user preferences, adapts to individual needs, and continuously learns over time—ideal for customer support chatbots, AI assistants, and autonomous systems.

Key Features & Use Cases

Core Capabilities:

• Multi-Level Memory: Seamlessly retains User, Session, and Agent state with adaptive personalization
• Developer-Friendly: Intuitive API, cross-platform SDKs, and a fully managed service option

Applications:

• AI Assistants: Consistent, context-rich conversations
• Customer Support: Recall past tickets and user history for tailored help
• Healthcare: Track patient preferences and history for personalized care
• Productivity & Gaming: Adaptive workflows and environments based on user behavior

🚀 Quickstart Guide

Agent Mode — for AI agents setting up Mem0 autonomously. Run mem0 init --agent --json (after pip install mem0-cli or npm install -g @mem0/cli) to mint an evaluation Mem0 API key in <5 seconds — no email, no dashboard, no OTP. Use it immediately against the Platform or the MCP server. The human owner can claim ownership later with mem0 init --email <their-email>: memories transfer, the same key keeps working, and the agent isn't disrupted.

	Library	Self-Hosted Server	Cloud Platform
Best for	Testing, prototyping	Teams running on their own infrastructure	Zero-ops production use
Setup	pip install mem0ai	docker compose up	Sign up at app.mem0.ai
Dashboard	--	Yes	Yes
Auth & API Keys	--	Yes	Yes
Advanced Features	--	Teasers	All included

Just testing? Use the library. Building for a team? Self-hosted. Want zero ops? Cloud.

Library (pip / npm)

pip install mem0ai

For enhanced hybrid search with BM25 keyword matching and entity extraction, install with NLP support:

pip install mem0ai[nlp]
python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm

Install sdk via npm:

npm install mem0ai

Self-Hosted Server

Note: Self-hosted auth is on by default. Upgrading from a pre-auth build? Set ADMIN_API_KEY, register an admin through the wizard, or AUTH_DISABLED=true for local dev only. See upgrade notes.

# Recommended: one command — start the stack, create an admin, issue the first API key.
cd server && make bootstrap

# Manual: start the stack and finish setup via the browser wizard.
cd server && docker compose up -d    # http://localhost:3000

See the self-hosted docs for configuration.

Cloud Platform

1. Sign up on Mem0 Platform
2. Embed the memory layer via SDK or API keys

CLI

Manage memories from your terminal:

npm install -g @mem0/cli   # or: pip install mem0-cli

mem0 init
mem0 add "Prefers dark mode and vim keybindings" --user-id alice
mem0 search "What does Alice prefer?" --user-id alice

See the CLI documentation for the full command reference.

Agent Skills

Teach your AI coding assistant (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and any tool that supports the skills standard) how to build with Mem0. Two categories:

Reference skills — always on (SDK knowledge loaded into the assistant's context):

npx skills add https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0 --skill mem0
npx skills add https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0 --skill mem0-cli
npx skills add https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0 --skill mem0-vercel-ai-sdk

Pipeline skills — run on demand (execute an end-to-end workflow in an existing repo):

npx skills add https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0 --skill mem0-integrate
npx skills add https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0 --skill mem0-test-integration

Use /mem0-integrate to wire Mem0 into an existing repo via a test-first pipeline, then /mem0-test-integration to verify. See the skills catalog or Vibecoding with Mem0 for the full picture.

Basic Usage

Mem0 requires an LLM to function, with gpt-5-mini from OpenAI as the default. However, it supports a variety of LLMs; for details, refer to our Supported LLMs documentation.

Mem0 uses text-embedding-3-small from OpenAI as the default embedding model. For best results with hybrid search (semantic + keyword + entity boosting), we recommend using at least Qwen 600M or a comparable embedding model. See Supported Embeddings for configuration details.

First step is to instantiate the memory:

from openai import OpenAI
from mem0 import Memory

openai_client = OpenAI()
memory = Memory()

def chat_with_memories(message: str, user_id: str = "default_user") -> str:
    # Retrieve relevant memories
    relevant_memories = memory.search(query=message, filters={"user_id": user_id}, top_k=3)
    memories_str = "\n".join(f"- {entry['memory']}" for entry in relevant_memories["results"])

    # Generate Assistant response
    system_prompt = f"You are a helpful AI. Answer the question based on query and memories.\nUser Memories:\n{memories_str}"
    messages = [{"role": "system", "content": system_prompt}, {"role": "user", "content": message}]
    response = openai_client.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-5-mini", messages=messages)
    assistant_response = response.choices[0].message.content

    # Create new memories from the conversation
    messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": assistant_response})
    memory.add(messages, user_id=user_id)

    return assistant_response

def main():
    print("Chat with AI (type 'exit' to quit)")
    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()
        if user_input.lower() == 'exit':
            print("Goodbye!")
            break
        print(f"AI: {chat_with_memories(user_input)}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

For detailed integration steps, see the Quickstart and API Reference.

🔗 Integrations & Demos

• ChatGPT with Memory: Personalized chat powered by Mem0 (Live Demo)
• Browser Extension: Store memories across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude (Chrome Extension)
• Langgraph Support: Build a customer bot with Langgraph + Mem0 (Guide)
• CrewAI Integration: Tailor CrewAI outputs with Mem0 (Example)

📚 Documentation & Support

• Full docs: https://docs.mem0.ai
• Community: Discord · X (formerly Twitter)
• Contact: founders@mem0.ai

Citation

We now have a paper you can cite:

@article{mem0,
  title={Mem0: Building Production-Ready AI Agents with Scalable Long-Term Memory},
  author={Chhikara, Prateek and Khant, Dev and Aryan, Saket and Singh, Taranjeet and Yadav, Deshraj},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.19413},
  year={2025}
}

⚖️ License

Apache 2.0 — see the LICENSE file for details.