Olow304 Memvid by Olow304

Memory layer for AI Agents. Replace complex RAG pipelines with a serverless, single-file memory layer. Give your agents instant retrieval and long-term memory.

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Verdict 62/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 2 months ago

Self-host Olow304 Memvid on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
62 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
15k
1.3k forks

About Olow304 Memvid

From the project's README at github.com/Olow304/memvid. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Memvid is a single-file memory layer for AI agents with instant retrieval and long-term memory. Persistent, versioned, and portable memory, without databases.

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
50
maturity
59
community
83
security
85
sustainability
65
adoption
38

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

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GitHub stars 15k github.com/Olow304/memvid
GitHub forks 1.3k github.com/Olow304/memvid

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age0.9 yearssince May 2025
Last commit2 months agoMar 16, 2026
Releases shipped11last: 2 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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