foam vs claude-mem
foam and claude-mem share 6 technologies: Anthropic, MCP, Zod, remark-parse, unified, and unist-util-visit. Both are written in TypeScript.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
foambubble
foam
A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode
TypeScript17.5kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit b0bafb0What is foam built with?Only in foam
- Lit
yaml
- gray-matter
remark-frontmatter
- D3
- d3-force
- d3-scale
- force-graph
In common
thedotmack
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
TypeScript112.5kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit d8bf121What is claude-mem built with?Only in claude-mem
Side by side
foamclaude-mem
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
foam98,809 lines written298 code files
claude-mem516,621 lines written808 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
foam5.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
claude-mem61.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
foamLast push November 6, 20261,715 commits17,473 stars
claude-memLast push November 4, 20263,582 commits112,476 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
foam217 test files63.1% of its code files have a test that imports them
claude-mem1,299 test files70.3% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, foam or claude-mem?
claude-mem, with 516,621 lines written; foam has 98,809.
Which has more GitHub stars, foam or claude-mem?
claude-mem, with 112,476 stars; foam has 17,473.
The proof: thedotmack/claude-mem on GitHub
Which has more tests, foam or claude-mem?
claude-mem, with 1,299 test files; foam has 217.
Which was updated more recently, foam or claude-mem?
foam: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and claude-mem's on November 4, 2026.
The proof: foambubble/foam's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, foam or claude-mem?
claude-mem: an AI signed 61.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in foam, 5.1%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in thedotmack/claude-mem
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