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What's inside topoteretes/cognee

topoteretes/cognee is a Python repo with 653,245 lines written in 2,198 files. cognee is built with Next.js, React, and FastAPI and uses OpenAI. AI signed 17.2% of the 8,651 commits of cognee.

Its description on GitHub: “Cognee is the open-source AI memory platform for agents. Give your AI agents persistent long-term memory with small models for free”

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Read on November 1, 2026, at commit 525b1d1.

What the card proved: what it’s built with on the left, what it uses on the right.

See each one with its proof

Its folders

TechnologiesWhat is cognee built with?cognee is built with Next.js, React, and FastAPI and uses OpenAI.

Who writes itHow much of cognee did AI write?17.2%AI signed 17.2% of the 8,651 commits of cognee.

In figures

lines written: 653,245; The ones people and agents wrote: product, tests, schemas and tooling. Generated code doesn’t count.
files: 2,198; The product’s, not counting tests.
test files: 1,483; The files that test the code.
technologies: 4; Each one with the file and line that prove it.

SeeRepo read its code facts-only: no AI, and none of its code is kept.

Frequently asked questions

What is topoteretes/cognee?

topoteretes/cognee is a Python repo with 653,245 lines written in 2,198 files. Its description on GitHub: “Cognee is the open-source AI memory platform for agents. Give your AI agents persistent long-term memory with small models for free”

The proof: its page on GitHub

What is cognee built with?

cognee is built with Next.js, React, and FastAPI and uses OpenAI.

The proof: each technology with its file and line

How much of cognee did AI write?

AI signed 17.2% of the 8,651 commits of cognee.

The proof: the commits each tool signed

What license does cognee have?

cognee is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

The proof: its page on GitHub

How many stars does cognee have on GitHub?

cognee had 32,980 stars on GitHub on November 1, 2026.