Memory for AI assistants in one SQLite file: full-text search, no vectors, no embeddings.
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claude mcp add frugal-memory -e MEMORY_LANG=<MEMORY_LANG> -e MEMORY_DB=<MEMORY_DB> -- uvx frugal-memory==0.4.0
{
"mcpServers": {
"frugal-memory": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"frugal-memory==0.4.0"
],
"env": {
"MEMORY_LANG": "<MEMORY_LANG>",
"MEMORY_DB": "<MEMORY_DB>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"frugal-memory": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"frugal-memory==0.4.0"
],
"env": {
"MEMORY_LANG": "<MEMORY_LANG>",
"MEMORY_DB": "<MEMORY_DB>"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"frugal-memory": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"frugal-memory==0.4.0"
],
"env": {
"MEMORY_LANG": "<MEMORY_LANG>",
"MEMORY_DB": "<MEMORY_DB>"
}
}
}
}
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Tools
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Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
MEMORY_LANGOptional | Tool names, texts and stemmer: 'en' (default for a new memory) or 'de'. Unset, an existing memory keeps the language it was built in. |
MEMORY_DBOptional | Path of the SQLite file. Default: $XDG_DATA_HOME/frugal-memory/memory.db |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (PYPI, stdio) |
| First published | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Last updated | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.komakeule57-maker/frugal-memory |
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