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| license: mit |
| tags: |
| - ai-memory |
| - i-lang |
| - ilang-protocol |
| - claude-code |
| - cursor |
| - persistent-memory |
| pretty_name: Mem-Forever - AI Persistent Memory Protocol |
| configs: |
| - config_name: default |
| data_files: |
| - split: train |
| path: data/*.jsonl |
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| # Mem-Forever |
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| > **永久记忆 · 跨会话 · 跨模型** |
| > A persistent memory layer for AI agents, built on the I-Lang protocol. |
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| [](LICENSE) |
| [](https://ilang.ai) |
| [](https://github.com/ilang-ai/ilang-spec) |
| []() |
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| [中文](docs/README.zh.md) | [日本語](docs/README.ja.md) | [한국어](docs/README.ko.md) | [Español](docs/README.es.md) | [Français](docs/README.fr.md) | [Deutsch](docs/README.de.md) | [Português](docs/README.pt.md) | [Русский](docs/README.ru.md) |
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| ## Abstract |
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| Every AI tool forgets you after every session. You close a window, and your preferences, decisions, and lessons vanish. Next session, you start from zero. |
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| **Mem-Forever** is a Git-native memory layer that lets any AI agent remember you permanently. Memories are stored as compact I-Lang structures in your own private repo, readable by humans, parseable by machines, and portable across every tool. |
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| Where context windows forget, **Mem-Forever endures**. |
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| ## Why |
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| | **Persistent** | One memory, surviving every session and every model swap. | |
| | **Portable** | Plain-text I-Lang shards in `.ilang/`. `git diff`-able, no vendor lock-in. | |
| | **Automatic** | AI builds your profile from conversation. You never fill a form. | |
| | **Private** | Your repo, your data. No server, no account, no telemetry. | |
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| ## Quick Look |
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| ``` |
| .ilang/ |
| soul.md ← who you are (auto-generated from conversation) |
| memory.md ← what you decided, learned, built (auto-appended) |
| ``` |
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| ```ilang |
| ::DNA{user} |
| ::CORE{ |
| ::CONTEXT{role:fullstack_dev|experience:10yr} |
| ::GENE{style|conf:confirmed} |
| T:conclusions_first |
| T:minimal_output|when:simple |
| A:verbose_without_signal⇒waste |
| } |
| ::LESSONS{ |
| ::LESSON{id:serverless_no_shared_state|conf:confirmed} |
| } |
| ``` |
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| Every preference is **addressable**, **scoped**, **versioned**, and **falsifiable**. |
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| ## Setup (seconds) |
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| **Step 1**   Click **"Use this template"** → **Create a new repository** → Set to **Private**. |
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| **Step 2**   There is no step 2. |
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| Open the repo with any AI tool. It reads the instruction files, asks you a few questions, builds your profile. From that point on, it remembers. |
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| ## Works With Everything |
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| | Tool | Auto-reads | How | |
| |---|---|---| |
| | Claude Code | `CLAUDE.md` | Open repo, start working | |
| | Cursor | `.cursorrules` | Open repo, start working | |
| | Codex | `AGENTS.md` | Open repo, start working | |
| | Copilot | `.github/copilot-instructions.md` | Open repo, start working | |
| | Gemini CLI | `GEMINI.md` | Open repo, start working | |
| | ChatGPT | Project knowledge | Upload `soul.md` | |
| | Claude.ai | Project knowledge | Upload `soul.md` | |
| | Gemini web | Google Drive | Sync `soul.md` to Drive | |
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| ### Working on a different project? |
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| One sentence restores full context: |
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| > *My memory repo is at `https://github.com/YOU/mem-forever`. PAT: `ghp_xxx`. Clone it, read `.ilang/soul.md` and `.ilang/memory.md`, then come back here.* |
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| ### Multiple projects? |
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| Use this template again. `mem-forever-work`, `mem-forever-research`, `mem-forever-client-x`. Each repo is an independent memory. Same engine, different context. |
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| ## How It Works |
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| ``` |
| ┌─────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ |
| │ You talk │────▶│ AI reads │────▶│ AI updates │ |
| │ to any AI │ │ .ilang/ │ │ .ilang/ │ |
| │ tool │ │ soul.md │ │ memory.md │ |
| │ │ │ memory.md │ │ soul.md │ |
| └─────────────┘ └──────────────┘ └──────┬──────┘ |
| │ |
| git commit |
| git push |
| │ |
| ┌──────▼──────┐ |
| │ Your private │ |
| │ GitHub repo │ |
| └─────────────┘ |
| ``` |
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| **soul.md** is your behavioral profile. Built from conversation, sharpened every session through mutation and decay rules. Think of it as DNA that travels with you. |
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| **memory.md** is your logbook. Decisions, lessons, facts, progress. Append-only. Git history preserves everything. |
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| You never write these files. Your AI does. You can read, edit, or delete them anytime. They are yours. |
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| ## Comparison |
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| | | Mem-Forever | Nowledge Mem | Mem0 | |
| |---|---|---|---| |
| | Install | Use template | Download app + configure | pip install + API key | |
| | Config | None | MCP + plugins + LLM | SDK integration | |
| | Storage | Your GitHub repo | Local SQLite | Cloud vectors | |
| | Cross-tool | Any tool that reads files | Plugin per tool | API per tool | |
| | Price | Free forever | Free / Pro | Free / Pro | |
| | Data ownership | You | You | Theirs | |
| | Migration | `git clone` | Export | API call | |
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| ## Under the Hood |
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| The instruction files contain behavioral rules written in [I-Lang v4.0](https://ilang.ai), a structured protocol that AI models parse natively. These rules tell the AI how to extract preferences, format memories, handle conflicts, and evolve your profile over time. |
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| You don't need to know I-Lang. You just talk to your AI, and it gets better at working with you. |
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| ## License |
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| MIT |
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| <sub>Built by <a href="https://ilang.ai">I-Lang Protocol</a> · The native language of artificial intelligence</sub> |
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