Self-hosted memex
memex.tools or self-hosted memex
The same memex, run two ways: free on memex.tools, or on your own computer.
Use our free cloud version at memex.tools, or install memex on your own computer and keep everything local.
| Cloud memex, free at memex.tools | Self-hosted memex | |
|---|---|---|
| How memex is accessed | https://memex.tools/mcp |
http://localhost:8080/mcp |
| Memex | Notes, review inbox, history, search, map, skills, import and export | The same |
| Assistants | Any assistants and agentic harnesses which can use MCP and connect over HTTPS. | Assistants and agents on your computer or those which can access your own network. |
| Search by meaning | Included | Included, as local model or via your own OpenAI API key |
| Descriptions and tags written for you | Included, through your connected assistants (using subscription), or your own API key | The same |
| Sign-in | Google, Apple, Microsoft or GitHub | Email and password |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Where it runs | memex.tools’s servers, on AWS | Your computer, a home server or a virtual machine |
| Reached from | Anywhere, over HTTPS | That computer, or your network if you open it up |
| What you need | A browser | Docker, 1 GB of memory to spare, and a browser |
| Updates | Always the latest version | You pull the new image when you choose |
| Backups | Nightly, by memex.tools | Daily, on your own disk; copying them elsewhere is up to you |
| Costs | ||
| Price | Free | Free and open source |
| Limits | Very generous hourly and daily limits; unlimited on your own keys | None |
| What you pay for | Provider keys, if you add any. And you don’t have to | Your own hardware, and provider keys if you add any |
Your notes can move
Export any note, or all of them, as Markdown. Import them into local vaults, or online vaults, including at memex.tools, whenever you want them online, and back again. See Export notes and Import notes.
Where the code is
Self-hosted memex is open source, at github.com/artem-kolesnikov/memex. Read the code, change it and extend it, under the AGPL-3.0.