Hippo Memory MCP Server
Stop re-teaching your agent. Make your agent's memory work like a brain. Hippo is long-term memory for coding agents. It's a critical layer for your AI harness that connects across your different tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex). It keeps your proprietary data completely local, and it actually learns over time.
Hippo Memory is an open-source mcp server by kitfunso, written mainly in TypeScript, with 790 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Nov 1, 2026. The latest npm release is hippo-memory 3.5.1, published Nov 10, 2026, with 1,833 downloads last week.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 23ed312. Seen able to run shell commands, read environment and secrets. Scan policy
How to install Hippo Memory
Built from the start command in the project's README: npx -y hippo-memory mcp. Check the README for required keys or settings.
claude mcp add hippo-memory -- npx -y hippo-memory mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"hippo-memory": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"hippo-memory",
"mcp"
]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"hippo-memory": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"hippo-memory",
"mcp"
]
}
}
}code --add-mcp '{"name":"hippo-memory","command":"npx","args":["-y","hippo-memory","mcp"]}'What Hippo Memory can touch
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Run shell commandsFound in the code by our scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Read environment and secretsFound in the code by our scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Control a web browserNot seen in this scan
- Not checked directly. Its own description suggests it does this.Connect to databasesLikely, from its own description
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Touch money or tradingNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to the internetNot run in this scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit 23ed312, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Hippo Memory
AgenticMart scanned Hippo Memory on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- An MCP server is a program your AI app starts and talks to. A local one runs with your user's permissions: it can see the files, environment variables and network your account can.
- Based on its description and topics, it likely needs to connect to a database.
Before you install
- Give it a read-only database user unless it must write.
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by kitfunso on GitHub, 790 stars and 47 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change: Nov 1, 2026.
- Open-source license: MIT.
Hippo Memory is an open-source mcp server by kitfunso, written mainly in TypeScript. Stop re-teaching your agent. Make your agent's memory work like a brain. Hippo is long-term memory for coding agents. It's a critical layer for your AI harness that connects across your different tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex). It keeps your proprietary data completely local, and it actually learns over time.
At a glance
- Stars
- 790
- Forks
- 47
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Created
- Mar 2026
- Last update
- Nov 1, 2026
- Type
- MCP Server
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Hippo Memory
What is Hippo Memory?
Stop re-teaching your agent. Make your agent's memory work like a brain. Hippo is long-term memory for coding agents. It's a critical layer for your AI harness that connects across your different tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex). It keeps your proprietary data completely local, and it actually learns over time.
Who maintains Hippo Memory?
Hippo Memory is maintained by kitfunso on GitHub (kitfunso/hippo-memory). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Hippo Memory safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Hippo Memory on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Hippo Memory use?
It is published under the MIT license.
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