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slug: "honcho"
name: "Honcho"
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category: "memory"
category_label: "Memory"
stack_layer: "memory"
homepage: "https://honcho.dev/docs"
repo: "https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho"
license: "AGPL-3.0"
stars: 7633
last_push: "2026-10-15"
archived: false
tags: []
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gap_score_status: "pending test on Mac Studio"
verified_on: "2026-10-15"
---

# Honcho

**What:** Memory library that models users across sessions.

**Why:** Lets your agent remember across sessions.

**Category:** Memory · **Stack layer:** memory

## Status

Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-15 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

## Install (unverified)

1. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
git clone https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho.git
```

2. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
docker compose up
```

3. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
docker compose up -d database
```

## Verify

No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

## Rollback (unverified)

1. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
rm -rf honcho
```

## Links

- Homepage: https://honcho.dev/docs
- Repo: https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho
- README: https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho#readme