hop vs memory

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	hop by danmartuszewski	memory by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 47	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	45	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Developer ToolsOps & InfraProductivity	Knowledge GraphAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
Language	Go	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

hop · Summary

An elegant SSH connection manager with TUI dashboard and MCP server for AI assistants.

memory · Summary

An MCP server implementing persistent memory using a local knowledge graph for AI models to remember user information across chats.

hop · Use cases

AI assistants managing SSH connections across multiple servers and environments
DevOps teams executing commands across production servers
Developers connecting to remote servers quickly with fuzzy matching

memory · Use cases

Personalizing AI assistant interactions by remembering user preferences, history, and relationships
Building context-aware chat applications that maintain conversation history
Creating knowledge bases that persist across AI model sessions

hop · Install

Installation

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install danmartuszewski/tap/hop

Go

go install github.com/danmartuszewski/hop/cmd/hop@latest

From source

git clone https://github.com/danmartuszewski/hop.git && cd hop && make build
./bin/hop

Claude Desktop Integration

Add to Claude Desktop's MCP config:

{ "hop": { "command": "hop", "args": ["mcp"] } }

claude mcp add hop -- hop mcp

memory · Install

Installation

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Use one-click installation buttons or manually configure in .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "memory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "-v", "claude-memory:/app/dist", "--rm", "mcp/memory"]
    }
  }
}

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