Phorvec

phorvec

**Claude Code forgets everything after `/compact`. Phorvec doesn't.** Local-first memory for coding agents — a single binary that saves your session before compaction and restores it on the next start. Fully local, no cloud account.

pip install phorvec && phorvec init --tool claude-code --hooks

This repo is for **issue tracking and discussion only**. Phorvec is a closed-source product distributed as signed binaries. The source code is not published here; this is where users, customers, and the curious go to file bugs, ask questions, and request features.

How it's different from other memory tools

• Survives /compact. A hook pair auto-saves a distilled summary of your session before compaction (or exit) and injects a token-budgeted "here's what we decided and why" block at the start of the next session. It's a purpose-built fix for the compaction problem — not a generic vector DB.
• A memory layer, not a raw vector store — hybrid dense + BM25 retrieval, consolidation, and temporal fact supersession.
• Your memory is yours (no lock-in) — phorvec ingest --format chatgpt|markdown|mem0|obsidian imports what you already have, and the on-disk .avdb format has a published open spec.
• No tool-list bloat — a minimal 18-tool MCP preset by default; opt up to standard/full when you want the whole surface.
• Local by default — no telemetry, offline after a one-time embedding-model download; data stays in local .avdb files.

Works with Claude Code/Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Zed, VS Code (Copilot), OpenAI Codex, Aider, and any MCP client.

Get the product

Download	phorvec.com/download (Community, free)
Install (pip)	pip install phorvec · pypi.org/project/phorvec
Claude Code plugin	`/plugin marketplace add Teressoft/phorvec-plugin`