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I Built Universal AI Memory for Developers - Here's What I Learned

I built Context Sync because I was tired of losing context between AI tools

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🔄 The Memory Layer for AI Development .

Context Sync

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🧠 The Memory Layer for AI Development

Finally, AI that remembers.

Context Sync is the open-source infrastructure that gives AI systems persistent memory across all your development tools, sessions, and projects.


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# The future of AI-assisted development
npm install -g @context-sync/server
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Local-first • Open source • Platform agnostic • Built by developers, for developers

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Supports:

Cursor Claude Desktop VS Code GitHub Copilot Continue.dev Windsurf TabNine Zed


The Problem Every Developer Faces

AI systems lose context between conversations. You spend hours explaining your codebase, architecture decisions, and project context... then close the chat and start over tomorrow.

The memory loss problem affects everyone:

  • Freelancers juggling multiple client projects
  • Teams building complex applications
  • Open source maintainers across different tools
  • Anyone using AI for serious development work

This isn't just inconvenient - it's fundamentally broken.


Context Sync: GitHub for AI Memory

Context Sync creates persistent, queryable memory for AI systems across all development environments.

Think of it as distributed version control




Ever start a conversation in Claude Desktop, then switch to Cursor and have to explain everything again?

Yeah, me too. Every single day.

So I built Context Sync.

What it does

Keeps your context when you switch between AI coding assistants.

  • Start in Claude Desktop
  • Switch to Cursor
  • Your decisions, conversations, project context follows you

Works with Claude, Cursor, Continue.dev, Windsurf, Zed, and anything that supports MCP.

How it works

Local SQLite database. TypeScript. Model Context Protocol.

npm install -g @context-sync/server
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That's it. No config. No signup. Just works.

The last 30 days

  • Launched on Product Hunt (#17 that day)
  • 1,300+ developers using it
  • Added to MCP Registry

Still feels surreal.

What I learned
Ship before it's perfect. v1.0 had bugs. Users reported them. I fixed them. The project got better because people used it.

If you have a problem, others do too. I built this for myself. Turns out 1,300 other people had the same frustration.

Open source works. No landing page. No marketing. Just GitHub. Word spread naturally.

Try it

npm install -g @context-sync/server
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It's free. Open source. Local-first (your data stays on your machine).

⭐ Star on GitHub if this solves your problem.
👉https://github.com/Intina47/context-sync

What's next
Honestly? Just making it better based on feedback.

If you try it and something feels off, open an issue. I respond to all of them.

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