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Glama vs Memnest

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Bottom line: Glama for developers evaluating MCP servers; Memnest for privacy-conscious developers.

MCP server registry, in-browser inspector, and gateway with an LLM API bundled in.

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Local-first memory for AI coding agents, via one MCP service

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PricingFreemiumFree
CategoryMcpMcp
Tags
mcpregistrygatewayllm-apiinspector
mcpai-memorylocal-firstcoding-agentsopen-source
Best for
  • Developers evaluating MCP servers
  • Teams wanting gateway governance
  • Open-source server authors seeking free hosting
  • Privacy-conscious developers
  • MCP / Claude Code / Codex users
  • Self-hosting enthusiasts
Pros
  • Very large indexed server catalog
  • In-browser MCP Inspector for safe testing
  • Gateway adds logging, access control, and managed OAuth
  • Bundled unified LLM API across major providers
  • Free hosting for open-source servers
  • Fully local-first — no data leaves your machine, no external LLM calls
  • Works across pi, Claude Code, Codex, and any MCP client via one service
  • Hybrid BM25 + vector search finds both exact tokens and paraphrases
  • SQLite source of truth with rebuildable indexes (resilient to corruption)
  • Encrypted AES-256-GCM vault for secrets, kept separate from memory
Cons
  • Self-reported scale is hard to independently verify
  • Per-server-instance pricing may surprise some users
  • Hosted-only platform, no self-hosting of Glama itself
  • Crowded, fast-changing registry landscape
  • Third-party server trust remains the user's responsibility
  • Very early-stage project with minimal adoption so far
  • Self-hosted only — no managed or cloud option
  • Prebuilt install is Linux-first (Windows/WSL via scripts or a source build)
  • Requires manual setup to wire into each agent/harness
  • No team collaboration or shared-server hosting out of the box

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