About
Local-first memory for AI work.
Origin helps AI tools carry sessions, decisions, lessons, project context, and wiki pages across chats, tools, projects, and time.
Project status
Early preview
macOS Apple Silicon
Apache-2.0
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Why Origin exists
AI work has become serious work, but most sessions still end like disposable conversations. Decisions, debugging lessons, project constraints, and handoffs get buried in old chats.
Origin is built so the work can compound. Agents can save what matters, recall it later, and keep refined context available across MCP-compatible tools.
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Design principles
Local-first
Memory starts on your machine. Cloud sync, telemetry, local models, and API keys are opt-in choices rather than the default source of truth.
Human-readable
Markdown is the durable artifact people can inspect, correct, and export. The local database keeps indexes for retrieval, not an opaque black box.
Session rhythm
Origin follows how AI work actually happens: load context, capture durable facts, write handoffs, and bring the right context into the next run.
Background distillation
Between sessions, Origin deduplicates repeat facts, links related ideas, distills wiki pages, and keeps provenance attached.
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Current status
Origin is an early preview for macOS Apple Silicon. The core local runtime, CLI, MCP server, and Claude Code plugin are open source.