Observed arrival · 2026-09-17
OpenAlma Wants an AI Companion That Remembers Like a Person
An open, local-first AI companion project built around long-term memory, private journals, and an evolving inner life.
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OpenAlma describes a five-part memory system rather than a single undifferentiated chat history. Four lenses separately inspect profile, behavior, social dynamics, and knowledge, while episodes turn conversations into titled summaries linked to their transcripts. Related memories are grouped into dossiers whose prose cites its underlying evidence and can be revised as circumstances change. The page also says recall combines semantic search with literal-word search, and points readers toward SillyTavern, WhatsApp, Iris, and a mind-map interface.
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