Your own AI · on your own machine

Build an AI that remembers, learns, and grows.

nmem-studio turns one download into a living AI agent — with a real memory, its own curiosity, and a mind you can actually watch think. No code. No cloud. No jargon.

Runs privately on your computer Open source One docker run
localhost:8080 · create your agent
The nmem-studio setup wizard: choosing what kind of agent to create, with a live preview

What it is

A friendly front door to a serious AI mind.

Most AI forgets you the moment the chat ends. nmem-studio gives you an agent that keeps a memory, notices what changed, follows its own curiosity, and gets better the longer it runs — all set up by clicking through a simple wizard.

It remembers

A layered memory holds on to what matters, quietly ties related things together overnight, and lets go of what turns out to be noise — so it actually knows you over time.

It seeks the truth

Give it a research sandbox and it goes and checks live sources instead of guessing. A thing it couldn't verify is reported honestly — never made up.

You can watch it think

A live 3D “brain” shows memories forming, ideas connecting and its attention moving in real time. It’s mesmerising — and it makes the whole thing make sense.

Set it up in a browser

Create your agent with a wizard, not a config file.

Pick a starting point — a researcher, an assistant, a companion — give it a name and a purpose, and choose how much of a mind it should have. That’s it. Behind the scenes the studio writes everything correctly, so there’s no way to set it up wrong.

  • Ready-made personalities to start from, then make it your own.
  • Bring your own AI brain — a local model or a service like OpenAI or Claude — and test it with one click.
  • Simple by default, deep when you want. Start with a preset; open “Advanced” to shape every ability.
localhost:8080 · capabilities
The wizard's capabilities step: choosing how much of a mind the agent should have

Watch it think

A living 3D brain, streaming in real time.

nmem-studio comes with a beautiful visualiser that lights up as your agent works — memories settling into place, new connections sparking across its knowledge, its mood and focus shifting. It’s the best way to feel what’s actually happening inside.

  • See memory form and connect as the agent lives and learns.
  • Filter what you watch — different kinds of memory and thought, toggled on and off.
  • Included and pre-wired — it opens alongside your agent, no setup.
localhost:5174 · the brain
nmem-viz: a live 3D brain visualisation of the agent's memory graph and cognition

Get started

From download to a thinking agent in minutes.

If you can run one command, you can run nmem-studio. Everything it needs is inside the box.

1

Pull the image

One download brings the whole appliance — the agent, its memory, and the live brain viewer.

2

Open the page

Head to localhost:8080 in your browser. The setup wizard is waiting for you.

3

Create your agent

Answer a few friendly questions, hit Create, and watch your agent wake up.

Run it now

Requires Docker. Then paste this in a terminal:

$docker run -p 8080:8080 -p 5174:5174 -v nmem_data:/data dayyanj/nmem-studio

Then open localhost:8080 and follow the wizard.

Under the hood · open source

The pieces that make the mind.

nmem-studio bundles a whole family of open projects into one easy package. Curious how it works? Every part is on GitHub to read, use, or build on.

Ready when you are

Give your AI a memory of its own.

Free, open, and private to your machine.