Qarinah is described as 'Records permitted project events, decisions, and source evidence, then compiles compact cited context packs for coding agents. It runs locally, supports cross-agent handoffs, keeps an append-only ledger with a SQLite read model, and exposes bounded MCP tools and CLI' and is an app in the development category. There are seven alternatives to Qarinah for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Qarinah alternative is Claude-Mem, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Qarinah are SAME (Stateless Agent Memory Engine), Contextify, Memoir and Mnemoverse.