Migrating from Mem0

OpenMemory provides a dedicated CLI tool to import your data from Mem0.

Prerequisites

• Mem0 API Key
• OpenMemory Backend running (or use Standalone mode)

Usage

The migration tool is located in the migrate directory of the OpenMemory repository.

cd migrate
npm install

Run the migration:

node index.js --from mem0 --api-key YOUR_MEM0_KEY

Options

• --output <dir>: Directory to save exported JSON (default: ./exports)
• --verify: Run verification after import to ensure data integrity
• --rate-limit <n>: Requests per second (default: 20)

node index.js --from mem0 --api-key ... --verify --rate-limit 10

What gets migrated?

• Memories: All text content
• User IDs: Preserved
• Metadata: Preserved as JSON
• Timestamps: Created/Updated times are preserved