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Memory backends

Carina supports pluggable episodic memory stores.

BackendWhen to use
builtin (default)Postgres + pgvector, or SQLite in local mode
honchoHoncho cloud memory
mem0Mem0 cloud or self-hosted
carina memory backends
carina memory use builtin
carina memory test

Set CARINA_MEMORY_BACKEND in ~/.carina/.env. RAG vectors still use Postgres when available.

Developer details: Memory architecture.