Re:Show HN: Memex is a Claude Code alternative built on Rust...
by davidvgilmore on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @09:59AM
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It is an agentic coding tool at its core, so yes - I'd say it's fair to call it a Claude Code alternative.
Regarding the GUI focus: we did that so it's more approachable to both tech folks and people not as accustomed to using a terminal (e.g. PMs, sales engineers, etc.). But a lot of our beta users are devs.
Also, when using its agentic search and data viz capabilities, some users prefer to not do that in the terminal.
Re:Show HN: Memex is a Claude Code alternative built on Rust...
by codyvoda on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @11:07AM
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sure I’d just say it’s a Cursor alternative :shrug:
Re:Show HN: Memex is a Claude Code alternative built on Rust...
by davidvgilmore on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @02:12PM
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Fair
Codex is OSS (and Aider of course) and serve as decent alternatives