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Engrim vs I Have Been Clawed

Both are AI Agents tools. Engrim is open source; I Have Been Clawed is free.

EngrimI Have Been Clawed
TaglineA universal – local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIsIndex of coding agent incidents
PricingOpen SourceFree
CategoriesCoding & Dev Tools, AI AgentsAI Agents, Research & Data
Built forDevelopersDevelopers
PlatformsCLIWeb
Tech stackPython, SQLite—
Alternative to——
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Hacker NewsY▲ 93 on HNY▲ 23 on HN
Launched2026-10-012026-10-01

Overview

Who it's for

Engrim

Developers who use several AI coding agents on the same projects.

I Have Been Clawed

Developers and teams using AI agents who want to learn from real failures.

Problem

Engrim

Coding agents lose decisions and constraints whenever a session resets, and replaying long transcripts wastes tokens.

I Have Been Clawed

Agent failures are scattered across social posts and blogs, so the lessons get lost.

Solution

Engrim

A curated episodic working memory of about 4,000 characters per project, shared across agents from one local SQLite database.

I Have Been Clawed

A source-linked index of incidents with damage categories, severity and takeaways.

What makes it unique

Engrim

One memory file works across many coding agents, with no cloud service involved.

I Have Been Clawed

Every incident is tied to a source, with an archived copy and a stated lesson.