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Is the project dead?

The desktop backup app has crashed for months, the chrome extension breaks pages, no activity here…. has the project completely died?

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  • Oliver Sauter

    Team•

    Oct 20, 2024

    No project still alive we’re just taking a little break and do maintenance support as things mostly run stable. (Will release a statement about that soon!)

    We did already push another version of the desktop app, the problem was that the framework we use (electron) was not compatible with MacOS Sequoia.

    Assume that’s whats happening to you!
    Here you go:

    https://github.com/WorldBrain/memex-desktop/releases/tag/v0.0.51

    • [Deleted User]

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      Oct 20, 2024

      Would hardly call unable to sync (not the first time) stable, only this time you’ve not lifted a finger to help resolve it.

      • Oliver Sauter

        Team•

        Oct 21, 2024

        Sorry you’re still running into issues.

        I did send you an email with instructions on how to solve that issue over a month ago (10/9/24) and didn’t hear back from you.

        Seems like you may have missed it?

        • [Deleted User]

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          Oct 21, 2024

          I see no instruction, just asking for console logs. Which I sent 29th September, and a further follow up on 6th October

    • [Deleted User]

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      Oct 26, 2024

      Do you plan to pick up development again at some point? Memex is good, but so close to great! A few more features and it would really be far above the competition. It would be a shame to see it stagnate at this point.

      • Oliver Sauter

        Team•

        Oct 26, 2024

        Yes definitely. I love Memex and want to see it flourish and its part of my key tools.

        The reality is that so far we didnt get it to the point of giving us enough financial freedom, so we are hoping to make the money we need to have more people work on Memex (including better “marketing”).
        So we are taking a bit of a slow down in the hopes of building a few smaller tools that can collectively support each other financially.

        What are the things does Memex need to be great in your view?

        • [Deleted User]

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          Oct 28, 2024

          I would love to have the ability to chat with AI context of my knowledge base. More tools in general to pull insights out of saved information and content. A “search companion” function to help find more quality sources about topics (crawl subpages of search results and suggest useful snippets or pages).

        • [Deleted User]

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          Oct 28, 2024

          Also, if the project is not generating enough income for you I would be willing to pay a higher price for more features if you need to adjust your pricing.

  • [Deleted User]

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    Oct 20, 2024

    It could be. I am unable to re-sync the extension, raised it with support, followed up twice and seemed uninterested to help with their sync pipeline, and they’re working on a “different project”.

  • [Deleted User]

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    Dec 24, 2024

    Are there any updates on this project? The images seem to have stopped loading. I truly hope this amazing app will keep moving forward.

    • Ankit Sharma

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      Dec 28, 2024

      I did email Oliver about this issue. Looks like some problem from Cloudfare. We have no option but to wait.

  • [Deleted User]

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    Jan 7, 2025

    youtuve wideo summarization seems broken for me ? the responses I get from claude 3 haiku are completely unrelated to the video I’m watching and very generic (this seems to be a new issue, happening since the last week or so — start of 2025)

  • MuStaFa vOHrA

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    Feb 4, 2025

    Any updates?

  • [Deleted User]

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    Mar 28, 2025

    In case anybody didn’t realize it, memex is open source. If the core development has ceased anybody can pick it up again if motivated

    https://github.com/WorldBrain/Memex?tab=readme-ov-file

  • thedayismine1@gmail.com

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    Jul 30, 2025

    Anyone still here?

    • thedayismine1@gmail.com

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      Jul 30, 2025

      @Oliver Sauter Still there? I’ve got an issue with my subscription. Just sent you an email. Hope all is well.