Is there a way to export memories locally without an API key?

[velnori]

I was looking at Mem0 for a project and wanted to understand the backup story — specifically, local offline export without an API key.

I found create_memory_export() in the docs, but it requires an API key, uses an LLM to restructure the data, and the export link expires after 7 days. That's not quite what I need for a simple local backup.

get_all() works but returns raw JSON — not easy to browse or edit by hand.

I ended up building a small converter that reads Mem0's get_all() JSON and writes each memory as a plain Markdown file:

pip install memlink-bridge
memlink convert --from mem0 --to generic \
  -s ./mem0-export -T ./backup

No API key, no expiry, just files on disk. Also shows a compatibility report so you know which fields transfer cleanly.

Repo: https://github.com/velnori/memlink

Curious if others have run into this — is there an official offline export I missed?

[Ghraven]

I am not a maintainer, but from the current OSS code/docs I would separate two cases:

1. Managed Mem0 Platform export: the docs list "Memory export" as a Platform feature, so that path needs the hosted API/auth flow.

2. Local OSS memories: if you are using Memory() with a local/self-hosted config, you do not need a Mem0 Platform API key just to read data you already store locally. You can query the OSS memory object and write the results yourself, for example:

import json
from mem0 import Memory

m = Memory()

result = m.get_all(
    filters={"user_id": "alex"},  # or agent_id/run_id depending how you stored memories
    top_k=1000,
    show_expired=True,
)

with open("mem0-export.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    json.dump(result["results"], f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)

One important caveat: current get_all() requires at least one scoping filter: user_id, agent_id, or run_id. So it is not a global "dump everything from every namespace" API unless you know and iterate over your scopes.

If you need a full raw backup, the most reliable approach is usually to back up the configured stores directly:

• default OSS quickstart: Qdrant data on disk plus SQLite history at ~/.mem0/history.db
• custom config: back up whichever vector DB / history DB you configured

So short answer: there is no one-click OSS export equivalent to Platform export, but local export is possible without a Mem0 Platform API key if you query your local Memory() instance or back up the local stores directly.