Glia: An offline, open-source memory bridge connecting browser AI chats to local IDEs
By
Eshaan
Lightly browned and well buttered. A solid pick from the rack.
Summary
Glia is a 100% offline, open-source memory bridge that solves the fragmentation problem developers face when switching between browser-based AI chats (Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Gemini) and local IDEs (Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code). It consists of a Chrome extension that auto-saves web-based AI conversations and a native MCP server that allows local IDE agents to query those decisions from a shared SQLite database, eliminating the need for copy-pasting and cloud-based memory solutions.
Key quotes
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I got tired of constantly copy-pasting code blocks, raw logs, and decision summaries back and forth.
Existing memory solutions are almost all cloud-based SaaS, which felt like a massive privacy and latency compromise.
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