---
title: 🚀 Quickstart
description: 'Get started with Mem0 quickly!'
---

> Welcome to the Mem0 quickstart guide. This guide will help you get up and running with Mem0 in no time.

## Installation

To install Mem0, you can use pip. Run the following command in your terminal:

```bash
pip install mem0ai
```

## Basic Usage

### Initialize Mem0

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Basic">
```python
from mem0 import Memory
m = Memory()
```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Advanced">
If you want to run Mem0 in production, initialize using the following method:

Run Qdrant first:

```bash
docker pull qdrant/qdrant

docker run -p 6333:6333 -p 6334:6334 \
    -v $(pwd)/qdrant_storage:/qdrant/storage:z \
    qdrant/qdrant
```

Then, instantiate memory with qdrant server:

```python
from mem0 import Memory

config = {
    "vector_store": {
        "provider": "qdrant",
        "config": {
            "host": "localhost",
            "port": 6333,
        }
    },
}

m = Memory.from_config(config)
```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>


### Store a Memory

```python
# For a user
result = m.add("Likes to play cricket on weekends", user_id="alice", metadata={"category": "hobbies"})
print(result)
```

Output:
```python
[
  {
    'id': 'm1',
    'event': 'add',
    'data': 'Likes to play cricket on weekends'
  }
]
```

### Retrieve Memories

```python
# Get all memories
all_memories = m.get_all()
print(all_memories)
```

Output:

```python
[
  {
    'id': 'm1',
    'text': 'Likes to play cricket on weekends',
    'metadata': {
      'data': 'Likes to play cricket on weekends',
      'category': 'hobbies'
    }
  },
  # ... other memories ...
]
```

```python
# Get a single memory by ID
specific_memory = m.get("m1")
print(specific_memory)
```

Output:
```python
{
  'id': 'm1',
  'text': 'Likes to play cricket on weekends',
  'metadata': {
    'data': 'Likes to play cricket on weekends',
    'category': 'hobbies'
  }
}
```

### Search Memories

```python
related_memories = m.search(query="What are Alice's hobbies?", user_id="alice")
print(related_memories)
```

Output:

```python
[
  {
    'id': 'm1',
    'text': 'Likes to play cricket on weekends',
    'metadata': {
      'data': 'Likes to play cricket on weekends',
      'category': 'hobbies'
    },
    'score': 0.85  # Similarity score
  },
  # ... other related memories ...
]
```

### Update a Memory

```python
result = m.update(memory_id="m1", data="Likes to play tennis on weekends")
print(result)
```

Output:

```python
{
  'id': 'm1',
  'event': 'update',
  'data': 'Likes to play tennis on weekends'
}
```

### Memory History

```python
history = m.history(memory_id="m1")
print(history)
```
Output:
```python
[
  {
    'id': 'h1',
    'memory_id': 'm1',
    'prev_value': None,
    'new_value': 'Likes to play cricket on weekends',
    'event': 'add',
    'timestamp': '2024-07-14 10:00:54.466687',
    'is_deleted': 0
  },
  {
    'id': 'h2',
    'memory_id': 'm1',
    'prev_value': 'Likes to play cricket on weekends',
    'new_value': 'Likes to play tennis on weekends',
    'event': 'update',
    'timestamp': '2024-07-14 10:15:17.230943',
    'is_deleted': 0
  }
]
```

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us using one of the following methods:

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