Hister

Hister runs as a single Go binary on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It exposes a web UI, a terminal UI, a command-line interface, and a browser extension for Firefox and Chrome that automatically saves pages you visit. It also ships an MCP server so any MCP-compatible AI assistant can search your indexed content.

Hister exposes an MCP server for AI assistants, a TUI for terminal search, and a hister command-line binary for scripted use. The default web UI listens on http://127.0.0.1:4433. Browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome are distributed through the official add-on stores.

Yes. The quickstart guide covers importing existing browser history so you can start searching pages you visited before installing Hister. You can also use the built-in crawler to index external websites, in addition to the browser extension that automatically saves newly visited pages.

Hister has no telemetry and no mandatory cloud service. The browser extension sends indexed page content only to the Hister server you configure, apart from downloading page favicons. Optional semantic search sends document text to the embeddings endpoint you choose, which you can disable entirely if you only want full-text search.

Hister ships as a single static binary with no required dependencies, so it runs on any Linux, macOS, or Windows host. Multi-user setups keep each user documents and search results separate on a shared server. Optional semantic search requires you to point Hister at a compatible embeddings endpoint of your choice.