Hister
Private, self-hosted search engine that indexes the pages you visit and the files you keep for full-text and semantic search.
Open source alternative to:
Version history
4 releases· tracked since August 6, 2026
v0.20.0
Detected on September 25, 2026
v0.19.0
Detected on September 4, 2026
v0.18.0
Detected on August 25, 2026
v0.17.0
First tracked versionDetected on August 6, 2026
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OpenAltFinder Score
73/100
Project Health (50%)
69/100
License (20%)
40/100
Self-hostable (20%)
100/100
Recency (10%)
100/100
Project Details
License
AGPL-3.0
Self hostable
Yes
Repository details
Version
v0.20.0
Created
1/4/2026
Stars
6,084
Forks
289
Open issues
61
Last commit
10/19/2026
Updated 10/19/2026, 12:00:21 PM
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