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Web History on Steroids

Blazing fast, content-based search for visited websites.
Index the full content of web pages you visit, enabling deep and meaningful search across your browsing history.

Why Hister?

When we search online it can be because of two reasons:

Hister provides solution to the latter by indexing all the websites you visit and providing a search interface as efficient as possible, while seamlessly letting you fall back to the traditional search methods in case you need to find unexplored content.


Benefits of using Hister instead of free online search engines:

Features

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Privacy-Focused

Keep your browsing history indexed locally. No need to use remote search engines when you can search your own data.

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Full-Text Indexing

Search through the actual content of web pages you've visited, not just URLs and titles.

Blazing Fast

Instant results as you type.
Full keyboard driven workflow.

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Advanced Search

Utilize a powerful query language for precise results across your entire browsing history.

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Flexible Management

Configure blacklist and priority rules for better control over your indexed content.

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Browser Extensions

Available for both Chrome and Firefox with seamless integration into your workflow.

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Offline Preview

Offline, readable preview of result websites.

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Browser Import

Import existing Firefox or Chrome browser history with a single command.

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Search Aliases

Create custom keyword shortcuts to simplify complex or frequently used queries.

Web UI

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Terminal UI

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