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…Hister [1] and Karakeep [2]. It is much useful that I don't worry about losing stuff now. [1] https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/ [2] https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep

comment by elashri · 2026-10-26 · in Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs

…human visitor. That gives your own search engine of the web that you've already visited, at least: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister

comment by SyneRyder · 2026-10-07 · in Ask HN: How would you feel if we nationalized Google?

…contents via browser plugin, which is a nice workaround for bot blocking. Thanks asciimoo for https://github.com/asciimoo/hister

comment by qznc · 2026-10-05 · in Web Search API

…page? E.g.: for this submission I would want both https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743097 and https://github.com/asciimoo/hister captured.

comment by mircea · 2026-09-17 · in Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep

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Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep

story by bookofjoe · 2026-09-17 · 202 comments

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Hister: A private, self-hosted search engine for the browser history and files

story by mpfect · 2026-08-26 · 0 comments

…store new documents in both indexes while running reindex to guarantee not losing any data." @ https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/blob/master/server/indexe...

comment by wmchen · 2026-08-22 · in Hister – A private, full content search index that you control

Safari support is currently stalled in this PR: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/pull/46 . I do not have access to macOS, so help with development and testing would be very welcome.

comment by asciimoo · 2026-08-22 · in Hister – A private, full content search index that you control

…a web interface, command line tools, and an MCP endpoint for assistant integrations. Project page: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister Tiny read-only demo: https://demo.hister.org/

comment by asciimoo · 2026-08-22 · in Hister – A private, full content search index that you control

> Nowadays I need to keep my own copies... https://github.com/asciimoo/hister > Hister is a private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep. It indexes their full contents so you can find information again from the web…

comment by swed420 · 2026-08-11 · in As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing

…under the AGPLv3+ license. It can be installed as a standalone binary or with Docker. Project: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister Website and documentation: https://hister.org/ Small read-only demo: https://demo.hister.org/ --- Btw, this…

comment by asciimoo · 2026-08-03 · in SearXNG in Rust

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Hister: Your Own Search Engine

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Hister v0.17.0

story by mstef · 2026-07-28 · 0 comments

…Automatically classifying the files is smart. I'm working on a similar application called Hister ( https://github.com/asciimoo/hister ). I should borrow some of your ideas. =]

comment by asciimoo · 2026-07-08 · in Turning a pile of documents into a searchable useable knowledge base

Thanks for the kind words =] There is already an ongoing discussion about the topic: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/issues/387 The currently discussed solution relies on the browser extension, but mobile Firefox has extension support.

comment by asciimoo · 2026-07-04 · in SearXNG: A free internet metasearch engine

…companion. I'd appreciate any help designing the system. [1] https://blevesearch.com/docs/Home/ [2] https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/discussions/432 [3] https://hister.org/posts/public-search

comment by asciimoo · 2026-07-04 · in SearXNG: A free internet metasearch engine

…found. I agree, we should add more extractors [1]. Can you recommend extractors you missed? [1] https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/issues/305

comment by asciimoo · 2026-07-04 · in SearXNG: A free internet metasearch engine

…of the metasearch concept I'm not involved in the development anymore. My new search project is https://github.com/asciimoo/hister ( https://hister.org/ ). Hister is a full text indexer for websites and local files which automatically…

comment by asciimoo · 2026-07-03 · in SearXNG: A free internet metasearch engine

…- perhaps you can find it useful as well. (Or at least have some constructive criticism =]) GitHub: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister Website: https://hister.org/ Small read-only demo: https://demo.hister.org/

comment by asciimoo · 2026-06-14 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

I'm working on a self-hosted search service called Hister ( https://hister.org/ - https://github.com/asciimoo/hister ) with the goal to reduce dependence on online search engines and AI answers. Hister is a full text indexer for websites…

comment by asciimoo · 2026-06-08 · in Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?

I'm seeing the same increased activity around my search engine project ( https://github.com/asciimoo/hister ). While Google's decision is very controversial, it's good to see that people are seeking for alternatives - nice motivation boost…

comment by asciimoo · 2026-05-27 · in DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode

…get insights from users. I agree, browser import has rough edges. The issue you mentioned is known: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/issues/31 . I try to prioritize it and find time to fix it.

comment by asciimoo · 2026-05-25 · in Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore

…yet, but it's a good idea and quite simple to implement it. I've added it to the issue tracker: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/issues/431 . Thanks for the suggestion.

comment by asciimoo · 2026-05-25 · in Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore

…it useful as well (or at least have some constructive criticism =]). Links: - https://hister.org/ - https://github.com/asciimoo/hister - Background/motivation/beginnings: https://hister.org/posts/how-i-cut-my-google-search-dependen... -…

comment by asciimoo · 2026-05-25 · in Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore

…have disk space) will be crawling. [1] : https://github.com/MarginaliaSearch/MarginaliaSearch [2] : https://github.com/asciimoo/hister

comment by BrunoBernardino · 2026-05-19 · in Google changes its search box

I'll continue to work on https://github.com/asciimoo/hister as much as I can. I plan to add new extractors and optimize the indexer storage usage by moving out HTML/favicon content from the index and storing them in an efficient compressed…

comment by asciimoo · 2026-05-11 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

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Hister: Automatic local full-text indexing for visited websites

story by rendx · 2026-04-09 · 1 comment

…https://hister.org/posts/how-i-cut-my-google-search-dependen... Project site: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister Website: https://hister.org/ Read-only demo: https://demo.hister.org/

comment by asciimoo · 2026-03-09 · in Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

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Hister – Web History on Steroids

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Show HN: Hister – fast, content-based search for visited websites

story by asciimoo · 2026-02-05 · 1 comment