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MCP server · RAG

Hister

Index your browsing history and local files, then search them privately from your browser, terminal, or AI assistant.

59Fair

Scored 27 days ago · breakdown

About Hister

Hister is an MCP server in the RAG category: index your browsing history and local files, then search them privately from your browser, terminal, or AI assistant.

Install

From source
git clone https://github.com/asciimoo/hister

This server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.

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README

Hister

Your own search engine

Hister is a general purpose web search engine providing automatic full-text indexing for visited websites.

Features

  • Privacy-focused: Keep your browsing history indexed locally - don't use remote search engines if it isn't necessary
  • Full-text indexing: Search through the actual content of web pages you've visited
  • Advanced search capabilities: Utilize a powerful query language for precise results
  • Local file indexing: Index your local knowledge base
  • Crawler: Use a (headless) browser or a traditional crawler to extend your index fast
  • Multi-user support: Host it for your local community
  • AI enhanced: Enable optional semantic search or connect your agents via MCP

Check out our Documentation for more details

Support the development

hister screenshot

hister screencast

Development

Requirements: latest Go and NPM

  • Clone the repository
  • Build with ./manage.sh build (or go generate ./...; go build)

To work on the web app with hot reload and automatic Go rebuilds:

npm run serve:app

This starts a Vite dev server (with HMR) and the Go backend (with auto-rebuild via air) concurrently.

Community

Join us on IRCNet: #hister or on Discord

Contributing

Check the CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.

Bugs or suggestions? Visit the issue tracker.

Security related issue? See our SECURITY.md

Sponsors

Uruky

License

AGPLv3 or any later version

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Questions

About Hister

How do I install Hister?

No package has been published for this server, so install it from source: clone the repository and follow its README.

Is Hister safe to use with an AI agent?

Its trust score is 59 out of 100 (fair). It passes 1 of the 1 static security checks run so far. It has no ConduID identity yet, so agent calls to it are not receipted.

Is Hister still maintained?

Conduid hasn't recorded a commit date for this repository yet. Check the repository directly for recent activity.