hister
Your own search engine
Install with your AI
Paste into Claude Code, Cursor, or any agent — it reads the repo and wires the tool into your project.
Install and set up hister (git-clone project) into my current project. Found on https://claudeers.com/hister Repo: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister Homepage/docs: https://hister.org/ Detected install method: git-clone → git clone https://github.com/asciimoo/hister Category: uncategorized. Platforms: api, web. Read the repo's README for exact setup and env vars, then install it and wire it into my project. Claudeers Health Verdict: active; community-verified: false. Confirm the source before running anything.
git clone https://github.com/asciimoo/hister
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| Platforms | api, web |
|---|---|
| Operating systems | — |
| AI compatibility | claude |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| Pricing | open-source |
| Language | Go |
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
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Development
Requirements: latest Go and NPM
- Clone the repository
- Build with
./manage.sh build(orgo 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
License
AGPLv3 or any later version
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What is hister?
Your own search engine. It is open-source on GitHub.
Is hister free to use?
hister is open-source under the AGPL-3.0 license, so it is free to use.
What category does hister belong to?
hister is listed under uncategorized in the Claudeers registry of Claude-compatible tools.
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