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
- Efficient retrieval: Use keyword aliases to quickly find content
- Flexible content management: Configure blacklist and priority rules for better control
Check out our Documentation for more details
Development
Requirements: Go 1.16 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:
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
Bugs
Bugs or suggestions? Visit the issue tracker.
License
AGPLv3 or any later version