Hister asciimoo
Use this command to install Hister:
winget install --id=asciimoo.hister -e Hister is a versatile, privacy-focused web search engine designed to index the full content of visited web pages locally. Unlike traditional search engines, it allows users to find specific information within their own browsing history using full-text indexing.
Key Features:
- Privacy-Focused: Keeps your browsing history and search queries private by indexing everything locally.
- Full-Text Indexing: Searches through the actual content of web pages you’ve visited for precise results.
- Advanced Search Capabilities: Utilizes a powerful query language to refine searches with precision.
- Local File Indexing: Enables users to index and search their local files, expanding beyond browser history.
- Crawler Support: Uses a headless browser or traditional crawler to extend the index with new content.
- Multi-User Support: Designed for shared environments, allowing multiple users to maintain separate indexes.
- AI-Enhanced Search: Supports optional semantic search capabilities and integrates with AI agents via MCP (Machine Collaboration Protocol).
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for privacy-conscious individuals, developers, and organizations seeking a self-hosted alternative to remote search engines. Hister empowers users to regain control over their data while enabling efficient information retrieval from both web pages and local files.
Hister can be installed via winget for easy setup.
