Hister

Hister is a self-hosted search engine that indexes the full content of web pages and files, solving the problem of finding previously visited or stored information. It targets developers, IT professionals, and privacy-conscious individuals and organizations. The product is positioned as a private, open-source alternative to cloud-based search services, with no telemetry and full user control over data.

Key features

• Full-text search with field filters
• Quoted phrases and wildcards
• Negation and query aliases
• Stored previews with source context
• Browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox
• Local file watching and history import
• Website crawler
• Content extractors for structured data
• Optional semantic search
• No telemetry or external requests
• AGPLv3 open-source license