# hister

> Private full-text search engine for visited pages and files

Hister is a private search engine that indexes the full content of visited web pages, bookmarks, and local files. It offers full-text queries, optional semantic search, browser extensions, and Model Context Protocol integration for AI assistants. It runs as a self-hosted Go binary, via Docker, or through Homebrew, with both web and terminal interfaces.

- Source: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister
- Homepage: https://hister.org/
- Live demo: https://demo.hister.org/
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Built with: Go 77.0%, Svelte 15.2%, TypeScript 5.8%, Other 2.0%
- Stars: 6172
- Forks: 278
- Contributors: 60
- Last commit: 2026-10-29
- Latest release: v0.21.0 (2026-10-27)
- Purpose: MCP servers, Self-hosted apps
- Type: Web, Docker / self-host, CLI, Extension / plugin
- For: Personal

## Worth score: 78/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 19/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 25/25
- Community: 9/15
- Readiness: 15/15

## Downloads

Latest release: [v0.21.0](https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/releases/tag/v0.21.0). Files from the project's GitHub release, not checked by DigGitHub.

Windows:

- [hister_0.21.0_windows_amd64.exe](https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/releases/download/v0.21.0/hister_0.21.0_windows_amd64.exe) (107 MB, 160 downloads)

macOS:

- [hister_0.21.0_darwin_amd64](https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/releases/download/v0.21.0/hister_0.21.0_darwin_amd64) (107 MB, 30 downloads)
- [hister_0.21.0_darwin_arm64](https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/releases/download/v0.21.0/hister_0.21.0_darwin_arm64) (105 MB, 49 downloads)

Linux:

- [hister_0.21.0_linux_amd64](https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/releases/download/v0.21.0/hister_0.21.0_linux_amd64) (107 MB, 152 downloads)
- [hister_0.21.0_linux_arm64](https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/releases/download/v0.21.0/hister_0.21.0_linux_arm64) (104 MB, 15 downloads)

To check the files: [hister_0.21.0_checksums.txt](https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/releases/download/v0.21.0/hister_0.21.0_checksums.txt)

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/asciimoo/hister
Updated: 2026-10-30