open-webui
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Self-hosted AI platform with chat UI, RAG, plugins, and multi-model support.
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MCPOpen sourceHister is a private, self-hosted full-text search engine for your browsing history, bookmarks, and local files.
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Your own search engine
Pros
- +Full-text indexing of visited pages and local files with no telemetry or cloud dependency
- +Multiple interfaces: web UI, terminal/TUI, CLI, and MCP for AI assistants
- +Powerful query syntax with filters, wildcards, negation, aliases, and optional semantic search
- +Multi-user support and easy install via binary, Homebrew, Docker, or Nix
Cons
- −Requires running a local server and installing a browser extension for automatic indexing
- −Semantic search needs a separately configured embeddings endpoint
- −Go 1.26, npm, and a C compiler are needed to build from source
Target audience: Privacy-conscious developers and power users who want a personal, self-hosted search index over their browsing history and files.
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