Is Hister safe to use?

Hister has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

How do I install Hister?

Hister is a hosted remote MCP server - there is no local package to install. Configure your MCP client to connect to its endpoint instead of running it locally.

Hister provides 8 tools: Crawler, Requirements, Features, Development, Community and 3 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Hister?

Hister is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses sse transport.

Is Hister actively maintained?

Hister is actively maintained - last commit was 0 days ago. It has 6,279 GitHub stars.

Hister

Name: Hister
Author: asciimoo

by asciimoo

Your own search engine

6.3k 8 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

AGPL-3.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 0d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: sse

8 tools · ~269 tok

Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx

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Hister is an MCP server that your own search engine. Its tool list has not been published yet over sse, requires no API key, and scores 76/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients - only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopsse · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hister": {
      "url": "<see-readme-for-url>"
    }
  }
}

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What Hister does

Hister is a general purpose web search engine providing automatic full-text indexing for visited websites.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Hister safe to use?: Hister has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.
How do I install Hister?: Hister is a hosted remote MCP server - there is no local package to install. Configure your MCP client to connect to its endpoint instead of running it locally.
What can Hister do?: Hister provides 8 tools: Crawler, Requirements, Features, Development, Community and 3 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Hister?: Hister is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses sse transport.
Is Hister actively maintained?: Hister is actively maintained - last commit was 0 days ago. It has 6,279 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients - only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopsse · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hister": {
      "url": "<see-readme-for-url>"
    }
  }
}

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Read me

What Hister does

Hister is a general purpose web search engine providing automatic full-text indexing for visited websites.

Test This Server

This server supports HTTP transport. Be the first to test it - help the community know if it works.

README

Hister

Your own search engine

Hister is a private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep. It indexes their full contents so you can find information again from the web interface, terminal, or an AI assistant connected through MCP.

Try the demo · Download Hister · Read the quickstart · Documentation · Support the development

Quickstart

Download the binary for your platform from the latest release, then rename it to hister (hister.exe on Windows).
On Linux or macOS, make it executable:
```
chmod +x hister
```
Start Hister on Linux or macOS:
```
./hister listen
```
On Windows, run .\hister.exe listen in PowerShell.

Keep this terminal open while using Hister. The server must be running to index pages and search them.
Open http://127.0.0.1:4433 and install the browser extension for Firefox or Chrome.
Visit a web page with the extension enabled, then return to Hister and search for a phrase from that page to find your first indexed result.

No configuration is required for a local personal setup. See the complete quickstart to choose what Hister indexes.

To search existing content, import browser history, import browser bookmarks, index local directories, or import files.

Alternative installation methods include Homebrew (brew install hister), Docker, and Nix. See the installation guide for instructions.

Features

Privacy focused: No telemetry or mandatory cloud service. Run Hister locally or on infrastructure you control.
Full text indexing: Search the actual contents of visited pages and local files, not only titles and URLs.
Automatic browser indexing: Save newly visited pages with the Firefox or Chrome extension.
Powerful queries: Use field filters, phrases, wildcards, negation, aliases, and result priorities.
Optional semantic search: Find documents by meaning through an embeddings endpoint you configure.
Crawler and browser import: Index websites or bring in existing browser history and bookmarks.
Web, terminal, and MCP clients: Search from the browser, TUI, command line, or an AI assistant.
Multi user support: Keep each user's documents and search results separate on a shared server.

Privacy

By default, Hister has no telemetry and no cloud sync. The browser extension sends indexed page content only to the Hister server you configure, apart from downloading page favicons. The server stores documents and search indexes on that server.

Optional semantic search sends document text to the embeddings endpoint you choose. Review the privacy overview and semantic search configuration before enabling remote integrations.

Why Hister?

Unlike traditional search engines, Hister builds a personal search index from the web pages and files you choose to keep. Your content stays on your Hister server, making it useful for finding information you've already encountered without relying on a third-party search provider.

Development

Requirements are Go 1.26, npm, and a C c

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Why this score

Five weighted categories - click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

76/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−24

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

No package registry to scan.

Inventory

Tools (8)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~269 tokens total

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience - it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Hister safe to use?: Hister has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.
How do I install Hister?: Hister is a hosted remote MCP server - there is no local package to install. Configure your MCP client to connect to its endpoint instead of running it locally.
What can Hister do?: Hister provides 8 tools: Crawler, Requirements, Features, Development, Community and 3 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Hister?: Hister is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses sse transport.
Is Hister actively maintained?: Hister is actively maintained - last commit was 0 days ago. It has 6,279 GitHub stars.