Extension for full-text browser history search
Hey. I’ve been working on Rearview, a browser extension that makes browsing history more useful. It’s available for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. What it does: - Full-text Search: Search page content, not just URLs or titles. - More Filter: Organize history by date, time, or visits. - AI Assistant: Get insights from your history. (Optional, with your own api key.) Everything stays local in IndexedDB. Feedback & Feature request welcome. BTW, since Firefox does not provide a favicon URLs implementation (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1315616),I am currently requesting…
Extension for full-text browser history search launched on May 8, 2025 with 29 votes, #710 of 7,905 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Rearview is a browser extension for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox that enhances browsing history search capabilities. It enables full-text searching of page content beyond just URLs and titles, filtering history by date, time, or visit frequency, and optionally provides an AI assistant for history insights using your own API key. All data is stored locally in IndexedDB for privacy.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Rearview - 增强你的浏览历史体验。支持长期存储、全文搜索、时间线视图和 AI 助手功能的浏览器扩展。
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey. I’ve been working on Rearview, a browser extension that makes browsing history more useful. It’s available for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. What it does: - Full-text Search: Search page content, not just URLs or titles. - More Filter: Organize history by date, time, or visits. - AI Assistant: Get insights from…
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