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AI · May 24, 2024

Searchable ChatGPT – search your GPT conversation history

Hey HN, If you're like me you probably have hundreds of ChatGPT chats for each idea or project you have. And each one keeps it's unique context and details that are lost in the long list of chats in the sidebar. Since there is no way to search old chats in ChatGPT Web UI, I built this feature myself as a browser extension. In February, I released it and tried to apply freemium model and see how it works. I was ecstatic when I had a first sale in less than a week! That was first time anyone bought my product ever. Since then I got into top3 in Chrome Web Store for "search chatgpt history" and…

Searchable ChatGPT – search your GPT conversation history launched on May 24, 2024 with 15 votes, #967 of 4,539 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

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In plain words

Searchable ChatGPT is a browser extension that lets users search through their ChatGPT conversation history, addressing the lack of built-in search functionality in ChatGPT's web interface. The extension indexes all chats and is designed for people who maintain numerous separate conversations for different projects and ideas. A free version returns the top three search results per query, while a paid tier removes this limitation. The tool operates on a freemium model and is available on the Chrome Web Store.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN, If you're like me you probably have hundreds of ChatGPT chats for each idea or project you have. And each one keeps it's unique context and details that are lost in the long list of chats in the sidebar. Since there is no way to search old chats in ChatGPT Web UI, I built this feature myself as a browser…

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