# Hister

> Hister is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the search engines category. Personal web search engine with automatic indexing of visited websites. Supports offline local result previews, local files, multi-user handling and optional semantic search. It has 5,909 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/asciimoo/hister |
| Website | https://hister.org/ |
| Demo | https://demo.hister.org/ |
| GitHub stars | 5,909 |
| Forks | 263 |
| Open issues | 47 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Go |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Categories | Search Engines |
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,823 |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Latest release | v0.20.0 (Sep 24, 2026) |
| Created | Jan 4, 2026 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: go, golang, history, index, search, search-engine, web, mcp, mcp-server, privacy

## Install

Hister ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/asciimoo/hister for the image name and environment variables.

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