{"repo":"purarue/browserexport","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/purarue/browserexport","clone":"git clone https://github.com/purarue/browserexport.git","description":"backup and parse your browser history databases (chrome, firefox, safari, and other chrome/firefox derivatives)","language":"Python","stars":213,"topics":["firefox","export","backup","chrome","safari","database","waterfox","chromium","brave","vivaldi"],"license":"MIT","category":"databases-storage","readme_excerpt":"browserexport - Supported Browsers - Install - Usage - save - inspect / merge - Serializing to JSON - Shell Completion - Usage with HPI - Library Usage - Comparisons with promnesia - Contributing - Development - Testing This: - locates and backs up browser history by copying the underlying database files to some directory you specify - can identify and parse the resulting database files into some common schema: metadata is dependent on the data available in the browser (e.g. firefox has preview images, chrome has duration, but not vice versa) Supported Browsers This currently supports: - Firefox - Waterfox - Floorp - Librewolf - Firefox Android (pre-2020 schema and current Fenix) - Chrome - Chromium - Brave - Vivaldi - Opera - Arc - Edge (and Dev Channel) - Safari - Palemoon - qutebrowser This can probably extract visits from other Firefox/Chromium-based browsers, but it doesn't know how to locate them to save them Install python3 -m pip install --user browserexport Requires python3.10+ Usage save Must specify one of --browser , or --path After your browser history reaches a certain size, browsers typically remove old history over time, so I'd recommend backing up your history periodically, like: That copies the sqlite databases which contains your history --to some backup directory. If a browser you want to backup is Firefox/Chrome-like (so this would be able to parse it), but this doesn't support locating it yet, you can directly back it up with the --path flag: The --patte","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/purarue","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/purarue/browserexport/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}