Local-first browsing memory

Your browser, finally remembers.

BrowseMemory quietly captures what you read, helps you find it again, and turns your browsing history into sourced answers and useful reports.

See it in action

Free and open source. Search and capture work without an AI key.

Quietly working as you browse

Your reading becomes useful memory.

No folders to maintain. No manual bookmarking habit to build. Open the side panel whenever you need to search, ask, or reflect.

Automatic capture Offline search Source citations
BrowseMemory side panel showing reading statistics, AI answers, and saved pages

The real product

One place to search, ask, and reflect.

Every image below is captured from the working BrowseMemory extension.

BrowseMemory conversation with detailed sourced answers
Follow-up conversations Ask across your history and keep the context.
BrowseMemory settings for languages and AI service
Bring your own AI service Choose the provider, model, and display language.
BrowseMemory semantic search and report settings
Fine-grained control Configure semantic search, reports, and capture rules.

Remember more. Search less.

Everything you read, ready when you need it.

01

Capture without the ceremony

Meaningful reading sessions are saved automatically with page content, duration, date, and domain. Incognito pages stay out by default.

BrowseMemory recent records grouped by domain
02

Find it offline

Built-in BM25 search stays fast and useful without a network connection. Optional semantic search adds meaning-aware retrieval.

BrowseMemory offline search results
03

Ask with evidence

Chat across your saved pages and follow citations back to the original sources. Multi-turn rewriting keeps follow-up questions grounded.

BrowseMemory AI chat answer with source citations
04

See the shape of your attention

Generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports with topic clusters, reading totals, and highlights from your own browsing.

BrowseMemory monthly report dashboard

Local by default

Your browsing memory belongs to you.

Pages, indexes, reports, and settings live in the extension's IndexedDB. BrowseMemory does not request access to browser history, cookies, or network traffic.

Read the privacy details
Local storage Your browsing records remain in the browser.
Encrypted keys API keys use a non-exportable AES-GCM key.
You stay in control Block domains, disable features, or clear all data.
Explicit AI setup AI and embedding providers are configured by you.

From browsing to insight

Three quiet steps. One useful memory.

  1. 1

    Browse normally

    Read the web as usual. Eligible pages are captured after a meaningful visit.

  2. 2

    Open the side panel

    Search by keyword, browse by domain, or ask a question in natural language.

  3. 3

    Return to the source

    Use citations and reports to recover context, revisit ideas, and spot patterns.

Give your browser a memory.

Install the open-source extension and start building a private, searchable record of what you read.

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Install BrowseMemory

BrowseMemory is currently installed as an unpacked Chrome extension.

  1. 1
    Download the latest release

    Get the ZIP file from the GitHub Releases page.

  2. 2
    Unzip it

    Keep the extracted folder somewhere permanent.

  3. 3
    Open Chrome extensions

    Visit chrome://extensions and enable Developer mode.

  4. 4
    Load the extension

    Choose “Load unpacked” and select the extracted folder.

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