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by asciimoo 8d ago
We have a `yt-dlp` based extractor that can fetch the subtitles/transcripts from the sites `yt-dlp` supports: https://hister.org/docs/extractors#ytdlp
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by asciimoo 8d ago
I've never experienced/heard similar behavior. Could you open a GitHub issue or join our Discord/IRC to identify the root cause?
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by asciimoo 9d ago
Exactly, this is the biggest advantage of the extension. It is fully invisible for the websites, so no captcha, anti-bot protection, no authentication issues, every common bottleneck of a classic crawler is solved by the browser/user.
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by asciimoo 9d ago
Yes, that's something I'd like to support. The main missing piece for a user-friendly hosting option such as PikaPods is a configuration UI. At the moment, customizing Hister requires editing a configuration file, which isn't
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by asciimoo 9d ago
The extension captures the content of the opened tabs, it does not create new requests. If you open both, it captures both.
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by asciimoo 9d ago
This is a great suggestion, thanks! I'll definitely add it to the list of candidates. My plan is to do a vote on our social platforms if we have a few decent candidates.
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by asciimoo 9d ago
The default interface is web based: https://demo.hister.org/ Notes are not supported yet, only labels. But it is a useful addition, added to my TODO.
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by asciimoo 9d ago
Yes: https://hister.org/posts/how-hister-makes-the-social-web-sea...
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by asciimoo 9d ago
The main difference I see is Hister focuses on creating an active knowledge base and finding information quickly, while ArchiveBox focuses on preserving web content for the long term.
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by asciimoo 9d ago
Sure, as long as you (and the browser extension) can reach the server, it can be used from as many machines as you want even in a multi-user setup.
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by asciimoo 9d ago
Unfortunately, it is still considered too similar from a legal standpoint.
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by asciimoo 9d ago
Ohi, author here! Thanks for posting Hister. Feel free to A.M.A. My first free software search project was Searx, a privacy respecting metasearch engine, but because of the limitations of the metasearch concept, I've decided to take a
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
The name is coming from "HISTory on STERoids". When I checked the name, I found only a beetle and part of the Danube called "Hister".
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
The extracted content is stored and displayed as HTML, so converting it to markdown doesn't guarantee lossless transformation. But, the other direction works well: Hister can live track and import markdown files providing full text sea
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
EDIT: I wanted to write "*not* sure" in the previous message.
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
You can create multiple users for different use-cases. Also, it is possible to automatically assign labels to documents coming from different sources and use these labels to filter results. E.g. using multiple browser profiles where differe
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
> Would Hister be suitable for this? The indexer it uses (Bleve) can handle millions of records according to their docs, but sure that Hister would be the best choice for this task. I'd probably use Meilisearch ( https://w
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
The whole design is created by a main contributor and IIRC the style is called neobrutalism.
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
It depends on what you consider intense browsing. An indexed document uses about 100KB on average because Hister stores the full original HTML for offline previews. If storage is a concern, you can disable offline previews, reducing the ave
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
The name coming from HISTory on STERoids. When I checked the name I found only a beetle and part of the Danube called "Hister".
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
Doh, sorry, the answer was coming from me who did not read the question properly. It currently cannot import browser bookmarks, but it is a good idea. Added to my TODO.
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
> I assume it content-extracts that on upload? Hister always stores the original material. > That way you could also switch from an extracted view to a "full" view in the UI. It isn't even needed, we just need a SingleF
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
Yes, it can import data from various sources, including browser history, and popular self-hosted bookmarking apps: https://hister.org/docs/import
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
You can host Hister on a home server and access it from multiple devices. Automatic page capture on mobile currently requires Firefox, since mobile Chrome does not support browser extensions.
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
Wow, this is a really inspiring use case and blog post. Thanks for sharing it. What tools or features would Hister need to support your complete search workflow?
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
That is a great combo. My main friction with it is having to manually capture pages I want to keep.
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
The default configuration binds only to localhost, and a fresh installation starts with an empty database/index. Could you clarify which specific attack surface you are concerned about in that scenario?
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
Safari support is currently stalled in this PR: https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/pull/46 . I do not have access to macOS, so help with development and testing would be very welcome.
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
What do you mean by integration? Hister already supports importing data from Karakeep, Linkding, Linkwarden, Readeck, Shaarli, and wallabag: https://hister.org/docs/import
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by asciimoo 1mo ago
Exactly! I had the very same issues before Hister. > One question if ya don't mind, while I explore: any chance of singlefile support? Yes, partially. Hister can already import HTML files created by SingleFile, but there is no direc

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