Histiq
Histiq is a browser extension that lets you search your browsing history and saved PDFs using natural language, powered by local AI embeddings that never leave your device.
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Description
Ever tried to find a page you visited last week but couldn't remember the exact words in the title or URL? Histiq lets you search your browser history the way you'd describe it to a friend — like searching for a fuzzy memory instead of typing exact keywords. Install it as a Chrome or Edge extension, and it quietly learns what your past browsing (and any PDFs you've opened) was actually about, so a search like "that article about remote work productivity" can surface the right page even if those exact words never appeared on it.
Under the hood, Histiq generates local AI embeddings — compact numerical representations of meaning — for every page and PDF you visit, storing them directly in your browser via IndexedDB instead of sending anything to a server. Because the entire indexing and search pipeline runs client-side, queries return in well under 50 milliseconds and no browsing data, PDF content, or search query ever touches a cloud service, which is the core architectural difference from most "AI search" tools that route your data through a remote API.
💬 Our review
The short version: Histiq does one thing well — it turns your messy browser history into something you can actually search by meaning, not just keywords, and it does it entirely on your machine.
Rewind.ai tackles a similar "I know I saw this somewhere" problem, but with a far more aggressive approach: it continuously records everything on your screen, not just your browsing, which makes it more powerful for total recall but also more intrusive, more resource-hungry, and considerably more expensive at $19/month with no lifetime option. Chrome's native history search, on the other hand, is free and already built into your browser — but it only matches exact keywords in titles and URLs, so if you can't remember the specific wording, you're out of luck. Histiq sits deliberately in between: narrower in scope than Rewind (browsing history and PDFs only, no screen capture), but far more affordable and privacy-respecting, while being meaningfully smarter than Chrome's built-in search. At $6.99/month, or $49.99/year (about $4.17/month), and especially at the $129 lifetime option, it's a reasonable bet for anyone who searches their own history often enough to feel the pain of Chrome's keyword-only matching — though casual browsers who rarely revisit old tabs won't get their money's worth.
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Essai gratuit 14 jours (sans inscription ni carte), puis 6,99 $/mois, 49,99 $/an (~4,17 $/mois) ou 129 $ à vie (paiement unique). Garantie remboursement 30 jours sur les plans payants.
Pros
Recherche sémantique par sens, pas seulement par mot-clé exact
100% local : indexation et recherche sans aucune dépendance cloud
Latence sous les 50ms grâce aux embeddings en navigateur
Option à vie (129 $) nettement moins chère qu'un abonnement concurrent sur la durée
Cons
Ne couvre que l'historique de navigation et les PDF, pas de capture d'écran complète comme Rewind.ai
Limité à Chrome et Edge (pas de Firefox ni Safari)
Sans abonnement actif après l'essai, pas d'accès aux nouvelles recherches