A privacy‑preserving extension for semantic browsing history
Users
6
+1 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#232K
#194K among extensions
Version
0.1.0
updated 23 Oct 2025
Users
monthly, 12 months
Latest, 17 Oct 2026:6 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 12 months
Latest, 17 Oct 2026:1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Web Recall
Web Recall keeps a private, searchable memory of the pages you read. It captures visible text, embeds it locally via your own Ollama instance, and lets you rediscover information from a side panel without sending data anywhere else.
Key features
• Local-first capture - visible page text is stored in your browser’s IndexedDB; nothing leaves your machine.
• Semantic search & Ask - find passages or ask questions with retrieval‑augmented answers that cite their sources.
• Daily highlights - get a quick summary of what you read each day, with links back to the original pages.
• Memory manager - browse, delete, backfill, or export/import your stored pages in bulk.
• On-demand tools - optional “fetch more”, “get page summary”, and “search memory” helpers for the Ask flow.
• Side-panel UX - keyboard shortcut (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Y) and context menu entries open the panel from any page.
How it works
1. Install Ollama locally and pull the embedding/chat models you prefer.
2. Browse normally - the extension captures visible text after a short idle period.
3. Open the side panel to search, ask questions, review highlights, or manage stored pages.
4. Everything runs locally; the only network calls are to your own Ollama server at 127.0.0.1.
Privacy & security
• No browsing data is uploaded to remote services.
• Embeddings and summaries are generated via your local Ollama instance.
• Tools operate on pages already captured; optional fetches for “fetch_more” obey your allow/deny list.
• Pause capture or whitelist/blacklist domains at any time.
• Source code available on GitHub for inspection.
If you're using OLLAMA and getting 403 because of CORS issue, you can follow this guide:
https://github.com/tauki/web-recall/blob/main/FIX_OLLAMA_ORIGINS.md