A private history for X that stays yours

X History is a local-first Chrome extension: posts you open, like, repost, reply to, or carefully read land in a sidebar History — on your device, searchable later. Nothing uploaded by default.

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Chrome & Edge · Free & open source · MIT · Local only

History

On this device
M
@maya

If it isn’t on my disk, it isn’t mine.

Opened
2h
K
@kenji

Shipping notes — cut three features, kept one sharp.

Reposted
Yesterday
L
@lin

Why “save for later” fails when later never comes.

Read
3d

What you’ll find in X History

Built for how people actually use X — mostly in the timeline, with a few posts that deserve a second look.

Your history, on your computer

Nothing is stored on our servers. Entries live in chrome.storage.local on your machine — yours to keep, search, or clear.

Local store Size
xHistory · status…~12 KB
liked · @mayasnippet
opened · threadsnippet
read · long postsnippet

More than “opened tabs”

Detail pages, likes, reposts, replies, bookmarks — and careful reads when you actually pause. Source badges keep the why visible.

How something got in

Strong signals first. Fast scrolling stays quiet.

Opened Liked Reposted Replied Read

A quiet place to look back

Search by author or text, filter by source, reopen in one click. No feed noise — just the posts that left a mark.

Feels at home on x.com

A History item that matches the native rail — including icon-only layouts — so it disappears into the site you already use.

History

Home layout · Chat icon rail · multi-language labels

Your timeline is public. Your history doesn’t have to leave the device.

Built because “save for later” and browser history aren’t the same as a calm list of posts you actually engaged with — kept private by default.

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Nothing synced to our servers

There’s no mystery cloud. History lives in your browser profile on this computer.

No analytics SDK

The extension doesn’t ship trackers or ad beacons. It only runs on x.com and twitter.com.

You’re in charge

Delete one item or clear everything anytime. Uninstall removes local data with the extension.

Get X History

Free forever for the core local history. Open source if you want to read every line.

Chrome extension

Free

MIT license · load from the store or the repo

Get X History View source

Prefer unpacked install? Clone the repo and load the folder in chrome://extensions.

Questions

Short answers. No subscription fine print.

What gets saved?

Posts you open, like, repost, reply to, or bookmark — plus careful timeline reads after stable focus (~3s). Not every post you scroll past.

Does it use the X API?

No. It works on the web UI only — injects History and reads on-page metadata for items you engage with.

Is there a mobile app?

Not yet. X History is for the desktop browser on x.com / twitter.com.

Will X layout changes break it?

Sometimes, temporarily. Fixes ship as extension updates — that’s the tradeoff of living inside someone else’s UI.

How many items are kept?

About 500 recent items. You can delete individuals or clear all from the History panel.