Claude Code Chat Explorer

Claude Code Chat Explorer

Browse, search, and explore your Claude Code conversation history. A fast, self-hosted web interface powered by SQLite with full-text search.

Claude Code can be configured to clean up old transcripts via the cleanupPeriodDays setting. If you want this tool to browse your full history, confirm your retention setting first.

Why This Exists

Claude Code stores all your conversations locally in ~/.claude/projects/ as JSONL files, but there's no built-in way to browse or search them. This tool gives you:

- Full-text search across all your conversations
- Project organization - see conversations grouped by project
- Real-time updates - new messages appear instantly via WebSocket
- Token tracking - monitor your usage patterns
- Mobile-friendly - works on desktop and mobile browsers

Quick Start

Open http://localhost:9876 in your browser.

Features

Browse & Search
- Project view - Conversations organized by project directory
- Full-text search - FTS5-powered search with highlighted snippets, indexing message text, thinking blocks, tool inputs/results, and system content (matches what's on disk)
- Query operators - AND / OR / NOT, "exact phrase", and prefix*
- Filters - Narrow by project, model, date range, and subagents; facet values come from GET /api/facets
- Role/tool filtering - Restrict matches to a message role (user / assistant / system / tool) or a specific tool
- Session details - See token counts, models used, and activity timelines

Conversation Viewer
- Full message history - User and assistant messages with timestamps
- Tool calls - Expandable view of tool usage with parameters and results
- In-conversation search - Find specific content within long conversations
- Export - Download conversations as JSON

Real-time Monitoring
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