# 11 — Open-Source Exporters and Viewers (https://jackin.tailrocks.com/reference/research/session-capture/11-open-source-exporters/) # 11 — Open-Source Exporters and Viewers [#11--open-source-exporters-and-viewers] **Research conducted:** 2026-07-03; stars and activity dates from the GitHub API on that date (tier B/C — repos and readmes; none source-audited except where noted). Record schema per the [brief](/reference/research/session-capture/prompt/). Baseline for comparison: SpecStory CLI, 1,268★, Apache-2.0. Pattern across the whole category: **every serious OSS tool reads the agents' native stores** (vector A in [Déjà Vu](/reference/research/agent-orchestration/conversation-capture/deja-vu/) terms). None wraps a PTY; one (claude-trace) patches fetch to see wire traffic. The market has independently converged on SpecStory's mechanism. ## Multi-agent tools (closest to SpecStory scope) [#multi-agent-tools-closest-to-specstory-scope] ### claude-replay — replay as a portable artifact [#claude-replay--replay-as-a-portable-artifact] * **What/maker**: session logs → self-contained interactive HTML replays; solo dev es617. MIT, free. * **Surfaces**: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode. * **Mechanism**: reads native local stores (JSONL incl. tool calls, thinking, timestamps); read-on-demand, no daemon. * **Output**: one static HTML file per session — step-through player, timeline, tool-call inspection; shareable by copying the file. * **Maintenance**: 743★, pushed 2026-06-02; Show HN 2026-03-06, 105 points ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47276604)). * **Differentiator**: replay-as-artifact vs SpecStory's continuous markdown pipeline. * **Sources**: [github.com/es617/claude-replay](https://github.com/es617/claude-replay). ### coding\_agent\_session\_search — the retrieval heavyweight [#coding_agent_session_search--the-retrieval-heavyweight] * **What/maker**: unified Rust TUI/CLI full-text search over local session history "across 11+ providers"; Jeffrey Emanuel (Dicklesworthstone). Free (non-standard license — GitHub reports NOASSERTION). * **Mechanism**: indexes each agent's native store read-only; no capture step at all. * **Maintenance**: 938★, pushed 2026-07-03 (same-day activity). * **Differentiator**: broadest provider coverage in this sweep; solves the retrieval half of SpecStory's proposition without owning capture. SpecStory only reached indexed search in v2.0.0 (2026-06-29). * **Sources**: [github.com/Dicklesworthstone/coding\_agent\_session\_search](https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone/coding_agent_session_search). ### claude-code-tools / `aichat search` [#claude-code-tools--aichat-search] * **What/maker**: agent-productivity toolkit whose `aichat search` builds a Rust/Tantivy full-text index over sessions of Claude Code, Codex, "and similar CLI agents"; Prasad Chalasani. MIT. * **Maintenance**: 1,885★, pushed 2026-06-30. * **Sources**: [github.com/pchalasani/claude-code-tools](https://github.com/pchalasani/claude-code-tools). ### agentlore — team aggregation (embryonic) [#agentlore--team-aggregation-embryonic] * **What/maker**: "team visibility layer" aggregating agent logs to a Go server with shareable permalinks; clkao. MIT. 11★, pushed 2026-03-19. * **Differentiator**: the only OSS attempt at SpecStory-Cloud-style team sharing found; too early to lean on. * **Sources**: [github.com/clkao/agentlore](https://github.com/clkao/agentlore). ### Long tail (all under 10★, verified alive 2026-07-03) [#long-tail-all-under-10-verified-alive-2026-07-03] [recall](https://github.com/akhshyganesh/recall) (Apache-2.0, desktop browser), [tessera](https://github.com/effective-momentum/tessera), [agents-session-viewer](https://github.com/catesandrew/agents-session-viewer), [chathistory](https://github.com/fathiyul/chathistory) (HTML/PDF export). ## Claude Code-specific [#claude-code-specific] | Tool | What | Mechanism | Output | Signals (2026-07-03) | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | [claude-code-log](https://github.com/daaain/claude-code-log) (daaain) | JSONL → HTML/Markdown, project browsing, TUI | reads `~/.claude/projects/**/*.jsonl` | HTML + MD, local | 1,126★, pushed 2026-07-02 — the de-facto standard converter | | [claude-code-transcripts](https://github.com/simonw/claude-code-transcripts) (simonw) | publish sessions as multi-page HTML | reads JSONL; `--gist` uploads for a shareable URL; orgs deploy SSO-gated transcript sites ([writeup](https://simonwillison.net/2025/dec/25/claude-code-transcripts/)) | HTML site / gist | 1,597★, pushed 2026-02-12 | | [claude-code-history-viewer](https://github.com/jhlee0409/claude-code-history-viewer) | desktop GUI browser + token/usage analysis | reads `~/.claude` | desktop app | 1,747★, pushed 2026-07-01 | | [claude-code-viewer](https://github.com/d-kimuson/claude-code-viewer) (d-kimuson) | web client: browse past + drive live sessions | reads JSONL, wraps live runs | local web app | 1,239★, pushed 2026-05-10 | | [claude-conversation-extractor](https://github.com/ZeroSumQuant/claude-conversation-extractor) | bulk extract + search UI | reads JSONL | MD/text/JSON | 628★, pushed 2026-01-02 | | [claude-history](https://github.com/raine/claude-history) | Rust fuzzy-search TUI over history | indexes JSONL incl. tool output | TUI | 364★, pushed 2026-06-29 | | [cctrace](https://github.com/jimmc414/cctrace) | export to Markdown + LLM-ingestible XML | reads JSONL | MD/XML | 199★, pushed 2026-01-06 | | [claude-trace](https://github.com/badlogic/lemmy/tree/main/apps/claude-trace) (Mario Zechner) | records **all API traffic** incl. system prompts | fetch-patch wrapper around `claude` (vector D — the only non-file-reader here) | JSONL traffic + HTML views | npm v1.0.9 2026-04-16; low activity | | [cclogviewer](https://github.com/Brads3290/cclogviewer) | JSONL → HTML review UI | file read | HTML | 84★, pushed 2025-08-08 — **dormant** | | claude-code-exporter (developerisnow) | MD export/aggregation + MCP | — | — | npm alive, **GitHub repo deleted** — abandoned | Smaller: [claude-notes](https://github.com/vtemian/claude-notes) (76★), [claude-insight](https://github.com/Feloguarin/claude-insight) (75★), [ccrecall](https://github.com/spences10/ccrecall) (transcripts → SQLite, 22★, pushed 2026-07-02), [claude-session-export](https://github.com/robzolkos/claude-session-export), [claude-code-log-analyzer](https://github.com/mrothroc/claude-code-log-analyzer) (21★). ## Cursor-specific [#cursor-specific] | Tool | What | Signals | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [cursor-chat-browser](https://github.com/thomas-pedersen/cursor-chat-browser) | web browser over all Cursor chat/composer history (reads workspace `state.vscdb`) | 515★, pushed 2026-03-16 — best-known | | [cursor-view](https://github.com/saharmor/cursor-view) | local web app: browse/search/export/share all projects (Apache-2.0) | 127★, pushed 2025-09-12 — slowing | | [cursor-chat-export](https://github.com/somogyijanos/cursor-chat-export) | Python CLI → Markdown | 248★, pushed **2024-08-30** — stale \~2 years, predates Composer storage changes; likely broken on modern Cursor `[UNVERIFIED]` | | [Cursor-Chat-Exporter](https://github.com/Cranberrycrisp/Cursor-Chat-Exporter) | — | 53★, 2024-12-30 — stale | The graveyard rate here is the Cursor-schema-churn story from [01](/reference/research/session-capture/01-specstory-product/) seen from the OSS side: unfunded maintainers stop chasing `state.vscdb` changes. ## Copilot- and Codex-specific [#copilot--and-codex-specific] * **Copilot cluster** (native export is JSON-only, so small tools fill the gap): [fengzehan's Copilot Chat Exporter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=fengzehan.vscode-copilot-exporter) and [Copilot Chat to Markdown](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=imperium-dev.copilot-chat-to-markdown) (VS Marketplace), [github-copilot-chat-exporter](https://github.com/ZacharyLuz/github-copilot-chat-exporter) (PowerShell, 5★, 2026-04-26), [copilot-chat-export-formatter](https://github.com/Marijn-Bergman/copilot-chat-export-formatter) (dead, 2023). All read `workspaceStorage/**/chatSessions/*.json` or drive the built-in export command. * **Codex cluster** (no dominant viewer exists): [@nogataka/codex-viewer](https://github.com/nogataka/codex-viewer) (npm v0.0.11, 2026-02-05, 35★), [codex-session-viewer](https://github.com/eric-gitta-moore/codex-session-viewer) (2★), [codex-history-list](https://github.com/shinshin86/codex-history-list) (10★), plus \~5 more ≤2★ repos. All parse `~/.codex/sessions/**/rollout-*.jsonl`. The niche is unconsolidated — nobody owns Codex history tooling. ## Category read-out [#category-read-out] 1. **Mechanism monoculture**: native-store reading won everywhere; wire interception (claude-trace) exists only for depth (system prompts/thinking), and PTY scraping appears nowhere. 2. **Claude Code has a rich, healthy tool belt; every other agent's ecosystem is thin or stale.** Cross-agent tools are new (2026) and retrieval-focused. 3. **Sharing is the unsolved half**: gist upload (simonw) and static HTML files (claude-replay) are the state of the OSS art; only embryonic agentlore attempts team-level aggregation. 4. **Maintenance risk correlates with store stability**: Cursor exporters die fastest; Claude Code JSONL readers live longest — matching Déjà Vu's "pair unstable formats with a vendor-blessed hedge" stance.