Hister

Hister is a lightweight web application that records terminal sessions and lets you replay them in a browser. Think of it as a simple, self-hosted alternative to services like asciinema, but focused on storing and sharing command line history without video files. It captures stdin and stdout, then renders the session as an interactive player.

The tool runs as a single binary with a SQLite backend, making it trivial to deploy on any Linux server. You can record sessions from any terminal, then browse, search, and share recordings through the web interface. It supports session metadata tagging and offers a clean playback experience with adjustable speed. All data stays on your own infrastructure, since there is no external dependency.

Hister is built by the same developer behind the popular search engine Searx, so it carries a similar philosophy of minimalism and privacy. It is open source under the MIT license and ideal for sysadmins, trainers, or anyone who needs to document CLI workflows without complex video editing.