browser-history-merger

Merge browser histories into a single database.

Usage

Initialization

For the first execution on each device and browser, do

browser-history-merger path/to/merged.db init browser-id /abs/path/to/browser/history/database

browser-id should be unique to identify browser and machine.

Add histories

Then add histories to the database by

browser-history-merger path/to/merged.db add browser-id

Supported environments

Python 3.12 (works with standard libraries only)

• Chromium
  • Tested:
    • chrome on windows, linux
    • brave on windows, linux
    • vivaldi on linux
• Firefox
  • Tested:
    • firefox on windows

Tips

The program is a single file ./src/browser_history_merger/__init__.py and can be used as a script.

Example SQL to see the history

SELECT
	browsers.name,
	visits.title,
	visits.url,
	datetime(visits.visit_time / 1000000 - 11644473600, 'unixepoch')
FROM
	visits,
	browsers
WHERE
	visits.browser = browsers.id
ORDER by
	visits.visit_time
	DESC LIMIT 0, 100

Todo

• exporting
  • JSON output
  • browser list
• multiple profiles?