browser-history is a simple, zero-dependencies, developer-friendly python
package to retrieve (almost) any browser's history on (almost) any platform.
- Supports most popular browsers. See this for a full list.
- Supports all major platforms - Windows, Mac and Linux.
- A command-line tool: simply run
browser-history --helpfrom your terminal. - History: browsing history with exact timestamp and URL.
- Bookmarks: browser bookmarks with timestamp, URL, title and folder.
- Lightweight: the entire package is less than 20kB in size and has no dependencies other than python 3.6+.
- Developer friendly: you can add support for new browsers or add a new feature very easily.
- Default browser: can automatically determine the default browser on Windows and Linux (
browser-history -b default). - Fully open source: this project is developed and maintained by PES Open Source and will always be open source (with the Apache 2.0 License).
To install the latest release:
pip install browser-history
To install from the master branch (warning: development version. Things could break)
pip install git+https://github.com/pesos/browser-history.git
To get history from all installed browsers:
from browser_history import get_history
outputs = get_history()
# his is a list of (datetime.datetime, url) tuples
his = outputs.historiesIf you want history from a specific browser:
from browser_history.browsers import Firefox
f = Firefox()
outputs = f.fetch_history()
# his is a list of (datetime.datetime, url) tuples
his = outputs.historiesFirefoxin the above snippet can be replaced with any of the supported browsers.
WARNING: Experimental feature. Although this has been confirmed to work on multiple (Firefox and Chromium based) browsers on all platforms, it is not covered by tests and has not been used as much as the history feature.
To get bookmarks from all installed browsers:
from browser_history import get_bookmarks
outputs = get_bookmarks()
# bms is a list of (datetime.datetime, url, title, folder) tuples
bms = outputs.bookmarksTo get bookmarks from a specific browser:
from browser_history.browsers import Firefox
f = Firefox()
outputs = f.fetch_bookmarks()
# bms is a list of (datetime.datetime, url, title, folder) tuples
bms = outputs.bookmarksCheck out the documentation for more details.
Read the documentation
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")