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Apr 1, 2026	79	—	—	1.2.2
Apr 17, 2026	81	—	—	1.2.2
Apr 22, 2026	74	—	—	1.2.3
Apr 27, 2026	71	—	—	1.2.3
May 7, 2026	78	—	—	1.2.3
May 11, 2026	88	—	—	1.2.3
May 14, 2026	91	—	—	1.2.3
May 19, 2026	94	—	—	1.2.3
May 23, 2026	90	—	—	1.2.3
May 28, 2026	87	—	—	1.2.3
Jun 2, 2026	92	—	—	1.2.3
Jun 6, 2026	88	—	—	1.2.3
Jun 10, 2026	95	—	—	1.2.3
Jun 22, 2026	95	—	—	1.3.1
Now	100	4.00	1	1.3.2

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Jun 22, 2026

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Recover Your Digital Footprint with Private, On-Device AI
TraceMind transforms your browser history from a chaotic list of links into a searchable, intelligent memory bank. Powered by advanced Local AI and Hybrid Search technology, TraceMind allows you to find web pages based on what you remember—concepts, ideas, and vague details—rather than forcing you to recall exact keywords or URLs.

Designed for developers, researchers, and knowledge workers who value Data Sovereignty, TraceMind runs entirely on your device. Zero data leaves your computer.

The Problem: "I know I read that..."
We've all been there: You read a brilliant article last week about "optimizing React performance" or "WASM memory management," but now you can't find it. You check your history, but the title was generic like "Chapter 4 v2.0." The link is lost in the noise.

Standard browser history is a graveyard of links. It relies on "exact string matching," meaning if you don't remember the exact word in the title, the page is gone forever.

The Solution: Semantic Memory
TraceMind solves this by indexing the actual content of every page you visit. It creates a semantic map of your browsing activity using a neural network running directly in your browser.

Search by Meaning: Type "tutorial on vector databases" and find pages that discuss embeddings, even if the word "database" never appears in the title.

Privacy by Design: Your browsing history is your personal intellectual property. TraceMind encrypts it locally and never uploads it to the cloud.

Offline Resilience: Save and view complete copies of web pages, even if the original site goes offline or changes (Pro).

Core Technical Features
TraceMind is built on a "Local First" architecture that prioritizes performance, privacy, and precision. We believe in transparency without compromise.

Hybrid Search Engine (RRF)
Most history tools use simple text matching. TraceMind combines two powerful search technologies using Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF) to deliver the most relevant results:

AI Semantic Search: Powered by the Xenova/all-MiniLM-L6-v2 model (384-dimensional embeddings), this engine understands the context and intent of your query. It runs on a dual pipeline: WebGPU (fp16) for lightning-fast searches and WASM (q8) for background indexing efficiency.

Full Text Search (FTS): A high-performance FlexSearch engine handles exact keyword matching, ensuring that specific error codes, technical terms, or unique identifiers are never missed.

Intelligent Intent Detection
The search engine automatically adapts to how you type:

Navigational Mode: Detects when you are looking for a specific domain or brand (e.g., "GitHub docs") and prioritizes navigational matches.

Exploratory Mode: Recognizes questions and conceptual queries (e.g., "how to fix CORS error") to prioritize semantic content matches.

Uncompromising Privacy & Security

Local Data Sovereignty: All data is stored in a high-performance IndexedDB within your browser. Verified by architecture: No browsing data is ever sent to external servers. The only external connection is a lightweight check for license validation.

Enterprise-Grade Encryption (Pro): Optional AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption protects your data at rest. Keys are derived using PBKDF2-SHA256 with 600,000 iterations (OWASP 2023 guidance), ensuring your history remains secure even if your device is compromised.

Bloom Filter Pre-check: A privacy-preserving Bloom filter (100k capacity) instantly checks if a search term exists in your index before launching a full query, saving battery and CPU cycles.

Smart Indexing & Extraction

3-Stage Page Readiness: To avoid indexing loading screens or empty states, TraceMind uses a sophisticated detection system that waits for the DOM to complete, mutation activity to settle, and network traffic to idle.

Noise Reduction: Utilizes the robust @mozilla/readability engine to strip ads, sidebars, and clutter, storing only the valuable content you actually read.

SPA Support: Native detection for Single Page Applications (SPAs) ensures that history is captured accurately even on dynamic sites like YouTube, GitHub, or Notion, where the URL changes without a page reload.

What's New
New in Version 1.3.1

Smarter Chrome History Import: Fixed a bug where imported history could merge into a single entry with inflated visit counts. TraceMind now accurately preserves distinct URLs. Note: If your database was affected by this, version 1.3.1 automatically detects and repairs your history upon update!

Smarter Retention: Improved background cleanup. Page retention is now governed strictly by your plan's history-retention window, preventing older, low-visit imported pages from vanishing.

New in Version 1.3.0

Upgraded Security: Pro user encryption has been upgraded to 600,000 PBKDF2 iterations, aligning with the latest OWASP 2023 security guidelines.

Major Performance Boost: The search engine internals have been completely overhauled, resulting in a 4x reduction in memory usage and faster results.

Smarter Background Processing: AI background indexing is now resumable across restarts and operates much more efficiently, applying real semantic embeddings to your imported browser history the moment the AI is ready.

New in Version 1.2.3

Search Quality Overhaul: Old results now surface properly.

Full History Search: Now scans your entire history, regardless of age, via a fast metadata search layer.

Recency Bias Removed: Relevance drives ranking, not visit date.

Better Semantic Precision: AI similarity threshold raised to eliminate false matches.

Sharper Ranking: RRF constants specifically tuned for browser-history-scale datasets.

New in Version 1.2.2

Free Plan Upgrade: Both Free and Pro plans now include unlimited page indexing and 365 days of history retention. TraceMind's core memory is no longer capped.

New in Version 1.2.0

Chrome History Import: Jumpstart your memory base. Import your past 30 days (Free) or 365 days (Pro) of browsing history directly from Chrome. Note: Imported entries support title/URL search immediately; semantic search activates when you revisit the page.

Offline Page Viewer (Pro): Save complete, sanitized HTML snapshots of pages. View them later in a secure sandboxed environment, completely offline.

Enhanced Export: Securely backup your indexed knowledge base with AES-256 encrypted JSON exports.

Select Your Tier
Free Plan (Forever Free)

AI Semantic Search: Full access to the hybrid search engine.

Capacity: Unlimited page indexing and 365 days of history retention.

Privacy: Full local storage and standard deduplication.

Visuals: Low-res visual previews of visited pages.

Excluded Domains: Exclude up to 10 domains (e.g., banking sites) from indexing.

Pro Plan (Power User)

Unlimited Memory: Unlimited page indexing and 365-day retention.

Deep Research Tools: Access to Offline Page Viewer, rich Notes, Tags (with AI suggestions), and Pinning.

Visual Fidelity: Store Ultra-HD (1080p) screenshots of your browsing history.

Maximum Security: Unlock custom AES-256-GCM encryption for your database and backups.

Analytics: Detailed charts and drill-down stats on your reading habits and domain usage.

FAQ
Q: Does this extension send my history to OpenAI or Google?
A: No. TraceMind runs a small, optimized AI model inside your browser using WebAssembly (WASM). Your data never leaves your machine.

Q: Will this slow down my browser?
A: No. Indexing happens only when your computer is idle or when a page is fully loaded. The extension uses an "Offscreen Document" to handle heavy processing on a separate thread, ensuring your browsing experience remains buttery smooth.

Q: How do I search?
A: Click the extension icon to open the search overlay. Type naturally like you're asking a friend.

Permissions Transparency:

history: Required to synchronize with your browser's navigation and import past data.

storage: Used to save your indexed content locally in IndexedDB.

tabs & scripting: Necessary to detect page readiness and extract content for indexing.

offscreen: Powers the local AI model without freezing your browser UI.

Reclaim your attention. Stop losing knowledge. Install TraceMind today.

# TraceMind — Chrome Web Store Listing

> Marketing copy for the Chrome Web Store listing. Technical claims here are
> cross-checked against `VERIFIED_FEATURES.md` (code-verified). Last reviewed: 2026-06-12.

## Recover Your Digital Footprint with Private, On-Device AI

TraceMind transforms your browser history from a chaotic list of links into a searchable, intelligent memory bank. Powered by advanced Local AI and Hybrid Search technology, TraceMind allows you to find web pages based on what you remember—concepts, ideas, and vague details—rather than forcing you to recall exact keywords or URLs.

Designed for developers, researchers, and knowledge workers who value Data Sovereignty, TraceMind runs entirely on your device. Zero data leaves your computer.

## The Problem: "I know I read that..."

We've all been there: You read a brilliant article last week about "optimizing React performance" or "WASM memory management," but now you can't find it. You check your history, but the title was generic like "Chapter 4 v2.0." The link is lost in the noise.

Standard browser history is a graveyard of links. It relies on "exact string matching," meaning if you don't remember the exact word in the title, the page is gone forever.

## The Solution: Semantic Memory

TraceMind solves this by indexing the actual content of every page you visit. It creates a semantic map of your browsing activity using a neural network running directly in your browser.

- **Search by Meaning:** Type "tutorial on vector databases" and find pages that discuss embeddings, even if the word "database" never appears in the title.
- **Privacy by Design:** Your browsing history is your personal intellectual property. TraceMind keeps it on-device—with optional AES-256 encryption—and never uploads it to the cloud.
- **Offline Resilience:** Save and view complete copies of web pages, even if the original site goes offline or changes (Pro).

## Core Technical Features

TraceMind is built on a "Local First" architecture that prioritizes performance, privacy, and precision. We believe in transparency without compromise.

### Hybrid Search Engine (RRF)

Most history tools use simple text matching. TraceMind combines two powerful search technologies using Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF) to deliver the most relevant results:

- **AI Semantic Search:** Powered by the Xenova/all-MiniLM-L6-v2 model (384-dimensional embeddings), this engine understands the context and intent of your query. It runs on a dual pipeline: WebGPU (fp16) for lightning-fast searches when your hardware supports it, with an automatic WASM fallback for background indexing efficiency.
- **Full Text Search (FTS):** A high-performance FlexSearch engine handles exact keyword matching, ensuring that specific error codes, technical terms, or unique identifiers are never missed.

### Intelligent Intent Detection

The search engine automatically adapts to how you type:

- **Navigational Mode:** Detects when you are looking for a specific domain or brand (e.g., "GitHub docs") and prioritizes navigational matches.
- **Exploratory Mode:** Recognizes questions and conceptual queries (e.g., "how to fix CORS error") to prioritize semantic content matches.

### Uncompromising Privacy & Security

- **Local Data Sovereignty:** All data is stored in a high-performance IndexedDB within your browser. Verified by architecture: No browsing data is ever sent to external servers. The only external connection is a lightweight check for license validation.
- **Enterprise-Grade Encryption (Pro):** Optional AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption protects your data at rest. Keys are derived using PBKDF2-SHA256 with 600,000 iterations (OWASP 2023 guidance), ensuring your history remains secure even if your device is compromised.
- **Bloom Filter Pre-check:** A privacy-preserving Bloom filter (100k capacity) instantly checks if a search term exists in your index before launching a full query, saving battery and CPU cycles.

### Smart Indexing & Extraction

- **3-Stage Page Readiness:** To avoid indexing loading screens or empty states, TraceMind uses a sophisticated detection system that waits for the DOM to complete, mutation activity to settle, and network traffic to idle.
- **Noise Reduction:** Utilizes the robust @mozilla/readability engine to strip ads, sidebars, and clutter, storing only the valuable content you actually read.
- **SPA Support:** Native detection for Single Page Applications (SPAs) ensures that history is captured accurately even on dynamic sites like YouTube, GitHub, or Notion, where the URL changes without a page reload.

## What's New

### New in Version 1.3.2

- **Security Hardening:** Tightened the extension's resource exposure (no website can embed TraceMind's own pages), hardened how saved screenshots are rendered, and enforced a minimum key-derivation strength when you set an encryption passphrase.
- **More Reliable Offline Search:** Fixed a cross-platform issue that could disable the on-device semantic fallback, and bundled the fallback model so search quality stays consistent.

### New in Version 1.3.1

- **Smarter Chrome History Import:** Fixed a bug where imported history could merge into a single entry with inflated visit counts. TraceMind now accurately preserves distinct URLs. Note: If your database was affected by this, version 1.3.1 automatically detects and repairs your history upon update!
- **Smarter Retention:** Improved background cleanup. Page retention is now governed strictly by your plan's history-retention window, preventing older, low-visit imported pages from vanishing.

### New in Version 1.3.0

- **Upgraded Security:** Pro user encryption has been upgraded to 600,000 PBKDF2 iterations, aligning with the latest OWASP 2023 security guidelines.
- **Major Performance Boost:** The search engine internals have been completely overhauled, resulting in a 4x reduction in memory usage and faster results.
- **Smarter Background Processing:** AI background indexing is now resumable across restarts and operates much more efficiently, applying real semantic embeddings to your imported browser history the moment the AI is ready.

### New in Version 1.2.3

- **Search Quality Overhaul:** Old results now surface properly.
- **Full History Search:** Now scans your entire history, regardless of age, via a fast metadata search layer.
- **Recency Bias Removed:** Relevance drives ranking, not visit date.
- **Better Semantic Precision:** AI similarity threshold raised to eliminate false matches.
- **Sharper Ranking:** RRF constants specifically tuned for browser-history-scale datasets.

### New in Version 1.2.2

- **Free Plan Upgrade:** Both Free and Pro plans now include unlimited page indexing and 365 days of history retention. TraceMind's core memory is no longer capped.

### New in Version 1.2.0

- **Chrome History Import:** Jumpstart your memory base. Import your past 30 days (Free) or 365 days (Pro) of browsing history directly from Chrome. Note: Imported entries support title/URL search immediately; semantic search activates when you revisit the page.
- **Offline Page Viewer (Pro):** Save complete, sanitized HTML snapshots of pages. View them later in a secure sandboxed environment, completely offline.
- **Enhanced Export:** Securely backup your indexed knowledge base with AES-256 encrypted JSON exports.

## Select Your Tier

### Free Plan (Forever Free)

- **AI Semantic Search:** Full access to the hybrid search engine.
- **Capacity:** Unlimited page indexing and 365 days of history retention.
- **Privacy:** Full local storage and standard deduplication.
- **Visuals:** Low-res visual previews of visited pages.
- **Excluded Domains:** Exclude up to 10 domains (e.g., banking sites) from indexing.

### Pro Plan (Power User)

- **Unlimited Memory:** Unlimited page indexing and 365-day retention.
- **Deep Research Tools:** Access to Offline Page Viewer, rich Notes, Tags (with AI suggestions), and Pinning.
- **Visual Fidelity:** Store Ultra-HD (1080p) screenshots of your browsing history.
- **Maximum Security:** Unlock custom AES-256-GCM encryption for your database and backups.
- **Analytics:** Detailed charts and drill-down stats on your reading habits and domain usage.

## FAQ

**Q: Does this extension send my history to OpenAI or Google?**
A: No. TraceMind runs a small, optimized AI model inside your browser using WebAssembly (WASM). Your data never leaves your machine.

**Q: Will this slow down my browser?**
A: No. Indexing happens only when your computer is idle or when a page is fully loaded. The extension uses an "Offscreen Document" to handle heavy processing on a separate thread, ensuring your browsing experience remains buttery smooth.

**Q: How do I search?**
A: Click the extension icon to open the search overlay. Type naturally like you're asking a friend.

### Permissions Transparency

- **history:** Synchronize with your browser's navigation and import past data.
- **storage / unlimitedStorage:** Save your indexed content locally in IndexedDB without hitting storage quotas.
- **tabs / activeTab:** Detect page readiness and capture the active page's content and screenshots for indexing.
- **alarms:** Schedule background maintenance and indexing while you're idle.
- **offscreen:** Power the local AI model without freezing your browser UI.

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Reclaim your attention. Stop losing knowledge. Install TraceMind today.

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## Store Submission Metadata

> Fields required by the Chrome Web Store submission form. Kept here so the
> listing copy and the submission fields live in one place.

### Extension Name
TraceMind: Local AI & Semantic History Search

### Short Description (132 chars max)
AI-powered browser history search. Find any page you visited using natural language. Smart, fast, and private history recall.

### Category
Productivity

### Language
English

### Tags/Keywords (for SEO)
- browser history search
- AI history search
- semantic search extension
- find browsing history
- search history by meaning
- local AI chrome extension
- private history search
- history manager
- page recall
- natural language search

Jun 10, 2026

description

Recover Your Digital Footprint with Private, On Device AI
TraceMind transforms your browser history from a chaotic list of links into a searchable, intelligent memory bank. Powered by advanced Local AI and Hybrid Search technology, TraceMind allows you to find web pages based on what you remember concepts, ideas, and vague details rather than forcing you to recall exact keywords or URLs.