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ThreadShelf
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ThreadShelf
Local-first archive, semantic search, and continuation for AI conversations across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, OpenRouter, LM Studio and Google/Gemini Ai Studio
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Local-first archive, semantic search, and continuation for AI conversations across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, OpenRouter, LM Studio and Google/Gemini Ai Studio
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| Aug 3 | 2026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 10 | 2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-08-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17 | 2026-08-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24 | 2026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 31 | 2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | 2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | 2026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | 2026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | 2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | 2026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | 2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | 2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-10-26 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | 2026-10-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-11-02 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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5 sourcesCHchrystianpl·Oct 28, 2026Submission
Show HN: ThreadShelf – Obsidian and AI chats: vector search, MCP, llama.cpp
1 points · Open discussionShow HN: I build a local archive for AI chats that are hard to export openrouter
2 points · Open discussionhttps://github.com/ChrystianSchutz/ThreadShelf
I had a lot of chats in OpenRouter, google AI Studio and lm studio and no good way to view/search/combine them together. ThreadShelf started as a local archive with semantic search/MCP, and later grew support for continuing conversations through llama.cpp or OpenRouter. It is my first time creating oss so please be gentle.
In Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)Show HN: I built ThreadShelf to reuse hard-to-export AI chats like OpenRouter
My AI chats were split between OpenRouter, AI Studio and LM Studio. There was no good way to search or reuse them and OpenRouter had no proper bulk export, so I built one.
1 points · Open discussionI had a lot of chats in OpenRouter, google AI Studio and lm studio and no good way to view/search/combine them together. ThreadShelf started as a local archive with semantic search/MCP, and later grew support for continuing conversations through llama.cpp or OpenRouter.
https://github.com/ChrystianSchutz/ThreadShelf
It is my first time creating oss so please be gentle.
In Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)