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- Issues
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- Fewer contributors than 91% of the projects we track
ChatVault is a focused Windows utility with active early development, but its newness and dependence on one contributor are important adoption considerations.
Good fit if
- You use multiple supported coding assistants on Windows and want to search their local conversation histories together.
- Keeping local backups or transferring chat context between tools is part of your workflow.
- You are comfortable trying a rapidly changing project: it has recent commits and releases, but all contributions so far come from one person.
Look elsewhere if
- You need macOS or Linux support, since the documented platform is Windows 10/11 64-bit.
- Your workflow depends on a team-maintained project or automated test coverage; the project currently has one contributor and the supplied project facts report no tests.
- You require signed Windows installers today; the README says installers are not yet code signed.
All health signals
| Last commit | 2026-10-20 (today) |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 90 days | 42 |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 (latest v0.5.0, 2026-10-20) |
| Contributors | 1 |
| Issues closed, last 90 days | 0 |
| Pull requests merged, last 90 days | 0 |
| Project age | 4 days |
Checked on 2026-10-20 with the GitHub API.
Overview
ChatVault is a Tauri 2 desktop app for Windows that gathers locally stored conversations from AI coding tools, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode and Cline. It addresses the problem of chat histories becoming hard to find after switching accounts or reinstalling a tool, even when the conversation files remain on disk.
The app lets you search and read chats across tools, make local backups, export conversations, and create handoff files to continue work in another tool. It is aimed at developers who use multiple AI coding assistants and want a single desktop view of their chat context.
Key Features
- Finds and displays conversations from supported AI coding tools and accounts.
- Searches chats across tools, with in-chat search for an open conversation.
- Backs up chat files locally and can restore missing chats from a backup.
- Exports conversations as Markdown, HTML, text or JSON.
- Creates handoff files for continuing a conversation in another tool.
- Reads chat files without uploading them or accessing sign-in files.
- Checks GitHub for updates and supports automatic updates.
Use Cases
- Developers switching between Claude Code, Codex or other supported assistants can search for prior decisions and solutions in one app.
- People who change accounts or reinstall a coding assistant can back up local chat files to preserve their history.
- A developer moving a task to another AI tool can use a handoff file to carry the conversation context along.
- Windows users who want to review or export coding-agent conversations without opening each source tool can use ChatVault as a shared reader.
What you need
Detected in the repository
- Node.js (from package.json)
- Automated checks on GitHub Actions
License in plain words
MITpermissive
- Commercial use: yes
- Modify and redistribute: yes
- You must keep: the copyright and license notice
- Share your changes: no
A summary, not legal advice: the LICENSE file is what applies.
Getting Started
Download an installer from the latest releases. To run from source, install Node.js 20 or newer and the listed Tauri prerequisites, then run:
git clone https://github.com/ssanaullahrais/Chat-Vault.git
cd Chat-Vault
npm install
npm run tauri dev
See the README for build and release instructions.
Considerations
ChatVault is marked as a new project and is changing quickly, with recent commits and releases; its contributor base is concentrated in one person. The supplied health data records no issue closures or merged pull requests in the measured period, so there is little evidence yet about how external reports or contributions are handled. Project facts also report no tests. The README describes a Windows-only application, and notes that installers are currently unsigned, which may trigger an unknown-publisher warning. Chat files stay local according to the project, but users should still consider their own backup and data-handling requirements before relying on the app as the sole copy of important history.
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