Otso

What's Working Now

Otso can index 23+ data sources and search them locally via a web UI. Clone the repo, build the indexer, and start searching in minutes.

Available Now

Run Local Search

Index your data and search it locally.

• Set up the indexer and search UI
• Configure data sources
• Browse Twitter archives, bookmarks, notes, and more

23+ Data Sources

Pre-configured extractors for common platforms.

• Reading: Pinboard, Readwise
• Music: Spotify, Last.fm, Apple Podcasts
• Social: Twitter/X archives, LinkedIn
• Notes: Apple Notes, Notion
• Code: GitHub activity
• Full source list

Learn More

Overview

What Otso is and why it matters.

– What is Otso?

– Key capabilities

– Architecture

Reference

Configuration and internals.

– sources.toml format

– Event model

– Schema mappings

Explanations

Concepts and trade‑offs.

– POSSE vs PESOS

– Local‑first choices

– Event‑driven design

Ecosystem

Alternatives and inspirations.

– Related projects

Roadmap

These features are planned but not yet implemented:

Publishing

Planned: CLI and web UI for publishing.

• otso publish command
• Micropub support
• POSSE to Mastodon/Bluesky

Live Import

Planned: Pull from live APIs.

• PESOS from Mastodon
• Automatic sync jobs
• Webmention backfeed