Key Capabilities

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Full-text search across sources

Search your entire digital history from one place. The FTS5-powered search index handles:

Instant results — Type and see matches immediately
Snippet highlighting — See where your query matched
Ranked results — Most relevant items first
Empty query browsing — See recent items when no search term

Timeline visualization

See your activity over time with an interactive histogram:

Monthly buckets — Aggregated view of when things happened
Source breakdown — Color-coded by data source
Date range selection — Click to filter by time period
Category stacking — See which sources dominated each period

Multi-source indexing

Index data from 23+ configured sources:

Category	Sources
Reading	Pinboard, Readwise
Music	Spotify, Last.fm, Apple Podcasts
Social	Twitter/X archives, LinkedIn messages
Productivity	Things tasks, Timing app usage
Browse	Safari, Chrome, Google Search
Notes	Apple Notes, Notion
Photos	Apple Photos
Location	Foursquare check-ins
Code	GitHub activity
AI	Claude conversations
Curation	Are.na blocks and channels
Video	YouTube watch history
Calendar	Google Calendar events

Category and source filtering

Filter search results by:

Categories — Click to show only music, or only notes
Individual sources — Drill down to just Pinboard or just Spotify
Exclusion mode — Hide specific sources from results

Configuration-driven extraction

Add new sources without code changes:

[[sources]]
name = "my-source"
enabled = true
db_path = "my-source/chronicle/chronicle.db"

[[sources.queries]]
sql = "SELECT id, title, content, created_at FROM items"

On the Roadmap

Compose & publish

Create notes, articles, photos, replies, and more. Publish to your site via Micropub. Cross‑post (POSSE) to networks like Mastodon or Bluesky.

Live API import (PESOS)

Import your existing history from live APIs (Mastodon, Bluesky, GitHub). Run on a schedule to keep your archive current.

Enrich & organize

Run enrichment pipelines to clean web pages (Defuddle‑style readability), generate alt‑text, extract tags, and create summaries.

Webmention & backfeed

Send and receive webmentions for replies, likes, and reposts. Show conversations on your own site.

CLI commands

Full command-line interface for:

otso import <source> — Pull from APIs and archives
otso publish <file> — Send to your site and syndicate
otso search <query> — Search from the terminal
otso snapshot — Backup before risky operations