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Your AI browser.
Your memory.
Your Git repo.

AI research assistant for Chrome with persistent memory — stored in your own private Git repo, not on Google's servers. Works with GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, or a Raspberry Pi in your house.

🔍 Get SoulSearch soul.py →

SoulSearch

Memory active

Reading: The dog cancer vaccine pipeline is real…

Ask me anything. I remember everything from your previous sessions.

What was I researching last week about mRNA?

Last week you were looking at the Moderna/Merck KEYNOTE-942 trial for mRNA-4157. You noted the melanoma DMFS improvement data and flagged the FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation. This page seems related — want me to connect the dots?

💭 Memory: KEYNOTE-942 · mRNA-4157 · neoantigen vaccines · March 9

Ask about this page, or continue your research…

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🔐 Your memory belongs to you

Every other AI browser extension stores your data on the provider's servers, or syncs through Google Chrome Sync. SoulSearch doesn't. Everything that matters lives in a private Git repo you control — on hardware you choose.

✅ Your private Git repo


          SOUL.md          # who the AI is

          MEMORY.md         # long-term memory

          memory/2026-03-15.md

          soulsearch-settings.json

🔒 Your device only (never synced)


          LLM API keys     # Anthropic/OpenAI/Gemini

          Git access token  # never leaves device

          # chrome.storage.local

          # NOT chrome.storage.sync

Works with any Git

Your Git host. Your choice.

GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, or a Raspberry Pi in your house. If it has an HTTP API, SoulSearch works with it.

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GitHub

Private repo, fine-grained PAT

Free tier

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GitLab

gitlab.com or self-hosted CE

Free tier

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Gitea / Forgejo

Self-hosted, any machine

Self-hosted

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Raspberry Pi

Gitea on $35 hardware, fully offline

Air-gapped

Features

Smarter than a tab. Smarter every session.

SoulSearch reads the page, remembers your research, and knows who you are — because you told it.

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Persistent Memory

Remembers what you researched last week, last month. Every session builds on the last.

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Page Context AI

Automatically reads and understands any webpage. Ask questions about what you're reading.

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Agent Identity

Define who your AI is with SOUL.md. Set expertise, tone, focus areas — your AI, your way.

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Save to Memory

Right-click any text → Save to memory. Instantly committed to your private Git repo.

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Any LLM

Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4o, or Google Gemini. Your key, your model, your cost.

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Open Source

MIT license. Read the code. Audit it. Fork it. Self-host everything. No black boxes.

Comparison

How it stacks up

Feature	SoulSearch	Perplexity Comet	Other AI Extensions
Memory persists across sessions	✅	⚠️ cloud-only	❌
Your data in your own Git repo	✅	❌	❌
Works self-hosted (no cloud)	✅	❌	❌
API keys stored locally (not synced)	✅	❌	❌
Bring your own LLM	✅	❌	⚠️ some
Open source + auditable	✅	❌	⚠️ some
Configurable AI identity	✅	❌	❌
Free	✅	❌ $20+/mo	⚠️ freemium

Get started

Up in 5 minutes

Create your private memory repo

GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, or any Git host. Create a private repo and add a SOUL.md file describing who your AI should be.

Load the extension

Clone the repo, go to chrome://extensions/, enable Developer Mode, and load unpacked.

git clone https://github.com/menonpg/soulsearch

Connect your Git repo

Click ⚙ Settings. Enter your repo details and a fine-grained access token. Your token stays on your device — it's never stored anywhere else.

Add your LLM key

Choose Anthropic, OpenAI, or Gemini. Enter your API key — also device-only, never synced.

Start researching

Click the extension on any page. Ask questions. Right-click to save highlights. Memory automatically commits back to your repo.

Your AI browser.Your memory.Your Git repo.