Firefox based browsers history exporter

Risor script to export history from Firefox based browsers (Firefox, Waterfox, Pale Moon, etc.) to a CSV file.

Building

Pre-requirements

• Go needs to be installed in the system.
• Install RSX from https://github.com/rubiojr/rsx

Build

Run rsx build in the project directory

Usage

Usage: history-exporter <browser-data-dir>

Exporting Firefox Linux history:

history-exporter ~/.mozilla/firefox > history-firefox.json

Exporting LibreWolf flatpak history:

history-exporter ~/.var/app/io.gitlab.librewolf-community/.librewolf > history-librewolf.json

Sample output format:

❯ ./history-exporter $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/ | jq .[0]
{
  "description": "Guides, information, and news about the Fedora operating system for users, developers, system administrators, and community members.",
  "id": 6,
  "title": "Fedora Magazine - Guides, information, and news about the Fedora operating system for users, developers, system administrators, and community members.",
  "url": "https://fedoramagazine.org/",
  "visit_date": "2024-08-13T16:38:30+02:00",
  "visits": 1
}