Pahest
A local backup of your Claude Code and Codex sessions on a Mac, with pages that you can read offline.
Pahest makes a local backup of your sessions with Claude Code and Codex on a Mac. A session is one conversation with the AI. Pahest also makes web pages from the backup, so you can read and search your sessions offline.
Pahest is the Armenian word պահեստ (say “pa-HEST”). It means “reserve”.
The apps
| App | What Pahest saves |
|---|---|
| Claude Code (terminal and desktop app) | The sessions, the pasted pictures and your settings. |
| Codex (terminal, code editor extension and ChatGPT desktop app) | The sessions, the pictures and your settings. |
| Claude desktop app | The Cowork files and the settings of the app. |
What a backup holds has the full list.
Before you start
- Pahest does not back up your projects. It saves the sessions, not the code and the documents in your project folders.
- Pahest only reads the files of the apps. It does not change them.
- Pahest does not connect to the internet.
- Pahest does not save your chats on claude.ai and chatgpt.com. They are not on your Mac.
- Pahest is free and open source (MIT license). It is not affiliated with Anthropic or OpenAI.
Start
1. Install
Install Pahest with Homebrew.
2. Make a backup
Run one command and answer one question.
3. Read it
Search and filter your sessions.