# Pahest

> Pahest makes a local backup of your Claude Code and Codex sessions on a Mac, with pages that you can read offline.

AI agents can read and search this site:

- [MCP server](/mcp): the tools search_docs, read_page and list_pages. Streamable HTTP, no sign-in.
- [Search](/_revdoku/search?q=example): JSON results with the page, the matching section and a snippet.
- [Every page in one file](/llms-full.txt)
- [Sitemap](/sitemap.xml)
- Each page is Markdown at its URL with `.md` in place of the last slash (`/guides/setup.md`), or send `Accept: text/markdown`.

## Get started

- [Pahest](/index.md): A local backup of your Claude Code and Codex sessions on a Mac, with pages that you can read offline.
- [Install](/install.md): Install Pahest on a Mac with Homebrew, and update it.
- [Make your first backup](/first-backup.md): Run Pahest, answer one question, and open your sessions in the browser.

## Read your backup

- [Find a session](/sessions.md): Search and filter the list of all sessions in a backup, and use the menus of the pages.
- [Read a session](/session-page.md): What a session page shows, and how to show less, print it or copy from it.
- [See all pictures](/pictures.md): One page with every picture from your sessions, with filters and a large view.

## Run it your way

- [Commands](/commands.md): The forms of the pahest command, the options at the question, profiles, rebuild and exit codes.
- [Use another folder or disk](/backups-folder.md): Put your backups in a folder of your choice, for example on an external disk.

## Help

- [What a backup holds](/backup-content.md): The files that Pahest saves from each app, and the main files of a backup.
- [Problems and limits](/problems.md): The messages that Pahest prints, what to do, and what Pahest does not do.