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Install chrome-export with Homebrew, Nix

Convert Chrome's bookmarks and history to HTML bookmarks files. Version 2.0.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install chrome-export

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#chrome-export

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ch/chrome-export/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Convert Chrome's bookmarks and history to HTML bookmarks files

Commands and aliases

  • export-chrome-bookmarks
  • export-chrome-history

history

Project history and usage

chrome-export is a small Python command-line utility for exporting Google Chrome bookmarks and history to the browser bookmarks HTML format.

Project history

The project began in 2011 as py-chrome-bookmarks. Its README explains that Chrome already offered an interactive bookmark export, but the script existed to make bookmark and history export usable from cron or other automated workflows.

Version 2.0 in 2018 renamed the project to chrome-export and renamed the executables to export-chrome-bookmarks and export-chrome-history without changing functionality.

Adoption history

The official README documents Homebrew and Nix installation paths in addition to manual installation, while the supplied package facts confirm Homebrew and Nix package names.

How it is used

The package provides export-chrome-bookmarks and export-chrome-history. If an input file is omitted, the tools try to open Chrome's default bookmarks or history file and write an HTML bookmarks-format output file.

Why package nerds care

Its package-nerd value is modest but real: it turns browser profile files, including Chrome's SQLite history database, into scriptable exports without depending on browser UI automation.

Timeline

  • 2011: Initial release as py-chrome-bookmarks.
  • 2011: Version 1.1 started counted releases.
  • 2017: Version 1.2 added Python 3 support and optional default input-file discovery.
  • 2018: Version 2.0 renamed the project and executables to chrome-export.
  • 2019: Version 2.0.2 added man pages.

Related projects

  • Related surfaces include Google Chrome profile data, the browser bookmarks HTML export format, Homebrew, and Nix.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
export-chrome-bookmarkscliglobal executable
export-chrome-historycliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.0.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.0.2

https://github.com/bdesham/chrome-export

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:chrome-export
Version2.0.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/chrome-export
Homepagehttps://github.com/bdesham/chrome-export
Repositoryhttps://github.com/bdesham/chrome-export
Upstream docshttps://github.com/bdesham/chrome-export#readme
LicenseISC
Source archivehttps://github.com/bdesham/chrome-export/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.2.tar.gz
Uses from macOSpython
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namechrome-export
Version Scheme0
Revision1
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

chrome-export

nix profile install nixpkgs#chrome-export
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Chrome Export
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/chrome-export/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • chrome-devtools-mcpPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: browser, chrome, cli, developer, developer-tools.

Same workflow

  • atuinShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history.
  • atuin-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history.
  • chrome-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: chrome, cli, developer-tools.
  • mcflyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history.
  • hishtoryShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history.
  • historianShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment