# 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 ```sh sudo av install brew:chrome-export ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install chrome-export ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#chrome-export ``` Evidence: 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 facts - **Package key:** brew:chrome-export - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.0.2 - **Source summary:** Convert Chrome's bookmarks and history to HTML bookmarks files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** ISC - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - export-chrome-bookmarks (cli) - export-chrome-history (cli) - export-chrome-bookmarks (alias) - export-chrome-history (alias) ## Uses from macOS - python ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.0.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/bdesham/chrome-export - Upstream latest detected: v2.0.2 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** chrome-export - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - chrome-export: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/chrome-export/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [atuin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/atuin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history. - [atuin-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/atuin-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history. - [chrome-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chrome-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: chrome, cli, developer-tools. - [mcfly](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcfly/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history. - [hishtory](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hishtory/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history. - [historian](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/historian/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history. - [chrome-devtools-mcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chrome-devtools-mcp/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: browser, chrome, cli, developer, developer-tools. - [csvprintf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/csvprintf/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, developer, developer-tools, files. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/chrome-export.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/chrome-export.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph