Show HN: Open-source extension to transfer AI chats without losing context

Ever got stuck in a long Claude thread and wished you could instantly jump to ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity without losing text, code blocks, images, or attached files?

MoveChat is a free, 100% open-source, privacy-first Chrome extension that lets you capture, transfer, and export your AI chats in 1-click.

If MoveChat helps you switch between AI platforms effortlessly, please consider giving this repository a ⭐ star! It helps other developers and AI users discover this open-source tool.

MoveChat offers full bidirectional capture and handoff across all major AI chat platforms:

graph LR
    A[Active AI Chat<br/>Claude / ChatGPT / Gemini / Perplexity] -->|1-Click Capture| B(MoveChat Extension)
    B -->|Stored Locally| C[Browser Local Storage<br/>chrome.storage.local]
    C -->|1-Click Resume| D[Target AI Platform<br/>ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / Perplexity]
    C -->|Export| E[Markdown .md / PDF / JSON]

Capture: Click**"Capture this session"** in the MoveChat popup while viewing an active conversation. MoveChat safely reads the thread, extracting text, code blocks, images, and attachments.Store: Conversations are saved locally on your device in structured JSON format. You can search, review, or organize your session library anytime.Resume: Select any target AI platform and click**"Resume in new chat"**. MoveChat automatically opens the target platform, populates the prompt, attaches your files/images, and lets you continue where you left off.

Get MoveChat directly from the official Chrome Web Store:

👉 Install MoveChat from Chrome Web Store

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/VC067/MoveChat.git
cd MoveChat

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build the production extension:

npm run build

Load into Google Chrome:- Open chrome://extensions

in your browser. - Enable Developer mode(toggle switch in top right corner). - Click Load unpacked and select the generateddist/

directory.

• Open

npm run dev

npm run build

npm run lint
MoveChat/
├── src/
│   ├── popup/                  # Extension Popup UI (React + Tailwind CSS)
│   │   ├── components/         # Header, LibraryView, SessionDetailView, SettingsView, etc.
│   │   └── hooks/              # Custom Chrome Storage Hooks
│   ├── content/                # Content Scripts (Runs on AI web apps)
│   │   ├── scrapers/           # ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Perplexity scrapers
│   │   ├── injectors/          # Prompt & file injectors for each target platform
│   │   ├── dom.ts              # DOM parsing & HTML-to-Markdown converter
│   │   ├── index.ts            # Content script entry point & message listener
│   │   └── storage.ts          # Content script storage helper
│   ├── background/             # Service Worker (Tab navigation & CORS image proxy)
│   │   └── index.ts
│   └── shared/                 # Core Utilities & Types
│       ├── types.ts            # Data interfaces (Session, Message, AttachedFile)
│       ├── storage.ts          # Chrome storage wrapper
│       ├── markdown.ts         # Markdown exporter
│       ├── pdf.ts              # PDF exporter (jsPDF)
│       └── compress.ts         # Optional AI summary/compression engine
└── public/
    └── manifest.json           # Chrome Manifest V3 configuration

MoveChat is engineered with a strict privacy-first principle:

• 🔒 Zero Remote Analytics or Tracking: We do not collect, track, or transmit any user data. - 💾 100% On-Device Storage: All captured sessions, images, settings, and optional API keys remain insidechrome.storage.local

. - 🔐 Scoped Host Permissions: Host permissions are strictly restricted to supported AI web domains (chatgpt.com

,claude.ai

,gemini.google.com

,perplexity.ai

) and necessary image CDNs (*.googleusercontent.com

,*.oaiusercontent.com

).

For complete details, view our Privacy Policy.

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.