Recensa is a self-hosted web viewer that indexes Claude Code session transcripts into a local SQLite database, enabling full-text search, replay, and audit of all past agent conversations without uploading data anywhere.

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2026-07-26

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Why it is worth attention

It solves the real pain of Claude Code's unreadable raw JSONL transcripts by providing a polished, privacy-first interface that includes advanced features like full-text search, compacted session reconstruction, multi-agent audit trails, and per-session cost breakdowns — all while keeping data strictly local.

Who it is for

  • Developers using Claude Code and wanting to review past sessions
  • AI agent builders who need to debug and audit tool-call behavior
  • Teams collaborating on projects involving multi-agent runs
  • Self-hosted and privacy-conscious users of AI coding assistants

Use cases

  • Searching across hundreds of transcripts to find how a specific bug was fixed
  • Auditing a long agent session to understand every tool call, file edit, and cost
  • Reviewing multi-agent or subagent interactions with deep-link navigation between transcripts
  • Inspecting compacted sessions and reconstructing the full pre-compaction conversation

Strengths

  • Full-text search (SQLite FTS5, CJK-aware) covers every session ever run
  • Rich visual rendering: per-file diffs, tool-call pairing with colored rails, session statistics
  • Strictly local: reads only, no external network calls, data stays on the machine
  • Open source under MIT, with a well-documented architecture and active CI

Considerations

  • Requires Docker and Node.js ≥22; the initial index can take minutes to tens of minutes for large transcript collections
  • Designed exclusively for Claude Code session JSONL — not a general log viewer
  • Single-machine, single-user focus; no built-in authentication or multi-user support

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Description

Self-hosted web viewer for Claude Code session transcripts — read, search, replay, and audit every session you have ever run

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