March 2, 2026
Easing the ChatKeeper Installation Process
Adding signed and notarized installers to ChatKeeper for a smoother macOS and Windows installation experience. This page tracks progress and provides temporary installation steps.
ChatKeeper
A Permanent, Local Home for Your ChatGPT Knowledge
Desktop software that works from your official ChatGPT export file.
No browser extensions. For Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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January 30, 2026
Introducing ChatKeeper Adventure Builds!
Today I’m introducing ChatKeeper’s Adventure Builds, an early-access way for licensed users to try in-progress features, give feedback, and help shape where ChatKeeper goes next… starting with a first peek at the GUI edition.
October 10, 2025
New ChatKeeper Release Candidate: 1.3.0-rc.1
A new ChatKeeper release candidate is out with fixes for citation issues, encoding problems, overzealous filename scrubbing, and a few other gremlins discovered by users. Give it a try!
July 17, 2025
ChatKeeper GUI Progress
A progress update on the upcoming ChatKeeper GUI: the wizard-style design is taking shape, and it’s starting to feel smooth and intuitive. Screenshots included!
April 14, 2025
How I List and Link Each Day's ChatGPT Conversations In My Obsidian Daily Notes
I spend a lot of time in Obsidian’s daily notes and wanted a way to see which ChatGPT conversations I had each day. With a small Dataview script and ChatKeeper, now I can. Here’s how it works.
September 29, 2024
Introducing ChatKeeper
Frustrated with ChatGPT’s limitations in managing past conversations, I decided to create a solution. I’m proud to announce Martian Software’s first commercial product, ChatKeeper. Here’s a brief introduction and some of my motivation behind it.
July 12, 2003
Targetting Frames in XHTML
As I converted this site to XHTML 1.1, I learned that the target attribute has been removed from the anchor tag. Here’s my workaround
February 28, 2003
Using Statistics to Cause Spammers Pain
Many developers are working on tools that make our lives easier by automatically detecting and filtering spam. A simple extension to these tools can also make life harder for spammers. Here’s how.
