v1.0.3

chatdump v1.0.3

Fixed

• CLI install location — chatdump now installs its chatdump command-line launcher only to /usr/local/bin, instead of borrowing Homebrew's /opt/homebrew/bin. That path was user-writable (a convenient way to dodge sudo), but dropping a non-Homebrew symlink there polluted Homebrew's own directory. The installer now targets /usr/local/bin directly and escalates with an admin prompt only when that path isn't user-writable.

No functional changes to capturing or exporting chats. Existing installs auto-update via the in-app updater.

v1.0.2

Full Changelog: v1.0.1...v1.0.2

v1.0.1

A reliability release: the command line tool and MCP server no longer start a second copy of the app.

Highlights

• One process owns your data. chatdump list / chatdump sync and the MCP server now run as thin clients that talk to the already-running menu-bar app over a local socket, instead of launching a second app instance against the same profile. This removes a class of profile-lock and data races and makes the CLI start faster. If the app isn't running, the CLI/MCP launches it automatically.
• Install the command line tool from the menu bar. A new "Install Command Line Tool…" menu item (and a first-launch prompt) symlinks chatdump into /usr/local/bin, so you can run chatdump … from anywhere.

Other

• README and landing-page polish (chatdump.combinatrix.ai).

Install

Download chatdump-1.0.1-universal.dmg below, open it, and drag chatdump to Applications. Signed & notarized universal binary (Apple Silicon + Intel). MIT licensed.

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.0.1

v1.0.0

chatdump archives your Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini conversations to plain Markdown files on your Mac — so your own thinking lives in your notes, not locked inside each provider's web app.

What it does

• Menu-bar only. No dock icon, no main window — it sits quietly in the menu bar.
• Sign in once per account in an embedded browser window. Session cookies stay on your Mac; there is no chatdump server and nothing is sent anywhere else.
• Automatic background sync on an interval you choose, plus manual Sync Now and a one-shot Full sync.
• Multiple accounts per provider, each with its own sync window and destination folder.
• Plain Markdown output with YAML frontmatter (title, timestamps, model, source, id), one file per conversation, organized by provider and account, with the raw provider JSON cached alongside.

For terminals and agents

• CLI: chatdump cli list / chatdump cli sync.
• MCP server (stdio): ask, conversation, accounts, and sync tools, reusing the app's logged-in sessions.

Install

Download chatdump-1.0.0-universal.dmg below, open it, and drag chatdump to Applications. Signed & notarized universal binary (Apple Silicon + Intel). MIT licensed.