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Explore all projects →Unofficial distribution of OpenAI Codex CLI that adds /rewind and /redo — restores your files, not just the conversation. Git-free snapshots that never touch your git state. Tracks upstream releases; installs as `codexr` alongside the official build.
GitHub ↗DSH FilesnapDSH Rewind & Redo — by FileSnap. 把对话和它改过的文件一起恢复到某一轮之前（受claude code rewind启发并改进）,不需要 git 仓库,并且可以撤销恢复（redo受opencode启发并改进），由rust驱动是市面上最快最可靠的dsh rewind插件. A blazing-fast rewind and redo plugin for DeepSeek Harness, powered by a 🦀 Rust core, tracking the conversation and the files it changed, no git required, low disk consumption
GitHub ↗Open Deep ResearchAn open replication of OpenAI's Deep Research. Features parallel background tasks, real-time streaming UI with Preact, and a full multi-agent pipeline. Built fast, shipped open — because that's how we learn.
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Codex Rewind
● LiveUnofficial distribution of OpenAI Codex CLI that adds /rewind and /redo — restores your files, not just the conversation. Git-free snapshots that never touch your git state. Tracks upstream releases; installs as `codexr` alongside the official build.
DSH Filesnap
● LiveDSH Rewind & Redo — by FileSnap. 把对话和它改过的文件一起恢复到某一轮之前（受claude code rewind启发并改进）,不需要 git 仓库,并且可以撤销恢复（redo受opencode启发并改进），由rust驱动是市面上最快最可靠的dsh rewind插件. A blazing-fast rewind and redo plugin for DeepSeek Harness, powered by a 🦀 Rust core, tracking the conversation and the files it changed, no git required, low disk consumption
Open Deep Research
● LiveAn open replication of OpenAI's Deep Research. Features parallel background tasks, real-time streaming UI with Preact, and a full multi-agent pipeline. Built fast, shipped open — because that's how we learn.
pi-better-rewind-redo
● LiveRewind files and conversations in Pi, with multi-level redo and recoverable checkpoints. Powered by filesnap. No Git required.
FlowGround
● LiveLearn and debug logic visually — drag-and-drop flowcharts that run on a real graph-execution engine.
Filesnap
● LiveGit-free file snapshots and rewind — put a directory back the way it was, without a repository and without touching your version control.
DSH Rewind & Redo — by FileSnap
Learn to rewind a DeepSeek Harness conversation and its tracked files, then reverse the rewind with /redo.
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DSH rewind plugins: FileSnap vs dsh-rewind-plugin, deduplication and redo
Compare dsh-filesnap and dsh-rewind-plugin: seven storage cases show broader file-content reuse with FileSnap; examine redo, conversation behavior and file coverage.
How to rewind a DSH conversation and restore files with FileSnap
Install the dsh-filesnap plugin for DeepSeek Harness, restore a conversation and tracked files together, and reverse a rewind with /redo.
Moved or Renamed a Cursor Project? Your Old Chats May Still Be on Disk
Find surviving Cursor conversations after moving or renaming a project, then choose an export, eligible Composer copy, or backup restore.
How to Search Cursor Chat History Across Workspaces
Search existing Cursor conversations across workspaces, inspect results by session UUID, and export the history you need with a local CLI.
Let Your AI Search the Cursor History You Already Have
Connect cursor-history-mcp 0.3.1 so your assistant can search existing Cursor conversations and trace earlier decisions to their sources.
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About ExAI
Who we are
ExAI is an open software community. We build our own software and curate work by others. We want charming, easy-to-use software to reach more people, and everyone to have a chance to help it grow.
Discover together,
create together
We love software that solves a real problem and feels good to use. Clear interfaces, thoughtful interactions, and small moments of delight matter to us. These experiences guide what we build and what we curate.
Our community includes many open source projects, and welcomes software with different licenses and pricing models. Whatever its license or price, we care about quality and the experience of using it. Check each project for its terms and costs.
Anyone interested can take part. Recommend a tool, share your experience, improve documentation, or open a pull request. We listen to feedback, respond constructively, and keep the process light so suitable contributions can be merged sooner.
# What we do
Discover software worth sharing
Build with care and a little charm
Share recommendations and experiences
Listen to the community
Make things better together
Start with a recommendation, a suggestion, or a small change.
Our values
Discover good work, welcome small contributions, and improve through conversation.
Useful and delightful
We care about the problems software solves and how it feels to use. Thoughtful details can make everyday life easier and a little more joyful.
Discover and create
We build our own software and curate good work by others. Open source, free, or paid, a thoughtful experience deserves to be discovered.
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Recommend a tool, share feedback, improve the docs, or open a PR. We respond constructively and help suitable contributions find their way in.
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We take users and creators seriously. Community feedback helps shape our software and the collection we share.
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