MoveChat

Seamlessly Transfer, Export, and Resume AI Conversations Across Platforms

             

Ever got stuck in a long Claude thread and wished you could instantly jump to ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, or DeepSeek 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.

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✨ Why MoveChat?

Feature	Description
⚡ 1-Click Seamless Transfer	Capture chat threads on one AI platform and resume them instantly on another without losing context.
🔒 100% Local & Safe	All data stays strictly in your browser (chrome.storage.local). Zero tracking, zero telemetry, zero external servers.
🖼️ Full Media & File Support	Automatically extracts code blocks, inline images, generated artifacts, and attached documents during handoff.
📄 Multi-Format Export	Export any AI conversation to Markdown (.md), PDF, or raw JSON for offline notes & documentation.
🧠 Optional AI Compression	Summarize long, verbose chat histories using your own API key (OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini) before transferring.
🛡️ Manifest V3 Compliant	Built adhering strictly to Chrome Web Store MV3 security, privacy, and performance guidelines.

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🌐 Supported Platforms

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

Platform	Capture Session	Resume Chat	Images & Media	File Attachments
ChatGPT (chatgpt.com)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Claude (claude.ai)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Gemini (gemini.google.com)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Perplexity (perplexity.ai)	✅	✅	✅	✅
DeepSeek (chat.deepseek.com)	✅	✅	✅	✅

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🚀 How It Works

graph LR
    A[Active AI Chat<br/>Claude / ChatGPT / Gemini / Perplexity / DeepSeek] -->|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 / DeepSeek]
    C -->|Export| E[Markdown .md / PDF / JSON]

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1. 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.
2. Store: Conversations are saved locally on your device in structured JSON format. You can search, review, or organize your session library anytime.
3. 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.

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📦 Installation

Option 1: Chrome Web Store (Recommended)

Get MoveChat directly from the official Chrome Web Store:

👉 Install MoveChat from Chrome Web Store

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Option 2: Build & Load from Source (Developer Mode)

Prebuilt extension ZIPs are available on the GitHub Releases page. Extract the Chrome ZIP and load its folder using Developer mode. GitHub Firefox ZIPs are unsigned and intended for temporary testing; use Firefox Add-ons for permanent installation. Release download counts do not include browser-store installs.

1. Clone the repository:

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

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Build the production extension:

   npm run build

4. 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 generated dist/ directory.

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🛠️ Development & Scripts

# Start Vite development server
npm run dev

# Type-check and build production bundle (outputs to /dist)
npm run build

# Run capture, Markdown, PDF, and handoff regression tests
npm test

# Build versioned Chrome/Firefox ZIPs, checksums and reviewer sources
npm run build:release

# Lint source files
npm run lint

See RELEASING.md for reproducible packages and store-update instructions. Store versions are published separately from GitHub releases.

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🏗️ Project Architecture

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 & DeepSeek 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

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🛡️ Privacy, Safety & Permissions

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 inside chrome.storage.local.
• 🔐 Scoped Host Permissions: Host permissions are strictly restricted to supported AI web domains (chatgpt.com, claude.ai, gemini.google.com, perplexity.ai, chat.deepseek.com) and necessary image CDNs (*.googleusercontent.com, *.oaiusercontent.com).

Permission	Purpose
activeTab	Read conversation elements on the active tab when requested by the user
storage	Store chat sessions, settings, and exports locally on your machine
tabs	Open a new tab when resuming conversations on another platform
scripting	Inject content scripts for chat scraping and prompt injection

For complete details, view our Privacy Policy.

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📄 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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