# Contextify

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Contextify and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Mac app that backs up and summarizes Claude Code and Codex conversations into a database your AI can read.

## Why people recommend it

- Restores context after compaction gaps (2 comments): "When context compaction introduces a gap, I use the /total-recall skill to pull prior turns back into context and off it goes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48970518)) "The skill for this (/total-recall) is the most important skill I have and I use it constantly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49599741))
- Lets agents use full conversation history (2 comments): "This lets you aim your agents at your real-time and complete historical AI-coding (or other project type) history." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49631980)) "It files your AI chats into a database your AI can read using a skill or MCP." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49706523))
- Monitors and normalizes Claude and Codex logs (3 comments): "I built a thing that normalizes your transcripts between Claude Code and Codex into a shared DB" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48828332)) "a macOS app that monitors Claude Code and Codex CLI transcripts in real-time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46546937)) "backs up your Claude Code and Codex conversational history" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236853))
- Switches between Claude Code and Codex (2 comments): "Makes it easy to use Claude Code or Codex interchangeably across multiple computers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48889087)) "Contextify has been helpful to switch between the two." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46209250))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Total Recall for Claude Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/total-recall.md): 12 recommend
- [OKF Agent Memory](https://hackerapproved.com/p/okf-agent-memory.md): 9 recommend
- [Claude Brain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-brain.md): 6 recommend
- [Jevmem](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jevmem.md): 6 recommend
- [Funes by Hugging Face](https://hackerapproved.com/p/funes.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://contextify.sh/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Contextify", https://hackerapproved.com/p/contextify/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).