Export Claude Code chat history to markdown
Project description
ccexport
Export Claude Code (cc) chat history to markdown format. A minimal CLI tool that extracts conversation history from Claude Code's local storage.
Features
- Exports the most recent Claude Code session for any project
- Outputs clean markdown with only user/assistant messages
- Filters out tool calls, thinking blocks, and interrupted messages
- Handles special characters in directory names (underscores → dashes)
- No configuration needed - uses Claude's standard storage location (~/.claude)
Installation
Prerequisites
Make sure you have uv installed:
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
Global Installation
Clone and install globally:
git clone https://github.com/odysseus0/ccexport.git
cd ccexport
uv tool install .
Then use from anywhere:
ccexport
Development
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/odysseus0/ccexport.git
cd ccexport
Run directly without installing:
# Using uv run (recommended)
uv run ccexport
# Or with arguments
uv run ccexport ~/projects/myapp -o session.md
Format and lint:
uv run --with ruff ruff check .
uv run --with ruff ruff format .
Usage
Export Claude Code chat sessions:
# Export latest session from current directory
ccexport
# Export from a specific directory
ccexport /path/to/project
# Export to custom filename
ccexport -o my_session.md
# Export from specific directory to custom filename
ccexport /path/to/project -o my_session.md
The tool will:
- Find your Claude Code sessions for the specified directory
- Select the most recently modified session
- Extract user and assistant messages (text only, skipping interrupted messages)
- Export to a markdown file with timestamp-based filename
Output Format
Messages are exported as simple markdown:
## User
Your question here
## Assistant
Claude's response here
## User
Follow-up question
## Assistant
Follow-up response
Project details
Release history Release notifications | RSS feed
Download files
Download the file for your platform. If you're not sure which to choose, learn more about installing packages.
Source Distribution
Built Distribution
Filter files by name, interpreter, ABI, and platform.
If you're not sure about the file name format, learn more about wheel file names.
Copy a direct link to the current filters
File details
Details for the file ccexport-0.1.0.tar.gz.
File metadata
- Download URL: ccexport-0.1.0.tar.gz
- Upload date:
- Size: 9.8 kB
- Tags: Source
- Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? No
- Uploaded via: uv/0.7.19
File hashes
| Algorithm | Hash digest | |
|---|---|---|
| SHA256 |
1584b18c5662c50f363914da95f0ba1dc3ca19dd5d5b4e48e72feab84ea47ba1
|
|
| MD5 |
ea1f819d57ab4eedc70d5d09d16ca463
|
|
| BLAKE2b-256 |
bb3a495fa9cac0c8cd1d4ae848b4175e2b80f8512767db56c03a05e78bbdb0c3
|
File details
Details for the file ccexport-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl.
File metadata
- Download URL: ccexport-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
- Upload date:
- Size: 4.8 kB
- Tags: Python 3
- Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? No
- Uploaded via: uv/0.7.19
File hashes
| Algorithm | Hash digest | |
|---|---|---|
| SHA256 |
5789e352671f0e5e2c3b918eefe589f21233367835afeb13ca998235ff956a6e
|
|
| MD5 |
8dfbc7a363e42c920e52846eee10b37a
|
|
| BLAKE2b-256 |
2ee9da41e0ea9680d4d7eb8b8a21e702e56297ab3fec00d0a8fce3a4c1b111d2
|