Thread Library
Cross-platform, data-sovereign storage and discovery for AI conversation threads.
The Thread Library is Orbital's local index of saved AI conversations across platforms.
It is built for cross-platform continuity: ChatGPT, Claude, OpenWebUI, Gemini, and future platform adapters can all feed the same library model.
What You Can Do
The Thread Library supports:
- Discovering available local threads.
- Filtering and sorting by platform, import status, pin status, and tags.
- Selecting one or more threads.
- Adding tags to selected threads.
- Opening selected threads in Turn View.
- Showing or hiding metadata and metrics on rows.
- Paginating through large local libraries.
Row Metadata
Thread rows can show:
- Thread title
- Platform
- Created, modified, and imported timestamps
- Tag state
- Turn or message count
- Thread identifier
- Analysis status
The library is designed to handle large numbers of threads. The current UI supports batch limits and pagination controls so discovery does not require loading everything into the visible page at once.
Branch Capture Limitation
Orbital currently captures the selected branch of a chat. If a chat platform creates alternate branches through a user prompt edit or assistant reply regeneration, the Thread Library and analytics reflect only the branch selected when Orbital captured or rebuilt the thread.
See Known Limitations for details on branch handling and when to rebuild a thread after switching branches.
Data Sovereignty
The Thread Library is local-first. Its core job is to preserve your interaction history on your machine and make it inspectable without requiring a remote account or vendor-side search.
Exports are created from local data when you choose to create them.