Atuin

Magical shell history with sync, search, and statistics

Shell & Terminal Productivity linuxmacos Rust MIT

Description

Atuin replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite database, providing full-text search, sync across machines, and detailed statistics. It stores additional context like exit code, duration, and working directory.

Install

homebrewbrew install atuin

cargocargo install atuin

pacmansudo pacman -S atuin

AI Summary

A shell history replacement backed by SQLite. Provides full-text search, encrypted sync across machines, and rich context (exit code, duration, cwd) for every command.

Capabilities

+ Full-text search through shell history
+ Encrypted sync across multiple machines
+ Stores context: exit code, duration, working directory, hostname
+ Statistics and insights about command usage

Use When

→ Want to search shell history more effectively than ctrl+r
→ Need to sync shell history across multiple machines
→ Want analytics on your command-line habits

Avoid When

x Security-sensitive environments where history sync is a concern
x Prefer minimal shell configuration

Usage Patterns

Search history interactively

atuin search -i

Opens interactive full-text search through all history

View shell statistics

atuin stats

Shows statistics about your command usage

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