Atuin Has a Free Shell History Tool — Search Your Terminal History Across Machines

Atuin replaces your shell history with a SQLite database — sync across machines, search with fuzzy matching, and never lose a command.

What You Get for Free

• SQLite-backed — your history is a database, not a text file
• Full-text search — fuzzy search across all history
• Cross-machine sync — encrypted sync between devices
• Context — each command stores: directory, hostname, duration, exit code
• Statistics — most used commands, success rates, time analysis
• Import — import existing bash/zsh/fish history
• Encryption — end-to-end encrypted sync
• Filter — search by directory, host, session, exit code

Quick Start

bash <(curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://setup.atuin.sh)
atuin import auto  # import existing history
# Press Ctrl+R — interactive search with fuzzy matching

Why Developers Switch from Ctrl+R

Default shell history is a plain text file with 500-line limit:

• Never lose history — SQLite stores everything, forever
• Cross-machine — same history on laptop and server
• Smart search — filter by directory, exit code, duration
• Statistics — "what command do I run most in this repo?"

A developer SSH'd into 5 servers daily and couldn't find commands from last week. After Atuin: all history synced, search "docker" shows commands from all machines, sorted by recency.

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