Hey DEV community!
How many times have you typed a brilliant, complex command into your terminal, only to forget it a week later?
Or you set up a new machine and realise your entire command‑line history is gone?
I’ve been there too many times. Your local .bash_history file is useful, but it's limited to one machine and can be difficult to search.
That’s why I built CommandChronicles: your personal, searchable, shareable command‑line history in the cloud.
How It Works
The idea is simple. You install a small CLI and pipe your existing history to the service with one command:
history | cc save
That’s it! Your commands are now securely saved in the cloud. You can log into the web app from any device and instantly search your full command history.
What You Can Do with It:
☁️ Cloud Sync: Access commands from your work laptop, personal computer, or any server you SSH into.
🔍 Powerful Search: No more endless groping through history files. Find the exact command you need in seconds.
🤝 Easy Sharing (Coming Soon): Send a link to share a command snippet with a teammate.
🔒 Privacy First: Your command history is your data—encrypted and private by default.
Tech Stack (Filled In):
Built the CLI with Go, and the web app with React on the frontend and Node.js on the backend, because I wanted a fast, portable, developer‑friendly CLI and a modern, responsive UI with real‑time search.
What I Learned / Why I Built It:
I was excited to build something that bridges developer workflows across machines and learn about end-to-end encryption, fuzzy search algorithms, and cross-device sync.
It was a fun challenge solving how to securely sync command history while preserving context like project and directory, and making it work with minimal startup time and no lag in the shell.
The tool is completely free to use, and I'd love your feedback. Let me know what you think in the comments!
Check it out here:
Website: https://commandchronicles.dev
Thanks for reading!
What are your biggest frustrations with command-line history? Let's talk about it in the comments!
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