hiSHtory Alternatives

Apps similar to hiSHtory include Atuin, which is free and open source. Other options are hstr, McFly, rsreadline and Suvadu. In total there are five Shells like hiSHtory for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Atuin icon
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    Sync, search, and backup shell history with Atuin. Now with additional support for storing and sharing shell aliases, and global env vars.

    5 Atuin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • fish
    • zsh
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
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  2.  2 likes

    Are you looking for a command that you used recently? Do you want to avoid the need to write long commands over and over again? Are you looking for a tool that is able to manage your favorite commands?

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  3.  1 like

    McFly replaces your default ctrl-r shell history search with an intelligent search engine that takes into account your working directory and the context of recently executed commands. McFly's suggestions are prioritized in real time with a small neural network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  4. rsreadline icon
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    Live, PSReadline-style command suggestions for bash, built against your .bash_history. Zero-dependency Rust binary, wired into bash via bind -x.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Suvadu icon
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    Suvadu (Tamil: "Trace") replaces your shell's built-in history with a SQLite-backed store, giving you structured storage, millisecond-precision timestamps, and a modern interactive search UI — across every terminal, IDE, and AI agent you use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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