hstr Alternatives

hstr is described as '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?' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to hstr for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Vim and GNU Bourne Again SHell apps. The best hstr alternative is Atuin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like hstr are fzf, hiSHtory, McFly and fzy.

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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.

    3 Atuin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

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

    A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go.

    25 fzf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Vim
     
  3.  1 like

    hiSHtory is a better shell history. It stores your shell history in context (what directory you ran the command in, whether it succeeded or failed, how long it took, etc.). This is all stored locally and end-to-end encrypted for syncing to all your other computers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4.  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
     
  5. fzy icon
     4 likes

    fzy is a fast, simple fuzzy text selector for the terminal with an advanced scoring algorithm.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Vim
     
  6. A fuzzy search tool for the command-line.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. Blazing fast general purpose fuzzy finder TUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Rust
     
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