What Atuin Shell History does
Atuin is a shell history tool for syncing, searching, and backing up command history. The page says history is encrypted client side, moves across machines with sync, and can be self-hosted through an open-source sync server. Search filters include text, directory, exit code, duration, and hostname, and Ctrl+R opens the synced command list. Atuin AI opens by typing a question mark on an empty prompt and can suggest and run commands based on shell history. The page lists macOS, Linux, and Windows, and bash, zsh, and fish shells. Setup uses a curl install script followed by atuin setup. Atuin is open source. The page gives no price for the hosted sync service and says Atuin AI is free during testing.
How Atuin Shell History compares with its closest alternatives
All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Atuin Shell History does. Among the 2 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Pieces OS at $18.99 a month and the median is $19.49. 4 of the 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Atuin Shell History. Atuin Shell History offers a command-line tool. Of the 4 alternatives with platforms on record, none offers a command-line tool. Atuin Shell History was founded in 2021; the alternatives were founded between 2012 and 2023, 2 of them earlier. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States and France.