Make your shell magical with Atuin
Discovered Atuin. Feels like my shell just leveled up.
user@atuin:~$ echo "Making your shell"
Making your shell
magical█
Atuin replaces boring history with something smart:
- Full-screen fuzzy search (rebind
Ctrl-R, or arrow up). - All commands stored in SQLite, not a flat text file.
- Encrypted sync across machines.
- History per session, per directory, or global.
- Knows exit code, duration, cwd, hostname… even stats of “most used commands.”
Example:
# search through all your history
atuin search docker build
# fuzzy jump back to a command and run it
Ctrl-R → type "kubectl logs"
I open a new laptop → log into Atuin → my history is already there. Magic.
Bonus: it doesn’t delete your old history file, just makes it better. Supported shells: zsh, bash, fish, nushell, xonsh.