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Atuin is a shell history tool that replaces the default history file with a SQLite database, recording additional context like exit codes, duration, and working directory while offering encrypted cross-machine synchronization. It supports multiple shells including zsh, bash, fish, and nushell, and provides a full-screen search UI, statistics, and flexible filtering modes.
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Summary
Atuin is a shell history tool that replaces the default history file with a SQLite database, recording additional context like exit codes, duration, and working directory while offering encrypted cross-machine synchronization. It supports multiple shells including zsh, bash, fish, and nushell, and provides a full-screen search UI, statistics, and flexible filtering modes.
Tags
shell-history · atuin · sqlite · command-line · encrypted-sync · terminal · open-source
Key entities
Atuin (technology, 0.99) · SQLite (technology, 0.95) · bash (technology, 0.85) · zsh (technology, 0.85) · fish (technology, 0.8) · nushell (technology, 0.8) · encrypted synchronization (concept, 0.9) · Atuin Cloud (organization, 0.85) · bash-preexec (technology, 0.7)
Classification
reference · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 2 Jul 2026