Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Free lunch Bash script; command history manager to optimize it
Tidying up Bash command history by putting good control in erasing certain lines. - abdulbadii/history-tidying
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Free lunch Bash script; command history manager to optimize it launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A better history. Contribute to 9seconds/ah development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Tracking & Graphing Bash History Over Time. Contribute to karagenit/history development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Automatically create and manage scripts from history - asidiali/repro
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Always Googling those pesky Terminal commands? Use AI to find the commands for you from within the command line.
2022 · oh-heck.dev · its alternatives →
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An attempt at saner Bash defaults. Contribute to mrzool/bash-sensible development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Private cloud shell history. Open source server for bashhub https://github.com/rcaloras/bashhub-client - nicksherron/bashhub-server
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Better reverse-i-search: your terminal history in the cloud
2021 · savecmd.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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hiSHtory is a better shell history. It stores your shell history in context (what directory you ran the command it, whether it succeeded or failed, how long it took, etc). This is all stored locally and end-to-end encrypted for syncing to to all your other computers. All of this is easily queryable via Control-R and via the hishtory CLI. This means from your laptop, you can easily find that complex bash pipeline you wrote on your server, and see the context in which you ran it.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This project is a tool for engineers who live in the terminal and are tired of losing their command history to ephemeral servers or fragmented `.bash_history` files. If you’re jumping between dozens of boxes, many of which might be destroyed an hour later, your "local memory" (the history file) is essentially useless. This tool builds a centralized, permanent brain for your shell activity, ensuring that a complex one-liner you crafted months ago remains accessible even if the server it ran on is long gone. The core mechanism wants to be a "zero-touch" capture that happens at the connection…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Useful Bash shell function to manage commands history
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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CleanClip▲138The easiest way to use clipboard history like a pro
2024 · cleanclip.cc · its alternatives →
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Replace .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc. with something much more clean, consistent, and meaningful. Now a repo: https://github.com/josephwecker/bashrc_dispatch - new_bashrc.sh
2012 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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I wanted to clean old temporary files and caches from my macOS with a script instead of using a shady paid app, so I created a simple script for that. Pull requests are very welcome for other unused files to clean up storage space!
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ever solved a tricky problem at the command line, only to struggle documenting it later? I built Savvy so you can capture and share your CLI solutions in seconds. With a simple savvy record history command, you can: - Go back in time and cherry pick commands from your shell history - Automatically expand aliases - Redact sensitive information locally - Convert hard-coded values into runtime placeholders - Export locally to markdown files or create shareable team workflows using Savvy. Savvy never reads command outputs - you explicitly choose what to share. When running workflows, Savvy…
2024 · getsavvy.so · its alternatives →
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Eggshell▲90Simple BASH script manager for your Mac menubar
2018 · yoavanaki.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Bash and Zsh shell history TUI suggest box - easily view, navigate, search and manage your command history. - dvorka/hstr
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Gummybear▲10Shell history service to store, sync, and search commands
2024 · gummybear.r-kyve.com · its alternatives →
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Been exploring claude and spec-based coding, I think it turned out fairly successful. It's just a simple unix-style tool that gives you a single command to use in bash scripts to simplify mutex or semaphore locking of execution.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A short introduction to the Unix command line
2015 · learnenough.com · its alternatives →
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✨ Magical shell history. Contribute to ellie/atuin development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →