Log Periodic – .bash_history, htop, and tail -f for the cloud
Log Periodic – .bash_history, htop, and tail -f for the cloud launched on May 17, 2017 with 9 votes, #1,004 of 3,229 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
What it does
Log Periodic is an independent research and development lab working on protocols to improve the internet's resilience andfrom logperiodic.com
Does a similar job
all alternatives →
HiSHtory: Your shell history in context, synced, and queryable2022 · github.com · ▲179hiSHtory 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.
Private cloud shell history. Open source server for bashhub2020 · github.com · ▲46Private cloud shell history. Open source server for bashhub https://github.com/rcaloras/bashhub-client - nicksherron/bashhub-server
Timep – A next-gen profiler and flamegraph-generator for bash code2025 · github.com · ▲53Note: this is an update to [this](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44568529) "Show HN" post. timep is a state-of-the-art [debug-]trap-based bash profiler that is efficient and extremely accurate. Unlike other profilers, timep records: 1. per-command wall-clock time 2. per-command CPU time, and 3. the hierarchy of parent function calls /subshells for each command the wall-clock + CPU time combination allows you to determine if a particular command is CPU-bound or IO-bound, and the hierarchical logging gives you a map of how the code actually executed. The standout…
Hc: an agentless, multi-tenant shell history sinkJan 2026 · github.com · ▲43This 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…
More life & fun this month
the category →
A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.
Life & fun · 4d ago · permit.petercai.com
- IV
Life & fun · 16d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org
Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.
Life & fun · 17d ago · bigwords.page
Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.
Life & fun · 11d ago · guitoro.com
Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.
Life & fun · 15d ago · carrierexplode.com
Life & fun · 25d ago · space.bl2.net
Source: Show HN post ↗
Launched alongside, May 2017
the whole month →
Things 3.0▲757Complete revamp of the original, award-winning task manager
Work · 2017 · culturedcode.com