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atuin kind of fixes this habit, when you click up you get a list of the latest commands, and you can just start typing to search. It's extremely natural.

by quirino 16d ago

ChickeNES 16d ago
I found atuin way too hard/slow to use, I think I went two days before I nuked it and went back to pure omzsh. Has it gotten any better in the past 2ish years?
- ellieh 16d ago
  (hi! I work on atuin!) yes, it's improved a lot in the last couple of years! what in particular bothered you?
  - saghm 16d ago
    Not the parent commenter, but I also tried it a year or two ago and my recollection is that I had a similar experience. I have a really long history file that dates back like a decade and if remembering correctly I tried to import it, and it made using my shell very laggy so I ended up removing it. I'm not 100% positive that I'm remembering the exact way that I started experiencing the lag though, so if I have time tomorrow I'll try it out again and see if it's still something I encounter.
    - ellieh 16d ago
      Ahh yes, we’ve done a lot of performance optimisation since then. We regularly test on >1m records and have no issues Make sure you’re using the daemon (the install script will handle this) and you should be good to go Very happy to help if you have any problems. Ellie at Atuin dot sh
      - saghm 16d ago
        Good to hear! Sounds like my history file might not even be that large compared to your tests now
      - ChickeNES 15d ago
        I'm curious, is using the daemon with my own frontend a supported use case? Because I had a thought...while as I mentioned above I don't use the CLI much anymore...my agents do, and having that history in a sql db would be mighty useful... Edit: Okay, y'all are literally working on exactly what I need to build off of, perfect lmao
        ellieh 14d ago
        we actually have an mcp built on top of this that you can use, no problem!
    - ChickeNES 15d ago
      I think it was a combo of this + completely screwing my muscle memory haha. I'd give it another shot...but tbh, these days claude/codex are more my command line than bash/zsh.
      - saghm 14d ago
        I'm running into this again now that I'm trying it. I also have the unfortunate habit of sometimes trying to do stuff in the terminal via remote connection over a streaming server from my SteamOS handheld, and in the desktop input layout I have defined, I can really easily hit the up arrow with my thumbstick, whereas any modifier shortcuts need to be defined manually. From glancing through the config file, there does seem to be a lot of customization though, so I think it might still be viable if I can find a sweet spot in how to define the settings.
- zem 16d ago
  I've been using it happily for longer than that! I do remember having to tweak the default search behaviours when I first installed it but it's been largely problem free ever since.
SAI_Peregrinus 16d ago
Or you can start typing and press up arrow to search with that. Atuin (or some Zsh extensions, etc.) fix the bad UI of having to remember a different key for "search history by order and text" and "search history by order".

atuin kind of fixes this habit, when you click up you get a list of the latest commands, and you can just start typing to search. It's extremely natural.

by quirino 16d ago

atuin kind of fixes this habit, when you click up you get a list of the latest commands, and you can just start typing to search. It's extremely natural.

ChickeNES 16d ago

I found atuin way too hard/slow to use, I think I went two days before I nuked it and went back to pure omzsh. Has it gotten any better in the past 2ish years?

ellieh 16d ago
(hi! I work on atuin!) yes, it's improved a lot in the last couple of years! what in particular bothered you?
- saghm 16d ago
  Not the parent commenter, but I also tried it a year or two ago and my recollection is that I had a similar experience. I have a really long history file that dates back like a decade and if remembering correctly I tried to import it, and it made using my shell very laggy so I ended up removing it. I'm not 100% positive that I'm remembering the exact way that I started experiencing the lag though, so if I have time tomorrow I'll try it out again and see if it's still something I encounter.
  - ellieh 16d ago
    Ahh yes, we’ve done a lot of performance optimisation since then. We regularly test on >1m records and have no issues Make sure you’re using the daemon (the install script will handle this) and you should be good to go Very happy to help if you have any problems. Ellie at Atuin dot sh
    - saghm 16d ago
      Good to hear! Sounds like my history file might not even be that large compared to your tests now
    - ChickeNES 15d ago
      I'm curious, is using the daemon with my own frontend a supported use case? Because I had a thought...while as I mentioned above I don't use the CLI much anymore...my agents do, and having that history in a sql db would be mighty useful... Edit: Okay, y'all are literally working on exactly what I need to build off of, perfect lmao
      - ellieh 14d ago
        we actually have an mcp built on top of this that you can use, no problem!
  - ChickeNES 15d ago
    I think it was a combo of this + completely screwing my muscle memory haha. I'd give it another shot...but tbh, these days claude/codex are more my command line than bash/zsh.
    - saghm 14d ago
      I'm running into this again now that I'm trying it. I also have the unfortunate habit of sometimes trying to do stuff in the terminal via remote connection over a streaming server from my SteamOS handheld, and in the desktop input layout I have defined, I can really easily hit the up arrow with my thumbstick, whereas any modifier shortcuts need to be defined manually. From glancing through the config file, there does seem to be a lot of customization though, so I think it might still be viable if I can find a sweet spot in how to define the settings.
zem 16d ago
I've been using it happily for longer than that! I do remember having to tweak the default search behaviours when I first installed it but it's been largely problem free ever since.

SAI_Peregrinus 16d ago

Or you can start typing and press up arrow to search with that. Atuin (or some Zsh extensions, etc.) fix the bad UI of having to remember a different key for "search history by order and text" and "search history by order".