McFly AlternativesShells and other similar apps like McFly

McFly is described as 'Replaces your default ctrl-r shell history search with an intelligent search engine that takes into account your working directory and the context of recently executed commands. McFly's suggestions are prioritized in real time with a small neural network' and is a Shell. There are 2 alternatives to McFly for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and BSD apps. The best McFly alternative is Atuin, which is both free and Open Source.

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    Atuin

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    Sync, search, and backup shell history with Atuin. Now with additional support for storing and sharing shell aliases, and global env vars.

    2 Atuin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • fish
    • zsh
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
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    • Atuin is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to McFly.

    • Atuin is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to McFly.

    • Atuin is Free and Open SourceMcFly is also Free and Open Source
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    ShellHistory

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    With the ShellHistory, you can easily keep years of shell history, search history using Full-Text Search, back it up to your private iCloud, and create Notebooks.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • ShellHistory is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to McFly.

    • ShellHistory is the most popular commercial alternative to McFly.

    • ShellHistory is Paid and ProprietaryMcFly is Free and Open Source
    • ShellHistory is Privacy focused and LightweightMcFly is not according to our users
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