# dvorka/hstr

Bash and Zsh shell history TUI suggest box - easily view, navigate, search and manage your command history.

Repository: https://github.com/dvorka/hstr
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hstr
Homepage: https://projects.mindforger.com/
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: history, command-history, bash, zsh, c, cli, linux, ubuntu
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:28:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 37, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4657, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 208, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4453, forks 238 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:50.517262+00:00)

## What it is
HSTR is a command line TUI utility that provides an interactive suggest box for viewing, navigating, searching, and managing bash and zsh command history. It improves on Ctrl-r history search with features like bookmarking favorite commands and deleting sensitive or obsolete history entries.

## Use cases
- search shell command history interactively
- find a command I used recently in bash
- avoid retyping long commands in the terminal
- bookmark favorite shell commands
- remove sensitive commands from bash history
- better alternative to Ctrl-r history search

## When to choose
- you use bash or zsh daily and want faster history recall
- you need to manage, clean, or bookmark command history
- you find Ctrl-r search insufficient for your workflow

## When to avoid
- you use shells other than bash or zsh
- you need a GUI or graphical history manager
- you want persistent cross-machine history sync

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, search-engine, developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform, bsd
- tags: shell-history, bash, zsh, tui, command-completion, c, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- dvorka/hstr (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.517262+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:20:45.633310+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dvorka/hstr (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.517262+00:00, sha ac62cdc737dd)
  - homepage: https://projects.mindforger.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:07:41.575360+00:00, sha 39033b71bc21)
  - site_page: https://mindforger.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:07:41.577851+00:00, sha 90f6354edc95)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.