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HSTR vs hishtory: catalog facts
HSTR	hishtory
Best for: Bash and Zsh users who reuse long commands from history	Best for: Developers who want to search their command history across several machines
Free Free to use, with source published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source.
Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Interactive search through shell history Works with both Bash and Zsh All 3 strengths for HSTR Interactive search through shell history Works with both Bash and Zsh Documented configuration and man page	Records directory, exit status and duration for each command End-to-end encrypted sync across machines All 3 strengths for hishtory Records directory, exit status and duration for each command End-to-end encrypted sync across machines Queryable history instead of a flat text file
Only Bash and Zsh are supported Needs shell configuration to bind it to a key	Sync relies on a backend service unless you run your own Another hook in your shell startup to install and maintain
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for HSTR github.com/dvorka/hstr Catalog checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for hishtory github.com/ddworken/hishtory Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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