What is historai?
historai uses AI to instantly find commands in your shell history. No more tedious history | grep. Just describe the command you need, and historai suggests it. Boost your terminal productivity.
Problem
Users struggle to efficiently search and retrieve past shell commands using traditional methods like history | grep, leading to wasted time and reduced productivity.
Solution
A CLI tool that lets users use AI to instantly find commands in your shell history by describing their needs in natural language, e.g., typing "find Python files modified last week" returns relevant past commands.
Customers
Developers, DevOps engineers, and system administrators who frequently use terminal commands and need quick access to complex or forgotten CLI workflows.
Unique Features
AI-powered semantic search interprets natural language queries instead of requiring exact keyword matches, learning from user behavior to improve accuracy over time.
User Comments
Saves hours of digging through command history
Intuitive way to recover forgotten commands
Surprisingly accurate suggestions
Essential for complex DevOps workflows
Wish I had this earlier in my career
Traction
Launched in 2023 with 500+ ProductHunt upvotes, 10k+ GitHub stars, and integration requests from major CLI tools. Founder has 2.3k Twitter/X followers.
Market Size
The global developer population reached 28.7 million in 2023 (IDC), with terminal users spending 2.1 hours daily in CLI environments (2022 Stack Overflow survey).
