atuin sync

Atuin can back up your history to a server, and use this to ensure multiple machines have the same shell history. This is all encrypted end-to-end, so the server operator can never see your data!

Anyone can host a server (try atuin server start, more docs to follow), but I host one at https://api.atuin.sh. This is the default server address, which can be changed in the config. Again, I cannot see your data, and do not want to.

Sync frequency

Syncing will happen automatically, unless configured otherwise. The sync frequency is configurable in config

Sync

You can manually trigger a sync with atuin sync

Register

Register for a sync account with

atuin register -u <USERNAME> -e <EMAIL> -p <PASSWORD>

If you don't want to have your password be included in shell history, you can omit the password flag and you will be prompted to provide it through stdin.

Usernames must be unique and only contain alphanumerics or hyphens, and emails shall only be used for important notifications (security breaches, changes to service, etc).

Upon success, you are also logged in :) Syncing should happen automatically from here!

Delete

You can delete your sync account with

atuin account delete

This will remove your account and all synchronized history from the server. Local data will not be touched!

Key

As all your data is encrypted, Atuin generates a key for you. It's stored in the Atuin data directory (~/.local/share/atuin on Linux).

You can also get this with

atuin key

Never share this with anyone!

Login

If you want to log in to a new machine, you will require your encryption key (atuin key).

atuin login -u <USERNAME> -p <PASSWORD> -k <KEY>

If you don't want to have your password be included in shell history, you can omit the password flag and you will be prompted to provide it through stdin.

Logout

atuin logout