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moonshot5 ◴[24 Jun 25 10:11 UTC] No.44364547[source]▶
For zsh users who like this idea and don't want to have to worry about anything leaving the device (not to insinuate that Atuin is doing anything below board, I don't think they are) I built my own version of this for myself called raven:

https://github.com/tylersaunders/raven

Raven has no sync component, stores your history in a sqlite, and never tries to move data off the device. It has a similar / large overlap in features with Atuin.

Sharing here in case anyone else could benefit from it, it only supports zsh for the moment since that's what I use.

Atuin is great though!

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1. ellieh ◴[24 Jun 25 10:17 UTC] No.44364574[source]▶
our sync is opt-in + optional, e2e encrypted, and self-hostable.

if that's not enough, you can disable all network features via a feature flag at compile time

if you don't care for sync, there are a bunch of other projects doing this (and supporting several shells), eg:

- mcfly: https://github.com/cantino/mcfly

- resh: https://github.com/curusarn/resh

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2. nidnogg ◴[24 Jun 25 11:08 UTC] No.44364848[source]▶
this is my only quip with atuin, despite my endorsement in a sibling comment. this should absolutely be opted-out BY DEFAULT. not defaulted to opt-in.

if you have someone outright cloning your entire project just to skip this opted-in privacy gap feature, it's a good indicator it's an issue to be mindful of!

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3. phaer ◴[24 Jun 25 11:11 UTC] No.44364869[source]▶
I think you might be mixing them up?

Opt-in means that the user needs to actively decide to use the feature, it's OFF by default. That's currently the case for atuin (happy user without sync here).

Opt-out would mean the feature would be ON by default and users would need to actively decide NOT to use it.

4. ellieh ◴[24 Jun 25 11:11 UTC] No.44364873[source]▶
You actually have to go and register an account or log in for sync to happen at all

Otherwise it’s offline, by default, right after install

5. fluidcruft ◴[24 Jun 25 11:12 UTC] No.44364879[source]▶
Isn't it off by default? That's what opt-in means as far as I know.
6. electromech ◴[24 Jun 25 11:55 UTC] No.44365180[source]▶
I am happy Atuin user now, but I was initially worried that it would sync my data unless I explicitly disabled that feature. The fact that it's opt-in becomes clear once you read the docs and understand how it works, but it might be worth emphasizing that on the landing page. Currently it says:

    Shell history sync
    Sync your shell history to all of your machines, wherever they are
In any case, thanks for building a great tool!
7. yjftsjthsd-h ◴[24 Jun 25 15:11 UTC] No.44367099[source]▶
> if that's not enough, you can disable all network features via a feature flag at compile time

Are there network features other than sync?