IntelliShell acts like a bookmark store for commands, so you don’t have to keep your history clean in order to be able to find something useful with ctrl + R.
It currently works on Bash, Zsh, Fish and PowerShell
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Standalone binaries
- Autocomplete currently typed command
- Full Text Search in both command and description with hashtag support on descriptions
- Find & replace labels of currently typed command
- Edit bookmarked commands and provide aliases
- Non-intrusive (inline) and full-screen interfaces
- Fetch command to parse and store tldr pages.
- Portability. You can use bookmarked commands in any supported shell, as well as exporting and importing elsewhere.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/lasantosr/intelli-shell
Support:
Developer: Luis
License: Apache License 2.0

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