McFly
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Mar 26, 2026first mention
Apr 13, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“fuzzy shell history (feels lighter than atuin to me, in rust)”
“My favourite QoL improvement to any shell I use is to improve the history function(Ctlr+R)I personally like https://github.com/cantino/mcfly”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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All comments 3
“while mcfly is lighter, it also has a narrower feature scope”
“fuzzy shell history (feels lighter than atuin to me, in rust)”
“My favourite QoL improvement to any shell I use is to improve the history function(Ctlr+R)I personally like https://github.com/cantino/mcfly”