trace

your shell, archaeologized. a TUI that turns command history into something worth looking at.

npx trace-history

or, if you want it sticking around:

npm i -g trace-history
trace-history   # or just `trace`

dev

npm install
npm start

reads from ~/.bash_history, ~/.zsh_history, fish history, and PowerShell ConsoleHost_history.txt — whatever it finds.

keys

• 1–5 jump tabs
• ← → or h l cycle tabs
• / jump to search
• q quit

tabs

• overview — most-used commands, category breakdown, hour-of-day pulse
• combos — the second word: what you actually do with each tool (git X, npm X, …)
• browse — searchable, deduped history with counts
• hall of fame — longest command, most-repeated, sudo / rm -rf / force-push trophy case
• vibe — your shell in one paragraph

want timestamps?

bash: add export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%s " to ~/.bashrc. zsh and fish track them by default.