macOS
brew install mcflylocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install mcflyMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/mcfly/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für mcfly in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install mcflylocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install mcflyMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/mcfly/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apk add mcflyAlpine Linux edge package indexes · mcfly · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#mcflynixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mc/mcfly/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S mcflyArch Linux sync databases · mcfly · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo zypper install mcflyopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · mcfly · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
scoop install main/mcflyScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/mcfly.json · Quelle: api.github.com
winget install --id AndrewCantino.McFly -eWindows Package Manager source index · AndrewCantino.McFly · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
Überblick
Fly through your shell history
Verlauf
McFly is a shell-history replacement for reverse search, designed to make Ctrl-R results context-aware instead of purely chronological. The project describes itself as an upgraded Ctrl-R that considers the current directory, command exit status, timestamps, and prior shell history.
The official GitHub repository was created in July 2018, and the first listed GitHub release, v0.1.0, was published on 2018-10-12. It is written in Rust and integrates with Bash, Zsh, Fish, and PowerShell rather than replacing the shell itself.
McFly's README emphasizes reversibility: it augments shell history in a SQLite database while maintaining the normal shell history file, so users can stop using McFly without losing the conventional history path. That design choice helped it fit into conservative shell setups.
The supplied package-manager facts list McFly across Homebrew, MacPorts, Alpine, Arch, Nix, Scoop, WinGet, and openSUSE/Zypper, showing broad packaging across Unix-like and Windows-adjacent ecosystems.
The README documents Homebrew, MacPorts, WinGet, install-script, manual release, source, and Zinit installation paths. It also includes release-process notes for Homebrew, reflecting long-running package-manager maintenance rather than a one-off binary upload.
Typical use is rebinding Ctrl-R in a shell startup file so McFly opens a full-screen history search UI. The tool stores enhanced history metadata in an OS-specific SQLite database and can dump history to stdout for scripting or inspection.
McFly's settings are mostly environment-variable based, with color settings stored in a config.toml under the McFly data directory. The README documents the macOS application-support path, Linux XDG data path, and a legacy ~/.mcfly fallback.
McFly is package-nerd interesting because it modernized an old shell muscle-memory path without requiring a new shell or large framework. It is a Rust CLI with many package-manager entries, a small executable surface, and visible cross-shell integration details.
Its use of SQLite for enriched history also makes it part of the broader trend of CLIs turning plain-text shell workflows into indexed local databases while preserving escape hatches back to ordinary files.
Sicherheitslage
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
yellow Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · runtime
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
$XDG_DATA_DIR/mcfly/config.toml~/.local/share/mcfly/config.toml~/.mcfly/config.toml~/Library/Application Support/McFly/config.toml~/.mcfly/config.tomlExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
mcfly | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
https://github.com/cantino/mcfly
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:mcfly |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.4 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mcfly |
| Homepage | https://github.com/cantino/mcfly |
| Repository | https://github.com/cantino/mcfly |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/cantino/mcfly#readme |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/cantino/mcfly/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.4.tar.gz |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | rust |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | mcfly |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
mcfly
nix profile install nixpkgs#mcflymcfly 0.9.4-r0
Fly through your shell history
https://github.com/cantino/mcfly
sudo apk add mcflymcfly-bash-completion 0.9.4-r0
Bash completions for mcfly
https://github.com/cantino/mcfly
sudo apk add mcfly-bash-completionmcfly-fish-completion 0.9.4-r0
Fish completions for mcfly
https://github.com/cantino/mcfly
sudo apk add mcfly-fish-completionmcfly-zsh-completion 0.9.4-r0
Zsh completions for mcfly
https://github.com/cantino/mcfly
sudo apk add mcfly-zsh-completionmcfly 0.9.4-2
Fly through your shell history
https://github.com/cantino/mcfly
sudo pacman -S mcflymcfly 0.9.4-1.3
Shell history helper
https://github.com/cantino/mcfly
sudo zypper install mcflymcfly
sudo port install mcflymain/mcfly
scoop install main/mcflyAndrewCantino.McFly
winget install --id AndrewCantino.McFly -eQuellspur
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