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Atuin Desktop looks like a doc, but runs like your terminal. Script blocks, embedded terminals, database clients and prometheus charts – all in one place.
Most infrastructure is held together by five commands someone remembers when shit breaks. Docs are out of date, if they exist. The real answers? Buried in Slack threads, rotting in Notion, or trapped in someone’s shell history.
Atuin CLI fixed part of this, with synced, searchable shell history. But teams need more than history. They need workflows that don’t live in someone’s head (or their shell).
Set up. SSH in. Export some variables. Run some commands. Hope nothing breaks. Stuff we do every day, but still have to piece together from fragments of the past, or copy paste from some document somewhere.
That’s why we built the next step.
A local-first, executable runbook editor for real terminal workflows
Built to make workflows repeatable, shareable, and reliable.
Runbooks should run. Workflows shouldn’t live in someone’s head. Docs shouldn’t rot the moment you write them.
Atuin Desktop looks like a doc, but runs like your terminal. Script blocks, embedded terminals, database clients and prometheus charts – all in one place.
- Kill context switching: chain shell commands, database queries and HTTP requests
- Docs that don’t rot: execute directly + stay relevant
- Reusable automation: dynamic runbooks with Jinja-style templating
- Instant recall: autocomplete from your real shell history
- Local-first, CRDT-powered: if it runs in your terminal, it runs in a runbook
- Sync and share with Atuin Hub: up to date, across devices and teams
How we use it today
We’re already running real-world workflows in Atuin Desktop:
- Releasing Atuin CLI (no more checklist hell)
- Migrating infra safely between environments
- Spinning up staging or prod with confidence
- Managing and collaborating on live database queries
This is how we ship, manage infra, and collaborate.
What’s next
- Team accounts: true collaborative ops
- Generate runbooks from your shell history. Workflows that write themselves
Get early access
We’re rolling out Atuin Desktop now. If you’re done copy-pasting from Notion and Slack, or spelunking through shell history, join the early access list!
