Fly through your shell history. Great Scott!
McFly replaces your default Ctrl-R shell history search with an intelligent search engine that takes into account your working directory and the context of recently executed commands. McFly's suggestions are prioritized in real time with a small neural network.
TL;DR: an upgraded Ctrl-R where history results make sense for what you're working on right now.
0.9.4 - Dec 24, 2025
| Publisher | Andrew Cantino |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.4 |
| Release date | 2025-12-24 |
| License | MIT |
| Installer type | zip |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Package ID | AndrewCantino.McFly |
| Dependencies | Microsoft.VCRedist.2015+.x64 |
winget install --id=AndrewCantino.McFly -ewinget upgrade --id=AndrewCantino.McFly -ewinget uninstall --id=AndrewCantino.McFly -e0.9.3 - Feb 11, 2025
Yes. McFly is free and open-source software released under the MIT license.
The latest version is 0.9.4, released on Dec 24, 2025.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with a390a094a8dfc324f4e474f8d8eb4eed956386170242adba3eadbe3a298f8193.
McFly runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find McFly and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=AndrewCantino.McFly -e.
Yes. McFly is available as a portable ZIP archive (mcfly-v0.9.4-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip, 64-bit (x64)) that runs without installation. Copy it to any folder or USB drive and run it from there.
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