shell for Linux, macOS, and the rest of the family.

Fish features includes

Autosuggestions

fish suggests commands as you type based on history and completions, just like a web browser. Watch out, Netscape Navigator 4.0!

Sane Scripting

fish is fully scriptable, and its syntax is simple, clean, and consistent. You'll never write esac again.

Man Page Completions

Other shells support programmable completions, but only fish generates them automatically by parsing your installed man pages.

Glorious VGA Color

fish supports 24 bit true color, the state of the art in terminal technology. Behold the monospaced rainbow.

Web Based Configuration

For those lucky few with a graphical computer, you can set your colors and view functions, variables, and history all from a web page.

Works Out of the Box

fish will delight you with features like tab completions and syntax highlighting that just work, with nothing new to learn or configure.

Debian Specific Information

fish package in debian

Upstream Specific Information

Upstream website for fish

Fish Tutorial


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