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Fish is the sassy & user-friendly command line shell you never knew you needed for Linux, macOS, and the whole gang. Out with the old-fashioned shells that skimp on features for the sake of every last byte of RAM—finally, a command line shell for the 90s!

Welcome to the ultimate treasure trove of handpicked plugins, prompts, and other Fish goodies. You see, this isn't just any collection—we curate only the best of the best Fish projects for your friendly interactive shell. Got a top-notch project you want featured here? Send us a pull request, join the crew!

Official Resources

GitHub Repository

Community Resources

The Reddit hangout

Come chat with us!

Stack Overflow `#fish`

Got questions? We've got answers!

The Fish Cookbook

From Shell to Plate: Savor the Zest of Fish 🦞

Prompts

A modern prompt manager for Fish

[_That_](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure) ZSH prompt, now in Fish flavor

Lag-free prompt with async Git status (ooh la la)

Plugins

Pure-Fish [`rupa/z`](https://github.com/rupa/z)-like directory jumping

Ef-🐟-ient key bindings for [`junegunn/fzf`](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf). ([Alternative](https://github.com/jethrokuan/fzf))

Node.js version manager lovingly made for Fish

Automatically receive notifications after a long process finishes

Run Bash commands replaying changes in Fish. ([Alternative](https://github.com/edc/bass))

Sparklines for Fish

Manage functions, completions, bindings, and snippets from the CLI

`config.fish`-based plugin manager

A collection of utility functions to speed up your git workflow

Clean command history from typos automatically

Auto-complete matching pairs in the Fish command-line. ([Alternative](https://github.com/laughedelic/pisces))

CLI options parser (alternative to the [`argparse`](https://fishshell.com/docs/current/cmds/argparse.html) builtin)

TAP-based test runner for Fish

Text Expansions for Fish

Context-aware single-letter abbreviations to build, run, and test any project

Run a default command when no command was given

Virtualenv wrapper

Make your prompt asynchronous

Customize your [Touch Bar](https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/macos/touch-bar/touch-bar-overview) in iTerm2

Abbreviation Tips

Remembering abbreviations by displaying tips when you can use them

A pure Fish solution to change your shell's default ANSI colors

Docker

Ubuntu LTS Image