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Fish (Unix shell)

fish (friendly interactive shell; stylized in lowercase) is a Unix-like shell with a focus on interactivity and usability. fish is designed to be feature-rich by default, rather than highly configurable, and does not adhere to POSIX shell standards by design.

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Developer
Fish-shell developers
License
GPL-2.0-only
Operating system
Unix-like
Original author
Axel Liljencrantz
Release
13 February 2005; 21 years ago (2005-02-13)
Repository
github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell

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Fish (Unix shell)

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples10
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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Fish (Unix shell)

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Developer · 1
Fish (Unix shell) → Fish-shell developers
License · 1
Fish (Unix shell) → GPL-2.0-only
Operating system · 1
Fish (Unix shell) → Unix-like
Original author · 1
Fish (Unix shell) → Axel Liljencrantz
Release · 1
Fish (Unix shell) → 13 February 2005; 21 years ago (2005-02-13)
Repository · 1
Fish (Unix shell) → github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell
Stable release · 1
Fish (Unix shell) → 4.8.1 / 13 July 2026
Type · 1
Fish (Unix shell) → Unix shell
Website · 1
Fish (Unix shell) → fishshell.com
Written in · 1
Fish (Unix shell) → Rust since v4.0, C++ up to v3.7.1 C up to 1.8

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Important terminology

fish shell bash features syntax variable also command commands functions subshells unix-like subshell example variables posix user history support completions

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Fish (Unix shell)DeveloperFish-shell developers1.00infobox
Fish (Unix shell)LicenseGPL-2.0-only1.00infobox
Fish (Unix shell)Operating systemUnix-like1.00infobox
Fish (Unix shell)Original authorAxel Liljencrantz1.00infobox
Fish (Unix shell)Release13 February 2005; 21 years ago (2005-02-13)1.00infobox
Fish (Unix shell)Repositorygithub.com/fish-shell/fish-shell1.00infobox
Fish (Unix shell)Stable release4.8.1 / 13 July 20261.00infobox
Fish (Unix shell)TypeUnix shell1.00infobox
Fish (Unix shell)Websitefishshell.com1.00infobox
Fish (Unix shell)Written inRust since v4.0, C++ up to v3.7.1 C up to 1.81.00infobox

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