Finally, a command line shell for the 90s

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fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell for Linux, macOS, and the rest of the family.

Teach me to fish

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Installer

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10.9+, Intel or Apple silicon
Installs to /usr/local/

App

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10.9+, Intel or Apple silicon
No installation required

fish.app bundles the fish shell with an AppleScript that launches it in Terminal.
Nothing is installed.

Cygwin

Cygwin

fish is available in setup,
in the Shells category.

fish-4.3.3.tar.xz

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cmake .; make; sudo make install

File size: 6.2 MB

SHA256: eba0e7d325c1d46046bb9d29434e7e0dabf7f584eb156845005d688e10b86e57

Git master

Git

git clone https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell.git
cd fish-shell; cmake .; make; sudo make install
(Installation from the bleeding edge, for developers and advanced users.)

Release History

Release Notes

  • 4.3.3, released January 7, 2026 (tarball)
  • 4.3.2, released December 30, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.3.1, released December 28, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.3.0, released December 28, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.2.1, released November 13, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.2.0, released November 10, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.1.2, released October 7, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.1.1, released September 30, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.1.0, released September 27, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.0.9, released September 27, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.0.8, released September 18, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.0.6, released September 12, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.0.2, released April 20, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.0.1, released March 13, 2025 (tarball)
  • 4.0.0, released February 27, 2025 (tarball)
  • 3.7.1, released March 19, 2024 (tarball)
  • 3.7.0, released January 1, 2024 (tarball)
  • 3.6.4, released December 5, 2023 (tarball)
  • 3.6.3, released December 4, 2023 (tarball)
  • 3.6.2, released December 4, 2023 (tarball)
  • 3.6.1, released March 25, 2023 (tarball)
  • 3.6.0, released January 7, 2023 (tarball)
  • 3.5.1, released July 20, 2022 (tarball)
  • 3.5.0, released June 16, 2022 (tarball)
  • 3.4.1, released March 25, 2022 (tarball)
  • 3.4.0, released March 12, 2022 (tarball)
  • 3.3.1, released July 6, 2021 (tarball)
  • 3.3.0, released June 28, 2021 (tarball)
  • 3.2.2, released April 7, 2021 (tarball)

Development

fish development is hosted on GitHub. To clone the git repository:

git clone https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell.git

Build instructions are provided at the bottom of the GitHub page.

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