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

App

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10.12+, 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-4.7.1.tar.xz

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cmake .; make; sudo make install

File size: 6.2 MB

SHA256: 6f4d5b438a6338e3f5dcda19a28261e2ece7a9b7ff97686685e6abdc31dbb7df

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

  • 4.7.1, released May 7, 2026 (tarball)
  • 4.7.0, released May 6, 2026 (tarball)
  • 4.6.0, released March 28, 2026 (tarball)
  • 4.5.0, released February 17, 2026 (tarball)
  • 4.4.0, released February 3, 2026 (tarball)
  • 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)

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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