fish (Unix shell)
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 Version 4.0.0 of fish | |
| Original author | Axel Liljencrantz |
| Developer | Fish-shell developers |
| Release | 13 February 2005 |
| Stable release | 4.9.3 
/ 8 September 2026 |
| Written in | Rust since v4.0, C++ up to v3.7.1 C up to 1.8 |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | Unix shell |
| License | GPL-2.0-only |
| Website | fishshell |
| Repository | |
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.