fish
brew install fishAlso known as: fishfish
User-friendly command-line shell for UNIX-like operating systems
License: GPL-2.0-only
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/fish.json
Formula code: fish.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 4.9.3 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| pcre2 | 10.49 | Perl compatible regular expressions library with a new API |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
| rust | 1.99.1 | Safe, concurrent, practical language |
| sphinx-doc | 9.2.0 | Tool to create intelligent and beautiful documentation |
Binaries:
fish,
fish_indent,
fish_key_reader
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 121,451 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 4,073,554 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 6,411 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 18.9× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-11T00:51:32Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-11. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 6,400 | 18,444 | 160,192 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 11 | 47 | 411 |
| Installs on Request | 6,351 | 18,274 | 158,922 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 11 | 47 | 411 |
| Build Errors | 2 |