# Install fizsh with Homebrew, apt Fish-like front end for ZSH. Version 1.0.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fizsh ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fizsh ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install fizsh ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: fizsh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fizsh - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.9 - **Source summary:** Fish-like front end for ZSH - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - fizsh (cli) - fizsh (alias) ## Dependencies - zsh ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.0.9 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/zsh-users/fizsh - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage fizsh, the Friendly Interactive ZSHell, is a front end for zsh that adds fish-inspired interactive syntax highlighting, history search, and a compact informative prompt. ### Project history The current GitHub repository was created in 2011 under zsh-users. Its tags show a 1.0.0 release in October 2011 and a 1.0.9 tag in August 2017, with earlier 0.0.1 tags preserved in the repository. ### Adoption history fizsh is a niche bridge project for zsh users who wanted some fish-like interactive affordances without switching shells. Its README documents source installation, unprivileged home-directory installation, SourceForge Debian packages, Debian and Ubuntu package installation, and an Arch AUR package. ### How it is used After installation, users run `fizsh` instead of invoking zsh directly. The wrapper starts an interactive zsh environment with fizsh's highlighting, history search, and prompt behavior configured. ### Why package nerds care fizsh is historically interesting because it packages a shell user-experience layer rather than a full shell: it sits on top of zsh while borrowing ideas associated with fish, which makes it a small but clear example of cross-pollination between Unix shell communities. ### Timeline - 2011: GitHub repository created. - 2011: v1.0.0 tag created. - 2017: v1.0.9 tag created. - 2022: Repository last pushed according to GitHub metadata. ### Related projects - Related projects include zsh, fish shell, zsh-users plugins, shell prompt frameworks, and command-history search tools. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.fizsh/.fizshrc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** fizsh - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - fizsh - 1.0.9-1.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fizsh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Friendly Interactive ZSHell | http://sourceforge.net/projects/fizsh/ - Ubuntu apt - fizsh - 1.0.9-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fizsh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Friendly Interactive ZSHell | http://sourceforge.net/projects/fizsh/ ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [zsh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zsh/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mcfly](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcfly/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history-search, shell, zsh. - [sheldon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sheldon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell, zsh. - [vcprompt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vcprompt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, prompt, shell. - [zplug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zplug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell, zsh. - [zsh-history-enquirer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zsh-history-enquirer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, history-search, shell, zsh. - [aliae](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aliae/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [bar](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bar/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [checkbashisms](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/checkbashisms/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell. - [powerline-go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/powerline-go/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, fish, prompt. - [jump](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jump/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, fish, search. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fizsh.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/fizsh.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph