microsoft/inshellisense

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10684 stars · 255 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

inshellisense is a CLI tool from Microsoft that provides IDE-style autocomplete in the terminal, acting as a runtime for the Fig autocomplete specs covering 600+ command line tools. It supports bash, zsh, fish, pwsh, powershell, xonsh, and nushell on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Use cases

• get IDE-style autocomplete for CLI commands in my terminal
• show command suggestions as I type in bash or zsh
• autocomplete for 600+ CLI tools without memorizing flags
• add Fig-style completions on Windows and Linux
• auto-start shell autocomplete on new terminal sessions

When to choose

• you want rich, contextual command-line suggestions across many shells and platforms
• you frequently forget flags and subcommands for CLI tools
• you want a Fig-like experience without the Fig desktop app

When to avoid

• you use a shell not in the supported list (e.g., csh, ksh)
• you prefer minimal shell setups without wrapper sessions
• you rely heavily on custom completions that may conflict with the wrapper

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools terminal-ui developer-tools windows cli autocomplete shell fig-autocomplete bash zsh fish powershell nushell xonsh command-line linux macos nodejs

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