# zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Repository: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zsh-syntax-highlighting
Language: Shell
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: shell, syntax-highlighting, zsh, screenshot, zsh-syntax-highlighting
Last push: 2026-08-22T02:19:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5730, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 22953, forks 1375 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:34.260629+00:00)

## What it is
A Zsh plugin that provides Fish shell-like syntax highlighting for commands as they are typed at the interactive prompt. It hooks into the Zsh Line Editor to highlight valid commands, errors, and syntax in real time.

## Use cases
- catch syntax errors in shell commands before running them
- add fish-style syntax highlighting to zsh
- highlight commands as I type in the terminal
- colorize the zsh command line
- make zsh prompt show invalid commands in red

## When to choose
- you use zsh interactively and want real-time command validation via highlighting
- you want a lightweight, mature shell plugin with minimal dependencies

## When to avoid
- you use bash or another shell instead of zsh
- you need highlighting in non-interactive scripts

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: zsh, shell, syntax-highlighting, zle, fish-like, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.260629+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:56:50.047509+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.260629+00:00, sha 29b2c2034ef3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.