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# fish

[fish](https://fishshell.com/) is a smart and user-friendly command line shell. [Try it in the browser](https://rootnroll.com/d/fish-shell/).

I use [fisher](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/fisher) to manage packages, because it [uses a clean package structure](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/fisher/issues/481).

### Some packages I use:

* [tide](https://github.com/IlanCosman/tide) 🌊 rhe ultimate Fish prompt.
* [z](https://github.com/jethrokuan/z) enables you to jump to the directory in mind.
* [Bass](https://github.com/edc/bass) use utilities written for Bash in fish shell.
* [Fzf](https://github.com/jethrokuan/fzf) integrate fzf functionality into fish.
* [pisces](https://github.com/laughedelic/pisces) helps you to work with paired symbols in the command line.
* [nvm.fish](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/nvm.fish) Node.js version manager.
* [fish-ssh-agent](https://github.com/danhper/fish-ssh-agent) start your ssh agent.
* [fish-colored-man](https://github.com/decors/fish-colored-man) color-enabled man pages.
* [dracula/fish](https://github.com/dracula/fish) dracula 🧛 theme.
* [done](https://github.com/franciscolourenco/done) automatically receive notifications when long processes finish.

## Links

* [Tutorial](https://fishshell.com/docs/current/tutorial.html) and [Documentation](https://fishshell.com/docs/current/index.html).
* [The Fish Shell](https://flaviocopes.com/fish-shell/) - a user introduction to the fish shell by Flavio Copes.
* [Awesome Fish](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/awesome-fish) - a curated list of packages, prompts, and resources for the amazing fish shell.
* [The Fish Cookbook](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/fish-cookbook) - tips and recipes for fish, from shell to plate.
* [The fish Shell](https://mvolkmann.github.io/fish-article/) by Mark Volkmann


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