inshellisense

inshellisense provides IDE style autocomplete for shells. It's a terminal native runtime for autocomplete which has support for 600+ command line tools. inshellisense supports Windows, Linux, & macOS.

Getting Started

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npm (recommended)
``shell
npm install -g @microsoft/inshellisense
is init
`
homebrew (macOS/linux)
`shell
brew tap microsoft/inshellisense https://github.com/microsoft/inshellisense
brew install inshellisense
is init
`

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`shell
npm install -g @microsoft/inshellisense # OR brew upgrade inshellisense
is reinit
`

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After completing the installation, run is doctor to verify your installation was successful. You can run is to start the autocomplete session for your desired shell. Additionally, inshellisense is also aliased under inshellisense after installation.

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If you'd like to automatically start inshellisense when you open your shell, run the respective command for your shell. After running the command, inshellisense will automatically open when you start any new shell session:

`shell


bash

is init bash >> ~/.bashrc

zsh

is init zsh >> ~/.zshrc

fish

is init fish >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

pwsh

is init pwsh | Add-Content $profile

powershell

is init powershell | Add-Content $profile

xonsh

is init xonsh >> ~/.xonshrc

nushell

is init nu | save $nu.env-path --append
`

> [!NOTE]
> When updating your shell configuration in the future, make sure the inshellisense plugin is the last command in the file. Including commands after it may break the configuration (ex. initializing your shell plugin manager after the inshellisense plugin)

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| Action | Command | Description |
| ------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| Start | is | Start inshellisense session on the current shell |
| Stop | exit | Stop inshellisense session on the current shell |
| Check If Inside Inshellisense Session | is -c | Check if shell inside inshellisense session |

#### Keybindings

All other keys are passed through to the shell. The keybindings below are only captured when the inshellisense suggestions are visible, otherwise they are passed through to the shell as well. These can be customized in the config.

| Action | Keybinding |
| ------------------------- | -------------- |
| Accept Current Suggestion | tab |
| View Next Suggestion | ↓ |
| View Previous Suggestion | ↑ |
| Dismiss Suggestions | esc |

Integrations

inshellisense supports the following shells:

- bash
- zsh
- fish
- pwsh
- powershell (Windows Powershell)
- cmd _(experimental)_
- xonsh
- nushell

Configuration

All configuration is done through a toml file. You can create this file at ~/.inshellisenserc or, for XDG compliance, at ~/.config/inshellisense/rc.toml. The JSON schema for the configuration file can be found here.

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You can customize the keybindings for inshellisense by adding a bindings section to your config file. The following is the default configuration for the keybindings:

`toml
[bindings.acceptSuggestion]
key = "tab"


shift and ctrl are optional and default to false

shift = false
ctrl = false

[bindings.nextSuggestion]
key = "down"

[bindings.previousSuggestion]
key = "up"

[bindings.dismissSuggestions]
key = "escape"
`

Key names are matched against the Node.js keypress events.

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Inshellisense supports expanding aliases for bash/zsh shells. You can enable alias expansion in your config file:

`toml
useAliases = true
`

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If you are using a NerdFont patched font, you can enable the NerdFonts support in your config file:

`toml
useNerdFont = true
`

Unsupported Specs

Specs for the az, gcloud, & aws` CLIs are not supported in inshellisense due to their large size.

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a
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For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or
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