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Install fizsh with Homebrew, apt

Fish-like front end for ZSH. Version 1.0.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install fizsh.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install fizsh

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install fizsh

Debian stable package indexes · fizsh · source: deb.debian.org

overview

Package summary

Fish-like front end for ZSH

Commands and aliases

  • fizsh

history

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.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.fizsh/.fizshrc

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
fizshexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.0.9
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:fizsh
Version1.0.9
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/zsh-users/fizsh
Repositoryhttps://github.com/zsh-users/fizsh
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

fizsh 1.0.9-1.1

Friendly Interactive ZSHell

http://sourceforge.net/projects/fizsh/

sudo apt install fizsh
  • Section: shells
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Fizsh
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fizsh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

fizsh 1.0.9-1

Friendly Interactive ZSHell

http://sourceforge.net/projects/fizsh/

sudo apt install fizsh
  • Section: universe/shells
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Fizsh
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fizsh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation