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zsh-autosuggestions: Faster Command Line Editing for Busy Founders

Name: zsh-autosuggestions: Faster Command Line Editing for Busy Founders
Author: zsh-users

Boost your terminal efficiency with fish‑style suggestions that appear as you type, letting founders and dev teams work faster. Trusted by the community with 36k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh”

36,151 stars+18★ this week1,940 forksShellGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 5Updated 6/24/2025100% free · open source

What it does

zsh-autosuggestions provides instant command suggestions as you type in your zsh terminal, drawing from your command history to suggest possible completions

When to use it

•When working with frequently used commands and wanting to reduce typing time
•When exploring a new system or project and needing to quickly find available commands
•When trying to recall complex or hard-to-remember commands

Ready-to-paste prompt

Type 'git ' and then press the right arrow key to accept a suggested Git command, such as 'git status'

Heads up: Make sure you have zsh installed and set as your default shell, as zsh-autosuggestions only works with zsh and not with other shells like bash

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/zsh-autosuggestions && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/zsh-autosuggestions/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/zsh-autosuggestions/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How zsh-autosuggestions: Faster Command Line Editing for Busy Founders works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Zsh-autosuggestions: Faster Command Line Editing for Busy Founders is a small Shell project (~1.4k lines across 14 code files, plus 27 test files). Setup is light: runs with Docker. Last commit 14 months ago, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size

Small codebase

~1.4k lines · 14 code files · 12 min skim

Setup

Light setup

Runs with Docker.

Runs on

Ruby · Docker

No API keys detected

Shell 63%Ruby 36%Makefile 1%Dockerfile 1%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
src/async.zsh
Inside src/ — the main logic begins here

What's in each folder

src/Core code — the actual logic11 files

spec/Tests — proof it works27 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)3 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyMIT licenseLast update 14 mo ago

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/zsh-autosuggestions && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/zsh-autosuggestions/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/zsh-autosuggestions/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

Quick Actions

Details

Creator

zsh-users

Language

Shell