Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 25 Oct 2026, the same day before this check.
Latest release v1.8.1 on 17 Oct 2026.
Public since April 2020, a little over 6 years.
2,000 stars and 155 forks.
398 commits and 24 new issues in the last 90 days.
96 contributors. 195 pull requests merged in 90 days.
No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
When you type commands in a terminal, remembering every flag and option is hard. This tool suggests what comes next as you type. It works across many different shell programs on your computer. You add it to your configuration file once and it handles hundreds of popular programs automatically. It costs nothing and runs locally on your machine.
What it is
Carapace-bin (a multi-shell completion binary that suggests arguments and flags for command-line tools as you type) provides argument completion for numerous command-line utilities across multiple shells.
What it is good for
Solo builders who spend time in the terminal and want smart command suggestions without writing custom completion scripts for every tool.
- Supports major shells like Bash, Zsh, Fish and Nushell.
- Provides built-in completions for hundreds of common commands out of the box.
- Keeps your terminal fast with instant suggestions as you type.
- Requires editing your shell configuration files to enable.
- Some supported shells and features remain experimental.
- You must keep the binary updated to get completions for new tool versions.
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go install github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-bin/cmd/carapace@latest