Coding agents and dev tools · Independent · 26 Oct 2026

microsoft/inshellisense

IDE style command line auto complete

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Inshellisense: IDE autocomplete for shells. Adds visual autocomplete menus to your terminal.
Verified26 Oct 2026

Radar check

What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.

Alive100

Last code pushed 18 Oct 2026, 7 days before this check.

Releases85

Latest release 0.0.4 on 11 Sep 2026.

Maturity70

Public since October 2023, about 3 years.

Adoption81

10,749 stars and 258 forks.

Activity45

28 commits and 13 new issues in the last 90 days.

Community60

25 contributors. 26 pull requests merged in 90 days.

Security80

A security policy says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.

Licence MIT: permissive: use it for anything, keep the noticeSetup effort 2 of 5Payoff 4 of 5
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

Typing commands in a terminal window can be hard to remember. This tool adds a visual menu that suggests what to type next. It works for hundreds of common programs like git, npm, and docker. You install it with a simple command and it starts every time you open your terminal. It is free to use and runs locally on your computer.

What it is

A terminal-native runtime that brings rich autocomplete suggestions to common shells like bash, zsh, and fish. It parses command specifications and displays an interactive menu right inside your command-line interface.

What it is good for

Solo builders who spend time in the terminal and want to stop looking up command flags and options in web documentation.

Stars11k
LicenceMIT
Latest0.0.4 (2026-09-11)checked 26 Oct 2026
Last code change2026-10-18
Written inTypeScript
Setup effort
2 / 5
Payoff
4 / 5
Good
  • Supports over 600 common command-line tools out of the box.
  • Works across multiple operating systems including Windows, Linux, and macOS.
  • Integrates directly into your existing shell configuration without slowing you down.
Watch for
  • Requires Node.js installed on your system to run the npm installation package.
  • Large specifications for cloud tools like Amazon Web Services are not supported.
  • Updates to your shell configuration file can break your setup if placed in the wrong order.
Replaces

memorizing command flags and searching documentation pages

Works well with

tmux

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Install
npm install -g @microsoft/inshellisense
is init

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