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Summary

fish is an Unix shell[1]. fish draws 229 Wikipedia views per month (unix_shell category, ranking #5 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • fish is the creator of Axel Liljencrantz[3].
  • fish's instance of is recorded as Unix shell[4].
  • fish's instance of is recorded as command line interface language[5].
  • fish's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[6].
  • fish is named after fish[7].
  • fish's developer is recorded as Axel Liljencrantz[8].
  • fish's developer is recorded as Peter Ammon[9].
  • fish's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[10].
  • fish's programmed in is recorded as Q575650[11].
  • fish's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[12].
  • fish's operating system is recorded as BSD[13].
  • fish's operating system is recorded as Mac OS operating systems[14].
  • fish's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[15].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[16].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2[17].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.3[18].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.3.1[19].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.4.0[20].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.3.0[21].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.0[22].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.2[23].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.1[24].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.0[25].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.0[26].
  • fish's software version identifier is recorded as 2.5.0[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

fish is the creator of Axel Liljencrantz[3].

Publication

fish's language of work or name is recorded as English[28].

Why It Matters

fish draws 229 Wikipedia views per month (unix_shell category, ranking #5 of 11).[2] fish has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] fish is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Axel Liljencrantz BSD C++ command line interface language cross-platform Mac OS operating systems Microsoft Windows Peter Ammon Rust

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . fishshell.com. fishshell.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . fishshell.com. fishshell.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . fishshell.com. fishshell.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . fishshell.com. fishshell.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.0, 2.2, 2.3 +51
    Named after → —
    Website → —
    Official website → https://fishshell.com
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/e5ef04e8dc16|details]])"
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