16 engineers on Hacker News describe using fish first-hand: 8 endorse it, 0 regret it, 3 are mixed.
“The first few hundred lines were great, since it was "just" piping data around - shell is great at that!”
mixed · personal · colonial · 2025-06-26 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using various kinds of shells for several decades and I still find Fish delightful.”
endorse · personal · kstrauser · 2024-12-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“on my macOS there was a noticeable lag after I hit enter on a command that is not in bash”
mixed · personal · 0.25 yr · yukinon · 2020-12-21 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using fish for years and it hasn't been an issue. You can keep bash installed for any hardcore scripting, and just fish as your interactive shell.”
endorse · personal · TheAceOfHearts · 2018-12-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using fish for 3 ~ 4 years and I love it.”
endorse · personal · 3 yr · djsumdog · 2017-12-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Fish shell is the first thing I install on my setups. Been using it for a few years now and love - and advocate for - it.”
endorse · personal · NuSkooler · 2017-12-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I have been using fish as my primary shell for about a year now, very happy with it.”
endorse · personal · 1 yr · knutae · 2017-12-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I have fish installed because for some odd reason, the "SSH link" feature of Midnight Commander didn't work across two servers that we use.”
endorse · production · fb03 · 2017-12-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using fish for a few years now, and it has made bash feel not just outdated, but completely obsolete.”
endorse · personal · 3 yr · kmm · 2017-12-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using fish on my laptop for some time now, it is an interesting project and I use it personally for purely aesthetic reasons.”
mixed · personal · dijit · 2017-12-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using fish shell on osx for the last 3 years. It's fun and puts ctrl-r in front of my typing”
endorse · personal · 3 yr · konceptz · 2015-07-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?“had a fairly productive tmux + fish + vim configuration”
neutral · personal · josephferano · 2021-09-02 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I have been using fish for a long time, but wasn't aware of these.”
neutral · personal · ludwigvan · 2018-12-30 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using fish for a couple of years now and besides a couple of things that are very specific to my main computer”
neutral · personal · 2 yr · rovr138 · 2018-12-03 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I have been using fish for quite a while but never use the web interface”
neutral · personal · tuvistavie · 2017-12-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I tried fish and it seemed ok, I didn't continue with it cause I needed to rewrite all my aliases and functions”
neutral · personal · zaphirplane · 2017-12-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?