'''fishFish''' (stylized in lowercase) is a [[Unix shell]] with a focus on interactivity and usability. Fish is designed to give the user features by default, rather than by configuration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/136232|publisher=[[Linux Weekly News]]|title=Fish - A user-friendly shell|access-date=2010-03-24|date=2005-05-17|author=Liljencrantz, Axel}}</ref> Fish is considered an [[Unix shell#Other shells|exotic shell]] since it does not adhere to [[POSIX]] shell standards, at the discretion of the maintainers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fishshell.com/docs/current/design.html|title=Fish docs: design|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref>
