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IRIS (Intelligent Real-time Input Suggestion) - A shell auto-completion tool that works like code editor's IntelliSense

Ghostty terminal showcase ๐Ÿ‘ป Ghostty terminal

**IRIS is built on top of TTY, so it runs everywhere. It just needs a terminal!** Run iris wherever you already work; your local machine, a remote server, or anywhere you can ssh. Each suggestion menu renders directly inline inside your real terminal session, not an app's imitation of one, so it never breaks full-screen TUIs or terminal formatting. Automatically index your aliases and shell history to suggest commands that match your actual workflow in real time. Change configurations and propagate them instantly without restarting your shell. One single local native Go binary, not an app: no gui, no electron, no mac-only wrapper, no account, no telemetry. (if you've used fig: it's that, rebuilt to run purely on TTY) ## AI suggestions
output IRIS has AI suggestions like your code editor (API key/Local)
## Why IRIS instead of Fig > [!IMPORTANT] > **[Fig](https://app.fig.io/) was officially sunset in September 2024 and migrated to Amazon Q Developer (which requires cloud authentication and proprietary bloat)** > **IRIS is the lightweight, open-source, zero-telemetry alternative built purely on native Go and TTY with no accounts, no GUI app, and no background daemons required** ### How it compares | Feature | IRIS | Fig | | :-------------------------- | :------------------- | :--------------- | | **Platforms** | Linux, macOS | macOS only | | **Engine** | Native Go (TTY) | Electron | | **Startup** | Near-zero overhead | Low overhead | | **UI** | Inline overlay | GUI popover | | **Remote SSH** | TTY-native, portable | macOS GUI-bound | | **Tmux** | โœ“ | Limited | | **Linux virtual terminals** | โœ“ | - | | **Memory** | Lightweight | Electron runtime | ## Why not shell autocomplete plugins? Shell plugins are great, but they also come with trade-offs. And also, not everyone use Zsh or Fish especially on SSH. | Feature | IRIS | Shell plugins | | :-------------------------- | :---------------------- | :--------------------------- | | **Installation** | Single binary | Plugin manager required | | **Shell support** | Most shells supported | Usually shell-specific | | **Startup** | No shell initialization | Increases shell startup time | | **SSH** | One config | Per-shell config | | **Tmux** | โœ“ | Depends on the shell | | **Linux virtual terminals** | โœ“ | Depends on the shell | ## Install #### Dependencies - OS: Linux or macOS - Terminal emulator with ANSI color support - Go 1.24 or newer (if building from source) > [!WARNING] > Currently, Windows is not supported #### Method 1: Package managers
Arch Linux (AUR)
IRIS is available on the Arch User Repository. You can install it using your favorite AUR helper: ```bash yay -S iris-autocomplete ``` OR ```bash paru -S iris-autocomplete ```
macOS / Linux (Homebrew)
Install IRIS via Homebrew tap: ```bash brew install versenilvis/iris/iris ```
Nix Flakes
If you are using Nix Flakes, you can consume this module directly without building it manually. 1. In your `flake.nix` inputs, add: ```nix iris.url = "github:versenilvis/iris/main"; ``` 2. Then, use one of the following options to add IRIS to your system: **Option A: Try without installing (ephemeral)** ```bash nix run github:versenilvis/iris ``` **Option B: Install to your user profile** ```bash nix profile add github:versenilvis/iris ``` **Option C: Using Home Manager** *(Ensure you pass `inputs` to modules via `extraSpecialArgs`)* ```nix home.packages = [ inputs.iris.packages.${pkgs.system}.default ]; ``` **Option D: Without Home Manager (NixOS System)** *(Ensure you pass `inputs` to modules via `specialArgs`)* ```nix environment.systemPackages = [ inputs.iris.packages.${pkgs.system}.default ]; ```
Debian / Ubuntu (.deb)
```bash curl -sLO https://github.com/versenilvis/iris/releases/latest/download/iris_linux_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i iris_linux_amd64.deb rm iris_linux_amd64.deb ``` *(For ARM64 architecture, replace `amd64` with `arm64`)*
Fedora / RHEL (.rpm)
```bash curl -sLO https://github.com/versenilvis/iris/releases/latest/download/iris_linux_amd64.rpm sudo rpm -i iris_linux_amd64.rpm rm iris_linux_amd64.rpm ``` *(For ARM64 architecture, replace `amd64` with `arm64`)*
Aqua
If you use [aqua](https://aquaproj.github.io/), you can install IRIS by adding it to your `aqua.yaml`: ```yaml packages: - name: versenilvis/iris ``` Then run `aqua i`.
asdf
If you use [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/), you can install IRIS via its plugin: ```bash asdf plugin add iris https://github.com/versenilvis/asdf-iris.git asdf install iris latest asdf set -u iris latest asdf current iris ```
#### Method 2: Install script (recommended) ```bash curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/versenilvis/iris/main/scripts/install.sh | sh ``` #### Method 3: Go install ```bash go install github.com/versenilvis/iris/cmd/iris@latest ``` #### Method 4: Build from source (for developers) ```bash git clone https://github.com/versenilvis/iris.git cd iris just reload ``` ## Update ```bash iris update ``` Checks for and installs the latest release. To see what's changed first: ```bash iris changelog # latest release iris changelog -n 3 # last 3 releases ``` IRIS can also check for and install updates on its own - see `updater.auto-update` in the [configuration guide](#configuration-guide) below. ## Uninstall To completely uninstall IRIS, remove all configurations, and clean up your shell integration files, simply run: ```bash iris uninstall ``` ## Shell setup > [!WARNING] > **IRIS may cause visual conflicts and keybinding overlaps with other shell autosuggestion plugins or third-party completion tools. To prevent this, please disable them safely (e.g., zsh-autosuggestions, zsh-autocomplete, atuin, flyline, ...)** > [!NOTE] > **This is already added from installation script, but if your shell config is missing it, please add manually** To automatically start IRIS every time you open a new shell session, add the init command to your shell config: **Zsh (`~/.zshrc`):** ```zsh eval "$(iris init zsh)" ``` **Bash (`~/.bashrc`):** ```bash eval "$(iris init bash)" ``` **Fish (`~/.config/fish/config.fish`):** ```fish iris init fish | source ``` ## Configuration guide IRIS uses a clean TOML configuration file located at `~/.config/iris/config.toml` ### Creating & viewing config ```bash iris config init iris config show ``` ### Sample `config.toml` ```toml [core] version = 1 # config schema version shell = "" # "zsh", "bash", "fish", or empty for auto-detect shell-login = false # run shell as a login shell (also: iris --shell-login) mode = "last" # "last", "spec", or "history" debug = false # verbose logging to iris.log (also: iris -d) expand-alias = true # expand aliases before matching auto-execute = false # run suggestion immediately instead of inserting it atuin-history = 0 # 0 = shell history, 1 = atuin, 2 = both atuin-db-path = "" # path to atuin's history.db, empty = use default cobra-probe-enabled = true # fall back to probing cobra binaries for completions [ui] style = "modern" # "modern" or "classic" ghost-text = true # faded inline preview of top suggestion hidden-files = false # include dotfiles in suggestions max-suggestions = 100 # max suggestions ranked before display max-height = 15 # max visible rows in the menu max-width = 0 # max menu width, 0 = auto nerd-fonts = true # use nerd-font icons [keybindings] toggle-mode = "ctrl+r" # switch spec/history mode toggle-menu = "shift+tab" # show or hide the suggestion menu select = "tab" # accept the selected suggestion navigate-up = "up" # select up, or open history if empty navigate-down = "down" # select down, or open history if empty navigate-right = "right" # accept ghost text [git] filter-active-branch = true # exclude current branch from suggestions deduplicate-branches = true # merge same-name local/remote branches [updater] check-on-startup = true # check for updates on startup channel = "stable" # "stable" or "nightly" check-interval = "24h" # min time between update checks auto-update = 0 # 0 = off, 1 = auto-install, 2 = confirm first [ai] enabled = false provider = "groq" # "groq" or "ollama" debounce_ms = 400 # ms to wait before querying the AI # please use free subscription, that is enough for your daily usage [ai.providers.groq] endpoint = "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions" api_key_env = "GROQ_API_KEY" # or set api_key directly model = "llama-3.3-70b-versatile" timeout_ms = 3000 # ms before giving up [ai.providers.ollama] endpoint = "http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions" model = "qwen2.5-coder" timeout_ms = 5000 # ms before giving up ``` > [!NOTE] > Using `api_key_env` is recommended over hardcoding `api_key` in plain text to keep credentials out of configuration files. ## Default shortcuts | Shortcut | Action | Description | | :--------------------------------- | :---------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Shift + Tab | Toggle menu | Show or hide the suggestion menu. | | Esc | Hide menu | Temporarily hide the menu until the next key press. | | Tab | Accept suggestion | Insert the currently selected suggestion into the prompt. | | Enter | Execute command | Close the menu and send the current command to the shell. | | โ†‘ | Navigate up / history | Move the selection up, or open command history when the prompt is empty. | | โ†“ | Navigate down / history | Move the selection down, or open command history when the prompt is empty.| | โ†’ | Accept ghost text | Accept the faded ghost text suggestion when the menu is open. | | โ† / โ†’ | Move cursor | Move the cursor inside the input buffer. Disabled when the prompt is empty| | Ctrl + R | Switch mode | Toggle between `spec` and `history` mode. | | Ctrl + A | Beginning of line | Move the cursor to the start of the command line. | | Ctrl + E | End of line | Move the cursor to the end of the command line. | | Ctrl + L | Clear screen | Clear the terminal while preserving the input buffer and redrawing the menu. | | Ctrl + U | Clear command | Remove the entire current command and close the menu. | | Ctrl + C | Cancel command | Send `SIGINT`, clear the input buffer, and close the menu. | | Ctrl + W | Delete word | Delete the word immediately before the cursor. | > [!NOTE] > With Ctrl + A, Ctrl + E, Ctrl + W, Ctrl + U, Ctrl + L, and Ctrl + C: they belong to your shell by default. IRIS handles them directly in raw mode so your cursor and menu stay in sync ## Theme
Kitty terminal showcase ๐Ÿ˜บ Kitty terminal
> [!TIP] > **We keep all available theme templates in the [`themes/`](./themes) directory** > **Feel free to create your own theme or contribute a new color scheme by adding it to this directory** IRIS has theme TOML configuration file located at `~/.config/iris/theme.toml` ### Creating theme config ```bash iris theme init ``` ### Default theme IRIS automatically falls back to the default theme if `theme.toml` is missing, empty, or contains missing configuration options ```toml border = "#a277ff" accent = "#61ffca" muted = "#6d6a7f" text = "#edecee" text_sel = "#ffffff" key = "#a277ff" match = "#61ffca" desc = "#9692a8" desc_sel = "#edecee" sel_bg = "#3d375e" sel_text = "#110f18" scroll_info = "#a277ff" ghost_text = "#4B4A4C" sys = "#1e1d28" sys_sel = "#a277ff" hist = "#1a2d36" hist_sel = "#61ffca" alias = "#2a2342" alias_sel = "#a277ff" ``` > [!NOTE] > IRIS also has 2 basic styles
Modern style Classic style
spec spec
history history
## Reporting bugs > [!NOTE] > When submitting a bug report, please include: > - A detailed description of the bug and steps to reproduce it > - Relevant log files captured while running in debug mode Run IRIS with debug mode: ```bash iris -d ``` or `config.toml`: ```toml debug=true ``` > [!IMPORTANT] > **Since IRIS logs everything you type, you should only enable debug mode when you need to report bugs** If IRIS crashes, it will automatically save a crash log and show the path on your terminal (`~/.iris/crash.log`). Or you can find the path to the latest crash log by running: ```bash iris crash-log ``` Please include this file when reporting a crash. ## Developer documentation For system architecture overview, engine design, and contribution guide, please refer to the [Developer documentation](./docs/dev/README.md). ## License This project is licensed under the [0BSD License](LICENSE) - no strings attached. Meaning you can do whatever you want with it. For those who fork it and want to publish a new version or something else; if you can, a credit or co-author mention is always welcome :) (though never required). Thank you! ## Feedback I'd love to hear your feedback Feel free to reach out via: - [Email](mailto:versedev.store@proton.me) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/versenilvis) - [GitHub issues](https://github.com/versenilvis/iris/issues/new)