Argc-completions

Argc-completions provides completion definitions that work for any shell.

Features

• Add 1000+ completion definitions (full list)
• Automatically generate a completion script from the command's help text or man page.
• Lazy completing, lower memory consumption and faster startup time
• Support multiple shells: bash/zsh/powershell/fish/nushell/elvish/xonsh/tcsh
• Support multiple platforms: windows/macOS/linux

Amazing features that native completion lacks or is difficult to implement

Feature	Showcase
Parallel Computing	_choice_ref() {    _argc_util_parallel _choice_branch ::: _choice_tag ::: _choice_head }
Fetch remote data
Complete multiple values (comma-spereated)
Complete multiple parts
Complete key-value pairs
Complete for plugins (git,cargo ...)
Delegate to another command (sudo,doas,npx...)
Style & color

Getting Started

git clone https://github.com/sigoden/argc-completions.git
cd argc-completions
./scripts/download-tools.sh
./scripts/setup-shell.sh bash  # bash/zsh/powershell/fish/nushell/elvish/xonsh/tcsh

For Windows, please run the above code in Git Bash.

Tools downloaded by ./scripts/download-tools.sh:

• argc: completion engine
• yq: YAML/JSON/XML/CSV/TOML processor
• macOS only: brew install bash gawk gnu-sed

Uninstall easily

1. Delete the argc-completions directory that you have downloaded.
2. Undo the changes made to the shell rcfile (~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, ...).

Generate your own completion script

./scripts/generate.sh your-command

To learn how generate works, see docs/generate.md

To learn various complete patterns, see docs/complete-patterns.md

License

Argc-completions is made available under the terms of the MIT License.

See the LICENSE file for license details.