Zsh/Fish fuzzy completion and utility plugin with Deno.

• Insert snippet and abbrev snippet
• Completion with fzf
  • Builtin git completion
  • User defined completion
• ZLE utilities
• Persistent preprompt prefix (placeholder jump)
• Smart History Selection (global / repository / directory / session scopes, delete, export/import)

• Deno latest
• fzf

zinit ice lucid depth"1" blockf
zinit light yuki-yano/zeno.zsh

$ git clone https://github.com/yuki-yano/zeno.zsh.git
$ echo "source /path/to/dir/zeno.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc

Fish support is experimental. A quick overview is included here; full installation and configuration details are available later in the document.

Require user configuration file

$ gs<Space>

Insert
$ git status --short --branch

$ gs<Enter>

Execute
$ git status --short --branch

$ git add <Tab>
Git Add Files> ...

Use zeno-insert-snippet zle

• Bind a key to zeno-preprompt (example: bindkey '^xp' zeno-preprompt).
• Invoke it with a non-empty buffer to save that text as the next prompt prefix (a space is auto-appended).
• Start typing on the next line with the prefix already inserted; call the widget again with an empty buffer to reset.
• You can embed {{placeholder}} in the prefix; the first one is replaced and the cursor starts there. Use the existing next-placeholder widget to jump through the remaining placeholders.
• Use zeno-preprompt-snippet to pick a configured snippet (via fzf or by passing a snippet name as an argument) and set it as the next prompt prefix.

• Press Ctrl-R to open the classic History widget.
• Fzf searches the command column; press Enter to paste the selected command into the prompt immediately.
• The classic picker operates directly on your shell history (HISTFILE) and does not depend on the SQLite subsystem.

• Press Ctrl-R to open the Smart History Search widget; press it again to cycle the scope in the order global → repository → directory → session.
• Search the command column (fzf ignores the time column), and press Enter to paste the raw command into your prompt.
• Press Ctrl-D for a soft delete (logical delete) or Alt-D for a hard delete that also edits your HISTFILE.
• Use zeno history query|log|delete|export|import to work directly with the SQLite-backed history from scripts.
• Configure history.fzf_command / history.fzf_options in your YAML or TypeScript config to override the fzf (or fzf-tmux) command and its options.

Use zeno-ghq-cd zle

zeno loads configuration files from the project and user config directories and merges them in priority order. If the current workspace has a .zeno/ directory, its contents are loaded first, followed by the user config directory ($ZENO_HOME or ~/.config/zeno/), and finally any XDG config directories. Within each location, files are merged alphabetically. Both YAML (*.yml, *.yaml) and TypeScript (*.ts) files are supported, so you can pick the format that suits your workflow. TypeScript configs can import defineConfig and types from jsr:@yuki-yano/zeno, giving you access to the full ConfigContext for dynamic setups.

# if defined load the configuration file from there
# export ZENO_HOME=~/.config/zeno

# if disable deno cache command when plugin loaded
# export ZENO_DISABLE_EXECUTE_CACHE_COMMAND=1

# if enable fzf-tmux
# export ZENO_ENABLE_FZF_TMUX=1

# if setting fzf-tmux options
# export ZENO_FZF_TMUX_OPTIONS="-p"

# by default a unix domain socket is used
# if disable it
# export ZENO_DISABLE_SOCK=1

# if disable builtin completion
# export ZENO_DISABLE_BUILTIN_COMPLETION=1

# default
export ZENO_GIT_CAT="cat"
# git file preview with color
# export ZENO_GIT_CAT="bat --color=always"

# default
export ZENO_GIT_TREE="tree"
# git folder preview with color
# export ZENO_GIT_TREE="eza --tree"

if [[ -n $ZENO_LOADED ]]; then
  bindkey ' '  zeno-auto-snippet

  # fallback if snippet not matched (default: self-insert)
  # export ZENO_AUTO_SNIPPET_FALLBACK=self-insert

  # if you use zsh's incremental search
  # bindkey -M isearch ' ' self-insert

  bindkey '^m' zeno-auto-snippet-and-accept-line

  bindkey '^i' zeno-completion

  bindkey '^xx' zeno-insert-snippet           # open snippet picker (fzf) and insert at cursor

  bindkey '^x '  zeno-insert-space
  bindkey '^x^m' accept-line
  bindkey '^x^z' zeno-toggle-auto-snippet

  # preprompt bindings
  bindkey '^xp' zeno-preprompt
  bindkey '^xs' zeno-preprompt-snippet
  # Outside ZLE you can run `zeno-preprompt git {{cmd}}` or `zeno-preprompt-snippet foo`
  # to set the next prompt prefix; invoking them with an empty argument resets the state.

  bindkey '^r' zeno-history-selection         # classic history widget
  # bindkey '^r' zeno-smart-history-selection # smart history widget

  # fallback if completion not matched
  # (default: fzf-completion if exists; otherwise expand-or-complete)
  # export ZENO_COMPLETION_FALLBACK=expand-or-complete
fi

• git
  • add
  • diff
  • diff file
  • checkout
  • checkout file
  • switch
  • reset
  • reset file
  • restore
  • fixup and squash commit
  • rebase
  • merge

See: src/completion/source/git.ts

The configuration files are discovered and merged in the following order.

• If the detected project root contains a .zeno/ directory, load all .zeno/*.yml/*.yaml/*.ts (A→Z).
• If $ZENO_HOME is a directory, merge all *.yml/*.yaml/*.ts directly under it.
• For each path in $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS, if zeno/ exists, merge all zeno/*.yml/*.yaml/*.ts (directories are processed in the order provided by XDG).
• Fallbacks for backward compatibility (used only when no files were found in the locations above):
  • $ZENO_HOME/config.yml
  • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zeno/config.yml or ~/.config/zeno/config.yml
  • Find .../zeno/config.yml from each in $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS

$ touch ~/.config/zeno/config.yml

and

snippets:
  # snippet and keyword abbrev
  - name: git status
    keyword: gs
    snippet: git status --short --branch

  # snippet with placeholder
  - name: git commit message
    keyword: gcim
    snippet: git commit -m '{{commit_message}}'

  - name: "null"
    keyword: "null"
    snippet: ">/dev/null 2>&1"
    # auto expand condition
    # If not defined, it is only valid at the beginning of a line.
    context:
      # buffer: ''
      lbuffer: '.+\s'
      # rbuffer: ''

  - name: branch
    keyword: B
    snippet: git symbolic-ref --short HEAD
    context:
      lbuffer: '^git\s+checkout\s+'
    evaluate: true # eval snippet

completions:
  # simple sourceCommand, no callback
  - name: kill signal
    patterns:
      - "^kill -s $"
    sourceCommand: "kill -l | tr ' ' '\\n'"
    options:
      --prompt: "'Kill Signal> '"

  # use excludePatterns and callback
  - name: kill pid
    patterns:
      - "^kill( .*)? $"
    excludePatterns:
      # -l, -n or -s is followed by SIGNAL instead of PID
      - " -[lns] $"
    sourceCommand: "LANG=C ps -ef | sed 1d"
    options:
      --multi: true
      --prompt: "'Kill Process> '"
    callback: "awk '{print $2}'"

  # Use null (\0) termination Input / Output
  - name: chdir
    patterns:
      - "^cd $"
    sourceCommand: "find . -path '*/.git' -prune -o -maxdepth 5 -type d -print0"
    options:
      # Added --read0 if null termination is used in `sourceCommand` output.
      --read0: true
      --prompt: "'Chdir> '"
      --preview: "cd {} && ls -a | sed '/^[.]*$/d'"
    callback: "cut -z -c 3-"
    callbackZero: true # null termination is used in `callback` I/O

TypeScript config files can also replace sourceCommand with a sourceFunction that returns completion candidates programmatically. The function receives the same ConfigContext as defineConfig and may return a ReadonlyArray<string> or a Promise of it. Only one of sourceCommand or sourceFunction can be specified for a completion.

TypeScript configs can be split into multiple files. Each file returns a partial Settings object and zeno merges them in alphabetical order.

// ~/.config/zeno/10-snippets.ts
import { defineConfig } from "jsr:@yuki-yano/zeno";

export default defineConfig(({ projectRoot, currentDirectory }) => ({
  snippets: [
    {
      name: "git status",
      keyword: "gs",
      snippet: "git status --short --branch",
    },
    {
      name: "branch",
      keyword: "B",
      snippet: "git symbolic-ref --short HEAD",
      context: { lbuffer: "^git\\s+checkout\\s+" },
      evaluate: true,
    },
    {
      name: "null",
      keyword: "null",
      snippet: ">/dev/null 2>&1",
      context: { lbuffer: ".+\\s" },
    },
  ],
}));

// ~/.config/zeno/20-completions.ts
import { defineConfig } from "jsr:@yuki-yano/zeno";
import { join } from "jsr:@std/path@^1.0.0/join";

export default defineConfig(({ projectRoot, currentDirectory }) => ({
  completions: [
    {
      name: "kill signal",
      patterns: ["^kill -s $"],
      sourceCommand: "kill -l | tr ' ' '\\n'",
      options: { "--prompt": "'Kill Signal> '" },
    },
    {
      name: "kill pid",
      patterns: ["^kill( .*)? $"],
      excludePatterns: [" -[lns] $"],
      sourceCommand: "LANG=C ps -ef | sed 1d",
      options: { "--multi": true, "--prompt": "'Kill Process> '" },
      callback: "awk '{print $2}'",
    },
    {
      name: "chdir",
      patterns: ["^cd $"],
      sourceCommand:
        "find . -path '*/.git' -prune -o -maxdepth 5 -type d -print0",
      options: {
        "--read0": true,
        "--prompt": "'Chdir> '",
        "--preview": "cd {} && ls -a | sed '/^[.]*$/d'",
      },
      callback: "cut -z -c 3-",
      callbackZero: true,
    },
    {
      name: "npm scripts",
      patterns: ["^npm run $"],
      sourceFunction: async ({ projectRoot }) => {
        try {
          const pkgPath = join(projectRoot, "package.json");
          const pkg = JSON.parse(
            await Deno.readTextFile(pkgPath),
          ) as { scripts?: Record<string, unknown> };
          return Object.keys(pkg.scripts ?? {});
        } catch {
          return [];
        }
      },
      options: { "--prompt": "'npm scripts> '" },
      callback: "npm run {{}}",
    },
  ],
}));

Configure the zeno-smart-history-selection and the zeno history … CLI—via a history block in your zeno.config.yml:

history:
  defaultScope: global        # "global" | "repository" | "directory" | "session"
  fzfCommand: fzf-tmux        # Override the command that spawns the picker
  fzfOptions:
    - "-p 50%,50%"            # Additional arguments passed to the picker command
  redact: []                  # Strings to hide from the History view
  keymap:
    deleteSoft: ctrl-d        # Soft delete (logical delete)
    deleteHard: alt-d         # Hard delete (edits HISTFILE)
    toggleScope: ctrl-r       # Cycle through scopes within the widget
    togglePreview: ?          # Toggle the preview window

fisher install yuki-yano/zeno.zsh

Fisher will automatically clone the full repository to ~/.local/share/zeno.zsh and set up the necessary paths.

git clone https://github.com/yuki-yano/zeno.zsh.git /path/to/zeno.zsh
echo "set -gx ZENO_ROOT /path/to/zeno.zsh" >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish
ln -s /path/to/zeno.zsh/shells/fish/conf.d/zeno.fish ~/.config/fish/conf.d/

Note: Setting ZENO_ROOT explicitly is recommended for manual installations to avoid path resolution issues.

Copy the example key bindings:

cp /path/to/zeno.zsh/shells/fish/conf.d/zeno-keybindings.fish.example ~/.config/fish/conf.d/zeno-keybindings.fish

Or manually set up key bindings in your config.fish:

if test "$ZENO_LOADED" = "1"
    bind ' ' zeno-auto-snippet
    bind \r zeno-auto-snippet-and-accept-line
    bind \t zeno-completion
    bind \cx\x20 zeno-insert-space
end

• Abbrev snippet expansion - Expand abbreviations with Space key
• Auto snippet and accept line - Expand and execute with Enter key
• Fuzzy completion - Tab completion with fzf
• Insert literal space - Insert space without expansion (Ctrl-X Space)
• Snippet placeholder navigation - Navigate through snippet placeholders
• History selection - Fuzzy search command history (Ctrl-R)
• GHQ repository navigation - Navigate to ghq-managed repositories
• Insert snippet - Select and insert snippets from list
• Toggle auto snippet - Enable/disable automatic snippet expansion

• Socket mode is enabled by default (disable with ZENO_DISABLE_SOCK=1)
• Key binding syntax differs from Zsh

Q: zsh-syntax-highlighting does not work well.

A: Use fast-syntax-highlighting instead.

• fzf
• fzf-tab
• fzf-zsh-completions
• pmy
• zabrze

• Preprompt feature inspired by by-binds-yourself