Cue

IDE-style command and path suggestions for Apple Terminal and the VS Code integrated terminal.

Cue is for people who miss Fig's autocomplete. I loved Fig before Amazon acquired its technology, and built Cue after Kiro announced the retirement of inline shell autocomplete.

Available on: Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 13 or later, in Apple Terminal or the VS Code integrated terminal with zsh!

Install

With Homebrew

Add Cue's tap and install the package:

brew tap 8starlabs/cue https://github.com/8starlabs/cue.git
brew install 8starlabs/cue/cue

Enable Cue in zsh by adding its startup command to ~/.zshrc:

echo 'source "$(brew --prefix)/opt/cue/share/cue/zsh/cue.zsh"' >> ~/.zshrc

Open a new Apple Terminal window or create a new VS Code integrated terminal. In VS Code, choose Terminal: Select Default Profile, select zsh, and create a new terminal.

macOS may ask you to allow Cue under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility so its popup can follow the terminal caret.

From source

Building from source requires Node.js 22+, pnpm 10+, and Xcode Command Line Tools.

git clone https://github.com/8starlabs/cue.git
cd cue
pnpm install
pnpm build:app
source "$PWD/packages/cue/zsh/cue.zsh"

See the installation guide for more setup details.

Update

For Homebrew installations, run cue-update in zsh:

cue-update

This updates Homebrew and Cue, restarts Cue, and refreshes the integration in the current terminal. For the one-time update from Cue 0.1.8 or earlier, follow the update guide.

See Cue in action

The preview plays automatically in GitHub. Select it to open the full MP4.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTION.md for development setup, checks, and release instructions.

Credits

• Fig Autocomplete for command specs and Fig icons.
• Material Icon Theme for selected file icons.
• shell-quote for shell command parsing.
• Next.js, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, and Fumadocs for the documentation site.

Contact

• Tham Kei Lok (Lead Engineer & Developer Relations) — X, LinkedIn

Engineered by 8StarLabs.

License

MIT