• True Interactive Shell: Full PTY support, runs interactive programs like vim / ssh / top
• AI Native Integration: Describe tasks in natural language, generate, explain and execute commands
• Secure & Controllable: AI commands have risk grading and confirmation flow; optional sandbox pre-run for change assessment
• Extensible: Skills plugin system with hot loading and priority override
• Low Migration Cost: Compatible with regular commands and workflows, everything in terminal by default

Feature Comparison

| Feature | AISH | Claude Code | |---------|------|-------------| | 🎯 Core Positioning | Ops/System Troubleshooting CLI | Development Coding Assistant | | 🤖 Multi-Model Support | ✅ Fully Open | ⚠️ Mainly Claude | | 🔧 Sub-Agent System | ✅ ReAct Diagnostic Agent | ✅ Multiple Agent Types | | 🧩 Skills Support | ✅ Hot Loading | ✅ | | 🖥️ Native Terminal Integration | ✅ Full PTY Support | ⚠️ Limited Support | | 🛡️ Security Risk Assessment | ✅ Security Confirmation | ✅ Security Confirmation | | 🌐 Local Model Support | ✅ Fully Supported | Fully Supported | | 📁 File Operation Tools | ✅ Minimal Essential Suppport | ✅ Full Support | | 💰 Completely Free | ✅ Open Source | ❌ Paid Service | | 📊 Observability | ✅ Langfuse Optional | ⚠️ Built-in | | 🌍 Multi-language Output | ✅ Auto Detection | ✅ |

Quick Start

1) Install and Launch

Option 1: One-line install (Recommended)

curl -fsSL https://www.aishell.ai/repo/install.sh | bash

Option 2: Manual bundle install

Download the matching aish-<version>-linux-<arch>.tar.gz bundle from the official release directory, then run:

tar -xzf...