+++ disableToc = false title = "Shell Completion" weight = 18 url = "/reference/shell-completion/" +++ LocalAI provides shell completion support for **bash**, **zsh**, and **fish** shells. Once installed, tab completion works for all CLI commands, subcommands, and flags. ## Generating Completion Scripts Use the `completion` subcommand to generate a completion script for your shell: ```bash local-ai completion bash local-ai completion zsh local-ai completion fish ``` ## Installation ### Bash Add the following to your `~/.bashrc`: ```bash source <(local-ai completion bash) ``` Or install it system-wide: ```bash local-ai completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/local-ai ``` ### Zsh Add the following to your `~/.zshrc`: ```zsh source <(local-ai completion zsh) ``` Or install it to a completions directory: ```zsh local-ai completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_local-ai" ``` If shell completions are not already enabled in your zsh environment, add the following to the beginning of your `~/.zshrc`: ```zsh autoload -Uz compinit compinit ``` ### Fish ```fish local-ai completion fish | source ``` Or install it permanently: ```fish local-ai completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/local-ai.fish ``` ## Usage After installation, restart your shell or source your shell configuration file. Then type `local-ai` followed by a tab to see available commands: ``` $ local-ai run backends completion explorer models federated sound-generation transcript tts util ``` Tab completion also works for subcommands and flags: ``` $ local-ai models install list $ local-ai run -- --address --backends-path --context-size --debug ... ```