fish-config/docs/manual/05-functions/06-dependency-management.md

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Dependency Management	5.6 Dependency Management	order 6	deps

fish-deps

Synopsis:  fish-deps [status|install|update|sync]
Unified command for managing all tools this configuration depends on.

  status   (default) Show installed/missing status grouped by tier
  install  Interactively install each missing dependency
  update   Update all installed dependencies
  sync     Install missing deps, then update all

Install method priority (highest to lowest):
  1. git+cargo source build (fish shell itself)
  2. cargo (Rust tools — gets latest crate version)
  3. system PM (paru/apt/brew/etc.)
  4. git clone (fzf)
  5. curl installer (starship, fisher, uv)

When multiple methods are available you are prompted to choose.

Dependencies are grouped into three tiers:

  Required      fish, fzf, zoxide
  Integrations  wakatime, tailscale
  Recommended   cargo, starship, uv, direnv, paru, yay, eza, lsd, bat,
                btop, dust, duf, prettyping, ov, ripgrep, lazygit,
                lazydocker, trash, kitty, wezterm, python3, yt-dlp

fish-deps
fish-deps install
fish-deps update
fish-deps sync

check_fish_deps

Synopsis:  check_fish_deps
Backwards-compatibility alias for `fish-deps status`.

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