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Supported command line environments

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Supported command line environments - Amazon Q Developer

You can install Amazon Q for command line on macOS and specific Linux environments, including AppImage and Ubuntu. You can then optionally verify the installation for both macOS or Linux.

The following environments are supported for both macOS and Linux:

  • Shells: bash, zsh, fish

  • CLIs: Over 500 of the most popular CLIs such as git, aws, docker, npm, and yarn

macOS

Amazon Q for command line integrates with the following environments for macOS:

  • Terminal emulators: iTerm2, macOS terminal, Hyper, Alacritty, Kitty, WezTerm

  • IDEs: VS Code terminal, Jetbrains terminals (except Fleet)

Linux

Amazon Q for command line integrates with the following environments for Linux:

  • Platform requirements: Amazon Q for command line for Linux supports Ubuntu 22 and 24. It may otherwise work with GNOME v42+ or environments where the display server is Xorg and the input method framework is IBus.

  • Terminal emulators: GnomeConsole, GnomeTerminal, Kitty, Hyper, WezTerm, Alacritty, Tilix, Terminator

  • Architecture: amd64

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