diff --git a/home/fish.nix b/home/fish.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d73f448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/fish.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{pkgs, ...}: {
+  programs.fish = {
+    enable = true;
+    plugins = [
+    {
+      name = "colored-man-pages";
+      src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "PatrickF1";
+        repo = "colored_man_pages.fish";
+        rev = "f885c2507128b70d6c41b043070a8f399988bc7a";
+        hash = "sha256-ii9gdBPlC1/P1N9xJzqomrkyDqIdTg+iCg0mwNVq2EU=";
+      };
+    }
+    ];
+    shellAliases = {
+      "vi" = "nvim";
+      "vim" = "nvim";
+      "t" = "tmux";
+      "tl" = "tmux list-sessions";
+      "ta" = "tmux new-session -A -s";
+      "se" = "sudoedit";
+      "s" = "sudo";
+      "nrs" = "sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .";
+      "nrt" = "sudo nixos-rebuild test --flake .";
+      "hrs" = "home-manager switch --flake .";
+      "g" = "git";
+      "ga" = "git add";
+      "gaa" = "git add --all";
+      "gb" = "git branch";
+      "gc" = "git commit --verbose";
+      "gcmsg" = "git commit --message";
+      "gd" = "git diff";
+      "gdca" = "git diff --cached";
+      "gds" = "git diff --staged";
+      "gl" = "git log --stat";
+      "glg" = "git log --graph";
+      "glga" = "git log --graph --decorate --all";
+      "glo" = "git log --oneline --decorate";
+      "gp" = "git push";
+      "gr" = "git remote";
+      "gra" = "git remote add";
+      "grv" = "git remote --verbose";
+      "gs" = "git status --short";
+      "gss" = "git status";
+    };
+  };
+
+  programs.fzf = {
+    enableFishIntegration = true;
+  };
+
+  programs.zoxide = {
+    enableFishIntegration = true;
+  };
+
+  programs.eza = {
+    enableFishIntegration = true;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/home/yt/ytnix.nix b/home/yt/ytnix.nix
index 0056a40..02f8838 100644
--- a/home/yt/ytnix.nix
+++ b/home/yt/ytnix.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   imports = [
     ./common.nix
     ../foot.nix
+    ../fish.nix
   ];
   home = {
     username = "yt";
diff --git a/hosts/common.nix b/hosts/common.nix
index bbd1718..e370dda 100644
--- a/hosts/common.nix
+++ b/hosts/common.nix
@@ -20,4 +20,13 @@
   };
   time.timeZone = "America/Toronto";
   networking.firewall.logRefusedConnections = false;
+
+  # this is true by default and mutually exclusive with
+  # programs.nix-index
+  programs.command-not-found.enable = false;
+  programs.nix-index = {
+    enable = true;
+    enableZshIntegration = true;
+  };
+
 }
diff --git a/hosts/ytnix/default.nix b/hosts/ytnix/default.nix
index 61b162b..0639e6a 100644
--- a/hosts/ytnix/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/ytnix/default.nix
@@ -281,14 +281,6 @@
   programs.nix-ld.enable = true;
   programs.evolution.enable = true;
 
-  # this is true by default and mutually exclusive with
-  # programs.nix-index
-  programs.command-not-found.enable = false;
-  programs.nix-index = {
-    enable = true;
-    enableZshIntegration = true;
-  };
-
   xdg.portal = {
     enable = true;
     wlr.enable = true;