diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 6904a4815..91103e642 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const config_vim = @import("src/config/vim.zig");
 const config_sublime_syntax = @import("src/config/sublime_syntax.zig");
 const fish_completions = @import("src/build/fish_completions.zig");
 const zsh_completions = @import("src/build/zsh_completions.zig");
+const bash_completions = @import("src/build/bash_completions.zig");
 const build_config = @import("src/build_config.zig");
 const BuildConfig = build_config.BuildConfig;
 const WasmTarget = @import("src/os/wasm/target.zig").Target;
@@ -517,6 +518,18 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
         });
     }
 
+    // bash shell completions
+    {
+        const wf = b.addWriteFiles();
+        _ = wf.add("ghostty.bash", bash_completions.bash_completions);
+
+        b.installDirectory(.{
+            .source_dir = wf.getDirectory(),
+            .install_dir = .prefix,
+            .install_subdir = "share/bash-completion/completions",
+        });
+    }
+
     // Vim plugin
     {
         const wf = b.addWriteFiles();
diff --git a/src/build/bash_completions.zig b/src/build/bash_completions.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02da91ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/build/bash_completions.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const Config = @import("../config/Config.zig");
+const Action = @import("../cli/action.zig").Action;
+
+/// A bash completions configuration that contains all the available commands
+/// and options.
+///
+/// Notes: bash completion support for --<key>=<value> depends on setting the completion
+/// system to _not_ print a space following each successful completion (see -o nospace).
+/// This results leading or tailing spaces being necessary to move onto the next match.
+///
+/// bash completion will read = as it's own completiong word regardless of whether or not
+/// it's part of an on going completion like --<key>=. Working around this requires looking
+/// backward in the command line args to pretend the = is an empty string
+/// see: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuastro/manual/html_node/Bash-TAB-completion-tutorial.html
+pub const bash_completions = comptimeGenerateBashCompletions();
+
+fn comptimeGenerateBashCompletions() []const u8 {
+    comptime {
+        @setEvalBranchQuota(50000);
+        var counter = std.io.countingWriter(std.io.null_writer);
+        try writeBashCompletions(&counter.writer());
+
+        var buf: [counter.bytes_written]u8 = undefined;
+        var stream = std.io.fixedBufferStream(&buf);
+        try writeBashCompletions(stream.writer());
+        const final = buf;
+        return final[0..stream.getWritten().len];
+    }
+}
+
+fn writeBashCompletions(writer: anytype) !void {
+    const pad1 = "  ";
+    const pad2 = pad1 ++ pad1;
+    const pad3 = pad2 ++ pad1;
+    const pad4 = pad3 ++ pad1;
+
+    try writer.writeAll(
+        \\# -o nospace requires we add back a space when a completion is finished
+        \\# and not part of a --key= completion
+        \\addSpaces() {
+        \\  for idx in "${!COMPREPLY[@]}"; do
+        \\    [ -n "${COMPREPLY[idx]}" ] && COMPREPLY[idx]="${COMPREPLY[idx]} ";
+        \\  done
+        \\}
+        \\
+        \\config="--help"
+        \\config+=" --version"
+        \\
+    );
+
+    for (@typeInfo(Config).Struct.fields) |field| {
+        if (field.name[0] == '_') continue;
+        switch (field.type) {
+            bool, ?bool => try writer.writeAll("config+=\" '--" ++ field.name ++ " '\"\n"),
+            else => try writer.writeAll("config+=\" --" ++ field.name ++ "=\"\n"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    try writer.writeAll(
+        \\
+        \\_handleConfig() {
+        \\  case "$prev" in
+        \\
+    );
+
+    for (@typeInfo(Config).Struct.fields) |field| {
+        if (field.name[0] == '_') continue;
+        try writer.writeAll(pad2 ++ "--" ++ field.name ++ ") ");
+
+        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, field.name, "font-family"))
+            try writer.writeAll("return ;;")
+        else if (std.mem.eql(u8, "theme", field.name))
+            try writer.writeAll("return ;;")
+        else if (std.mem.eql(u8, "working-directory", field.name))
+            try writer.writeAll("return ;;")
+        else if (field.type == Config.RepeatablePath)
+            try writer.writeAll("return ;;")
+        else {
+            const compgenPrefix = "mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <( compgen -W \"";
+            const compgenSuffix = "\" -- \"$cur\" ); addSpaces ;;";
+            switch (@typeInfo(field.type)) {
+                .Bool => try writer.writeAll("return ;;"),
+                .Enum => |info| {
+                    try writer.writeAll(compgenPrefix);
+                    for (info.fields, 0..) |f, i| {
+                        if (i > 0) try writer.writeAll(" ");
+                        try writer.writeAll(f.name);
+                    }
+                    try writer.writeAll(compgenSuffix);
+                },
+                .Struct => |info| {
+                    if (!@hasDecl(field.type, "parseCLI") and info.layout == .@"packed") {
+                        try writer.writeAll(compgenPrefix);
+                        for (info.fields, 0..) |f, i| {
+                            if (i > 0) try writer.writeAll(" ");
+                            try writer.writeAll(f.name ++ " no-" ++ f.name);
+                        }
+                        try writer.writeAll(compgenSuffix);
+                    } else {
+                        try writer.writeAll("return ;;");
+                    }
+                },
+                else => try writer.writeAll("return ;;"),
+            }
+        }
+
+        try writer.writeAll("\n");
+    }
+
+    try writer.writeAll(
+        \\    *) mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <( compgen -W "$config" -- "$cur" ) ;;
+        \\  esac
+        \\
+        \\  return 0
+        \\}
+        \\
+        \\
+    );
+
+    for (@typeInfo(Action).Enum.fields) |field| {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, "help", field.name)) continue;
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, "version", field.name)) continue;
+
+        const options = @field(Action, field.name).options();
+        // assumes options will never be created with only <_name> members
+        if (@typeInfo(options).Struct.fields.len == 0) continue;
+
+        var buffer: [field.name.len]u8 = undefined;
+        const bashName: []u8 = buffer[0..field.name.len];
+        @memcpy(bashName, field.name);
+
+        std.mem.replaceScalar(u8, bashName, '-', '_');
+        try writer.writeAll(bashName ++ "=\"");
+
+        {
+            var count = 0;
+            for (@typeInfo(options).Struct.fields) |opt| {
+                if (opt.name[0] == '_') continue;
+                if (count > 0) try writer.writeAll(" ");
+                switch (opt.type) {
+                    bool, ?bool => try writer.writeAll("'--" ++ opt.name ++ " '"),
+                    else => try writer.writeAll("--" ++ opt.name ++ "="),
+                }
+                count += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        try writer.writeAll(" --help\"\n");
+    }
+
+    try writer.writeAll(
+        \\
+        \\_handleActions() {
+        \\  case "${COMP_WORDS[1]}" in
+        \\
+    );
+
+    for (@typeInfo(Action).Enum.fields) |field| {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, "help", field.name)) continue;
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, "version", field.name)) continue;
+
+        const options = @field(Action, field.name).options();
+        if (@typeInfo(options).Struct.fields.len == 0) continue;
+
+        // bash doesn't allow variable names containing '-' so replace them
+        var buffer: [field.name.len]u8 = undefined;
+        const bashName: []u8 = buffer[0..field.name.len];
+        _ = std.mem.replace(u8, field.name, "-", "_", bashName);
+
+        try writer.writeAll(pad2 ++ "+" ++ field.name ++ ")\n");
+        try writer.writeAll(pad3 ++ "case $prev in\n");
+        for (@typeInfo(options).Struct.fields) |opt| {
+            if (opt.name[0] == '_') continue;
+
+            try writer.writeAll(pad4 ++ "--" ++ opt.name ++ ") ");
+
+            const compgenPrefix = "mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <( compgen -W \"";
+            const compgenSuffix = "\" -- \"$cur\" ); addSpaces ;;";
+            switch (@typeInfo(opt.type)) {
+                .Bool => try writer.writeAll("return ;;"),
+                .Enum => |info| {
+                    try writer.writeAll(compgenPrefix);
+                    for (info.opts, 0..) |f, i| {
+                        if (i > 0) try writer.writeAll(" ");
+                        try writer.writeAll(f.name);
+                    }
+                    try writer.writeAll(compgenSuffix);
+                },
+                else => {
+                    if (std.mem.eql(u8, "config-file", opt.name)) {
+                        try writer.writeAll("return ;;");
+                    } else try writer.writeAll("return;;");
+                },
+            }
+            try writer.writeAll("\n");
+        }
+        try writer.writeAll(pad4 ++ "*) mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <( compgen -W \"$" ++ bashName ++ "\" -- \"$cur\" ) ;;\n");
+        try writer.writeAll(
+            \\      esac
+            \\    ;;
+            \\
+        );
+    }
+
+    try writer.writeAll(
+        \\    *) mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <( compgen -W "--help" -- "$cur" ) ;;
+        \\  esac
+        \\
+        \\  return 0
+        \\}
+        \\
+        \\topLevel="-e"
+        \\topLevel+=" --help"
+        \\topLevel+=" --version"
+        \\
+    );
+
+    for (@typeInfo(Action).Enum.fields) |field| {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, "help", field.name)) continue;
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, "version", field.name)) continue;
+
+        try writer.writeAll("topLevel+=\" +" ++ field.name ++ "\"\n");
+    }
+
+    try writer.writeAll(
+        \\
+        \\_ghostty() {
+        \\  cur=""; prev=""; prevWasEq=false; COMPREPLY=()
+        \\  ghostty="$1"
+        \\
+        \\  if [ "$2" = "=" ]; then cur=""
+        \\  else                    cur="$2"
+        \\  fi
+        \\
+        \\  if [ "$3" = "=" ]; then prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-2]}"; prevWasEq=true;
+        \\  else                    prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
+        \\  fi
+        \\
+        \\  case "$COMP_CWORD" in
+        \\    1)
+        \\      case "${COMP_WORDS[1]}" in
+        \\        -e | --help | --version) return 0 ;;
+        \\        --*) _handleConfig ;;
+        \\        *) mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <( compgen -W "${topLevel}" -- "$cur" ); addSpaces ;;
+        \\      esac
+        \\      ;;
+        \\    *)
+        \\      case "$prev" in
+        \\        -e | --help | --version) return 0 ;;
+        \\        *)
+        \\          case "${COMP_WORDS[1]}" in
+        \\            --*) _handleConfig ;;
+        \\            +*) _handleActions ;;
+        \\          esac
+        \\          ;;
+        \\      esac
+        \\      ;;
+        \\  esac
+        \\
+        \\  return 0
+        \\}
+        \\
+        \\complete -o nospace -o bashdefault -F _ghostty ghostty
+        \\
+    );
+}