A modern alternative to ls
The maintained fork of exa, same flags.
alternatives to
exa
A modern replacement for ‘ls’.
eza, lsd, colorls and more. 4 alternatives to exa, in Rust, Ruby. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release. Drop-in: eza.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eza | Drop-in | 24k | EUPL-1.2 | Open source | No | Rust | v0.23.5 | 2026-08-06 |
| lsd | Full replacement | 16k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Rust | v1.2.0 | 2026-08-17 |
| colorls | Full replacement | 5.2k | MIT | Open source | No | Ruby | v1.5.0 | 2026-07-27 |
| broot | Partial | 13k | MIT | Open source | No | Rust | v1.62.0 | 2026-11-11 |
Every alternative
4 alternatives
The next gen ls command
ls with colours, icons and a tree view.
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 16k
- Latest
- v1.2.0
- Last push
- 2026-08-17
A Ruby gem that beautifies the terminal's ls command, with color and font-awesome icons. :tada:
A Ruby gem with colours, icons, git status and a tree view.
A new way to see and navigate directory trees
Mainly a tree navigator, which also lists files with sizes, dates and permissions.
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About exa
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 24k
- Last push
- 2024-09-24