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Replacements for ls with colours, icons and git status.

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Tool	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
exa	24k	MIT	Open source	No	Rust	v0.10.1	2024-09-24
eza	24k	EUPL-1.2	Open source	No	Rust	v0.23.5	2026-08-06
lsd	16k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Rust	v1.2.0	2026-08-17
broot	13k	MIT	Open source	No	Rust	v1.62.0	2026-11-11
colorls	5.2k	MIT	Open source	No	Ruby	v1.5.0	2026-07-27

5 tools

A modern replacement for ‘ls’.

Language: Rust
Licence: MIT
Stars: 24k
Latest: v0.10.1
Last push: 2024-09-24

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A modern alternative to ls

Language: Rust
Licence: EUPL-1.2
Stars: 24k
Latest: v0.23.5
Last push: 2026-08-06

The next gen ls command

Language: Rust
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 16k
Latest: v1.2.0
Last push: 2026-08-17

A new way to see and navigate directory trees

Language: Rust
Licence: MIT
Stars: 13k
Latest: v1.62.0
Last push: 2026-11-11

A Ruby gem that beautifies the terminal's ls command, with color and font-awesome icons. :tada:

Language: Ruby
Licence: MIT
Stars: 5.2k
Latest: v1.5.0
Last push: 2026-07-27

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