eza

eza is a modern, feature-rich alternative to the classic UNIX/Linux ls command, written in Rust and designed to be fast, ergonomic, and visually informative. It adds colorized output, icons (in many builds), and metadata augmentation—such as Git status indication, extended attributes display, and human-friendly file size formatting. It handles symlinks, supports recursive listings, has tree views, and offers filtering and sorting options that go beyond what default ls provides. Because it’s a single binary with minimal dependencies, eza aims to remain lightweight and portable while improving the default listing experience. One design goal is sensible defaults: its behavior is configured to be useful without needing many command-line flags, yet it supports customization to adapt to users’ workflows. Because it’s actively maintained, users benefit from bugfixes, performance improvements, and features tailored to contemporary file systems (e.g. emojis, improved Unicode support).