LS_COLORS vs ls-go

LS_COLORS

A collection of LS_COLORS definitions; needs your contribution! (by trapd00r)

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ls-go

A more colorful, user-friendly implementation of `ls` written in Go (by acarl005)

Go Command-line Terminal ansi-colors

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LS_COLORS		ls-go
	Project
3	Mentions	1
2,003	Stars	213
-	Growth	-
6.7	Activity	6.3
3 months ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
Shell	Language	Go
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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LS_COLORS

Posts with mentions or reviews of LS_COLORS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-17.

What color scheme do you use for LS_COLORS?
2 projects | /r/bash | 17 Nov 2022

obligatory https://github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS
Exa · A Modern Replacement for ls
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Dec 2021

2. if you want more or different colours, you can use the `LS_COLORS` environment variable. There are various pre-made snippets around you may want to use. e.g. https://github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS
How to make colorful text like this in ohmyzsh?
5 projects | /r/commandline | 5 Feb 2021

Along with lsd or exa, I would recommend you check/install LSCOLORS, which enhances the available pallet based on file types.

ls-go

Posts with mentions or reviews of ls-go. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-18.

Exa · A Modern Replacement for ls
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Dec 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing LS_COLORS and ls-go you can also consider the following projects:

powerlevel10k - A Zsh theme

exa - A modern replacement for ‘ls’.

lsd - The next gen ls command

llama - Inference code for Llama models

gnome-terminal - An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant GNOME Terminal color theme.

modern-unix - A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands.

konsole - An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Konsole color scheme.

asciinema - Terminal session recorder 📹

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

exodus - Painless relocation of Linux binaries–and all of their dependencies–without containers.

ColorEchoForShell - Make 🐚(shell) 's 💬 (`echo`) to be 🎨 easily ✨ Support ✅ sh ➕ bash ➕ zsh ➕ ksh ➕ 🐟 One simple command for vibrant text output! 💫

RTFM - Ruby Terminal File Manager