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exa

exa is a modern replacement for the command-line program ls that ships with Unix and Linux operating systems. This command is used by terminal users, administrators, and developers hundreds of times daily, as well as being useful when writing automated scripts.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

Alerts

  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Linux
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exa is unmaintained, please use the active fork eza icon eza instead.

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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Customizable
  3.  User friendly

Features

  1.  Command line interface
  2.  No Tracking
  3.  File Search
  4.  Rust

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  • K0RR updated exa
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File Management, OS & Utilities

GitHub repository

  •  24,443 Stars
  •  652 Forks
  •  213 Open Issues
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What is exa?

exa is a modern replacement for the command-line program ls that ships with Unix and Linux operating systems. This command is used by terminal users, administrators, and developers hundreds of times daily, as well as being useful when writing automated scripts.

Unfortunately, these two uses are at odds with each other. While users want new features and customisation, administrators would prefer the stability of a long-lived and ubiquitous tool.

By deliberately making some decisions differently, exa attempts to be a more featureful, more user-friendly version of ls.