g

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A feature-rich, customizable, and cross-platform ls alternative.

Experience enhanced visuals with type-specific icons, various layout options, and git status integration.

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Key Features

1. Customizable Display: Icons and colors specific to file types, easy to customize.
2. Multiple Layouts: Choose from grid, across, byline, zero, comma, table, json, markdown, and tree layouts.
3. Git Integration: View file git-status/repo-status/repo-branch directly in your listings.
4. Advanced Sorting: Highly customizable sorting options like version-sort.
5. Cross-Platform Compatibility: Works seamlessly on Linux, Windows, and MacOS.
6. Fuzzy Path Matching: zoxide and fzf like fuzzy path matching.
7. Hyperlink support: Open files/directories with a single click.

Screenshots

Usage

g path(s)

g --icon --long path(s) # show icons and long format

g --tree --long path(s) # show tree layout

More options

man.md

Installation Guide

Via package manager

Arch Linux (AUR)

yay -S g-ls

Homebrew

brew install g-ls

or use the homebrew tap:

brew tap equationzhao/core git@github.com:Equationzhao/homebrew-g.git

brew install g-ls

MacPort

sudo port install g-ls

Windows

windows scoop:

scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Equationzhao/g/master/scoop/g.json

# upgrade
scoop uninstall g # uninstall first
scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Equationzhao/g/master/scoop/g.json

Winget

TODO, see issue

Pre-built executable

install script

install

bash -c "$(curl -fsSLk https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Equationzhao/g/master/script/install.sh)"

uninstall

curl -fsSLk https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Equationzhao/g/master/script/install.sh | bash /dev/stdin -r     

deb

download from release page

sudo dpkg -i g_$version_$arch.deb

tar.gz/zip

just download from release page, extract the gzip and add the executable file to your PATH

From source

Requires Go version >= 1.21

go install -ldflags="-s -w"  github.com/Equationzhao/g@latest

Alternatively, clone the repo for a dev version:

git clone github.com/Equationzhao/g
cd g
go build -ldflags="-s -w" 
# then add the executable file to your `PATH`

Recommended terminal

macOS:

• Iterm2
• Warp

Windows:

• Windows Terminal

cross-platform:

• Hyper
• WezTerm

Shell Integration

completion

if you install g through brew or the install script, the completion is usually installed already.

zsh

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Equationzhao/g/master/completions/zsh/_g

install the file to your zsh completion directory, usually /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions or /usr/share/zsh/site-functions (or anywhere in your $FPATH)

mv _g ~/.zsh/completions

make sure autoload -Uz compinit and compinit are in the ~/.zshrc or ~/.zprofile

if not, add them to at least one of them.

autoload -Uz compinit
compinit

bash

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Equationzhao/g/master/completions/bash/g-completion.bash

add the following lines to your ~/.bashrc file:

source /path/to/g-completion.bash

fish

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Equationzhao/g/master/completions/fish/g.fish

Install the file to your fish completion directory, usually ~/.config/fish/completions

mv g.fish ~/.config/fish/completions

Restart your terminal session or run the following command to immediately enable the completion functionality:

source ~/.config/fish/config.fish

alias

Generate initialization scripts(alias) for various shells:

g -init bash/zsh/fish/pwsh

bash

# add the following command to .bashrc
eval "$(g --init bash)"
# then `source ~/.bashrc`

zsh

# add the following command to .zshrc
eval "$(g --init zsh)"
# then `source ~/.zshrc`

fish

#  add to fish config:
g --init fish | source
#  then `source ~/.config/fish/config.fish`

powershell

# add the following line to your profile
Invoke-Expression (& { (g --init powershell | Out-String) })

use command echo $profile to find your profile path

nushell

the nushell has a nice built-in ls command, but if you wanna try g in nushell, you can do the following:

ps: the script is not guaranteed to work, if you have any problem, please file an issue

# add the following to your $nu.env-path
^g --init nushell | save -f ~/.g.nu
# then add the following to your $nu.config-path
source ~/.g.nu

# if you want to replace nushell's g command with g
# add the following definition and alias to your $nu.config-path
#
# def nug [arg?] {
#     if ($arg == null) {
#         g $arg
#     } else {
#         g
#     }
# }
# alias g = ^g

Custom theme

theme

CONTRIBUTING

Interested in contributing? Check out the contributing guidelines.

Alternatives

g is highly inspired by following projects that you may wanna try!

• exa or eza
• lsd
• ls-go

	eza	g
display mode	oneline,grid,across,tree,recurse	oneline,grid,across,zero,comma,table,json,markdown,tree,recurse
unique feature	-Z: list each file’s security context,-@: list each file’s extended attributes and sizes ...	--mime: list each file's mime type, --charset: list each file's charset ...
performance	better	slower

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