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brew install broot v1.57.0 MIT

Rust command-line tool for fast directory tree navigation and exploration with interactive search.

Why you might care

Broot replaces traditional `ls` and `cd` workflows with instant fuzzy search over directory trees, showing previews and allowing recursive operations in a single pane. It's significantly faster than shell globbing for exploring large codebases and handles git-ignored files intelligently. Single statically-linked binary with minimal dependencies.

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