broot
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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30-day installs · #974
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365-day · #959
Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://dystroy.org/broot/
- Brew formula source: Formula/b/broot.rb
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