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A new way to see and navigate directory trees

27 mentions on Hacker News by 20 people: 4 stories, 23 comments · first 2019-02-27 · latest 2025-06-18

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  1. On interactive mode "ls tree" tools, an interesting one is broot. https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by fer · 2025-06-18 · in Show HN: Lstr – A modern, interactive tree command written in Rust
  2. …are there any features that stand out from the two? [0]: https://github.com/solidiquis/erdtree [1]: https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by aystatic · 2025-06-18 · in Show HN: Lstr – A modern, interactive tree command written in Rust
  3. …things did not work and why. BTW, this is from the author of Broot, the creative file explorer. https://github.com/Canop/broot When we try so hard to appear successful and without mistake, it paints a distorted picture. The dead ends are…
    comment by sitkack · 2024-12-30 · in How Not to Learn Rust
  4. …too much, but that doesn't mean they won't work for you: https://github.com/yorukot/superfile https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by tovej · 2024-10-01 · in Show HN: Facad – A colorful directory listing tool for the command line
  5. Take a look at broot https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by who-shot-jr · 2024-01-21 · in Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
  6. …Broot, which is-- like OP's tool-- intended as an ls replacement rather than a full file manager: https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by pxc · 2023-09-27 · in Show HN: Nav – A terminal navigator for interactive `ls` workflows
  7. …Search really isn't as bad as the article suggests, especially with something like broot [1]. [1]: https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by brushfoot · 2023-09-14 · in Johnny Decimal: A System to Organize Projects (2015)
  8. This is powerful though I don't use it much yet https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by Sujeto · 2023-08-26 · in Ask HN: What are some interesting tools or code repos you discovered recently
  9. …I use it just to find a directory and enter it, which requires only one keyboard shortcut. [1] https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by bayesianbot · 2023-08-22 · in Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager
  10. `broot` ( https://github.com/Canop/broot ) is another file manager with a curious interface that seems to fill a similar niche. Of course, there are many other file managers to choose from (mc, ranger, nnn, lf, ....), but most of them…
    comment by ilyagr · 2023-06-26 · in Show HN: Projectable - a TUI file manager built for projects
  11. …) - cat => bat ( https://github.com/sharkdp/bat ) - tree => broot ( https://github.com/Canop/broot ) The person you’re replying to was speaking of a different project - uutils ( https://github.com/uutils/coreutils ). These are
    comment by nindalf · 2023-03-02 · in Bsdutils: Alternative to GNU coreutils using software from FreeBSD
  12. …export LESS='-iMFx4 --mouse' # smart-case, status bar, quit 1 screen, 4sp tabs Also should mention https://github.com/Canop/broot as a good directory explorer tool.
    comment by kbd · 2021-10-27 · in Exa: An alternative to Ls
  13. …directory browser but I might consider trying this too [0]: https://github.com/b4b4r07/enhancd [1]: https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by conradludgate · 2021-04-06 · in Show HN: Xplr – A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer
  14. It reminds of broot https://github.com/Canop/broot/
    comment by smusamashah · 2020-11-17 · in Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager
  15. …a fantastic command line search tool. [2] [1] https://www.iterm2.com/documentation-hotkey.html [2] https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by johnmw · 2020-09-07 · in Hard to discover tips and apps for macOS
  16. You can very easily configure broot : https://github.com/Canop/broot/issues/24#issuecomment-572481...
    comment by dystroy · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees
  17. …The Rust full-screen TUI code in Broot (and common Rust libraries) does not do any of this. * https://github.com/Canop/broot/blob/d8ba179946ad10d777f93b4a... * https://github.com/crossterm-rs/crossterm/blob/41ff73e3d3763... When it is a…
    comment by JdeBP · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees
  18. You can define your own shortcuts for navigation. See for example this: https://github.com/Canop/broot/issues/24#issuecomment-572481...
    comment by dystroy · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees
  19. You can use ctrl-p and ctrl-n. You wouldn't be the first one : https://github.com/Canop/broot/issues/24#issuecomment-572481...
    comment by dystroy · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees
  20. …can do `brew install broot`. I've been told that the bash file path I use on mac is wrong though: https://github.com/Canop/broot/issues/84
    comment by dystroy · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees
  21. It should be possible. I'll open an issue for that. edit: https://github.com/Canop/broot/issues/87
    comment by dystroy · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees
  22. …). Another developer already started to work on a `br` function for windows: https://github.com/Canop/broot/issues/78
    comment by dystroy · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees
  23. …day but I'm currently postponing it because of a bunch of new features in the making. Reference: https://github.com/Canop/broot
    comment by dystroy · 2019-02-27 · in Find Files (Ff) – File Search Utility in Rust