wisu – fast, minimalist directory tree viewer

wisu is fast, minimalist directory tree viewer, written in Rust, with a powerful interactive mode.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Classic and interactive modes: Use wisu for a classic tree-like view, or launch wisu -i for a fully interactive terminal Interface.
• Theme-aware coloring: Respects your system’s LS_COLORS environment variable for fully customizable file and directory colors.
• Rich information display (optional):
  • Display file-specific icons with --icons (requires Emoji support).
  • Show file permissions with -p.
  • Show file sizes with -s.
  • Show file info with -x.
• Export: Export path to (CSV, XML, JSON) with -o flag.
• Smart filtering:
  • Respects your .gitignore files with the -g flag.
  • Control recursion depth (-L) or show only directories (-d).
  • Control max files per dir (-F), setting it to 0 displays only directories.
• Plugin support:
  • You can customize wisu behaviour using custom filtering with apply_filter(hook, Fn);

Website: github.com/sh1zen/wisu
Support:
Developer: Andrea Frolli
License: Apache License 2.0

wisu is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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