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Broot

Broot offers a better way to navigate directories. Different from the typical 'tree' command, it summarizes directory contents so more fits on screen. Broot uses a keyboard focused workflow and provides a fast, non-blocking search that works as smoothly with large...

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  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Rust
Find a directory and cd into it
Easily keep track of hierarchy
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Manipulate files
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  •  13,079 Stars
  •  326 Forks
  •  105 Open Issues
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Install from the command line

  • winget install -e --id Dystroy.broot
  • brew install broot

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What is Broot?

Broot offers a better way to navigate directories. Different from the typical 'tree' command, it summarizes directory contents so more fits on screen. Broot uses a keyboard focused workflow and provides a fast, non-blocking search that works as smoothly with large directory structures.

FEATURES

  • fast and intuitive search
  • keyboard-focused operation
  • add custom shortcuts and use built-in shortcuts for mv, cp, rm, mkdir
  • easily see file sizes when needed