Install lla with Homebrew, Nix

Project links

• Homepage
• Upstream docs
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

• lla

Project history

The chaqchase/lla repository was created on GitHub in July 2023, with v0.1.0 published the same day. The README describes lla as a modern, customizable, feature-rich, extensible ls replacement.

The project grew from basic listing modes into a broader filesystem dashboard: long, tree, table, grid, timeline, storage-analysis, directory-jump, search, diff, and plugin-backed metadata views are described in the upstream README.

Adoption history

The README documents installation through Cargo, Homebrew, Arch's paru, NetBSD pkgin, X-CMD, direct binary downloads, and a shell installer. That spread is typical of Rust CLIs that start with cargo install and then acquire native package-manager formulae.

GitHub release packaging for lla includes checksums and platform artifacts, which supports package-manager maintainers and users who prefer pinned binary installs over building from source.

How it is used

lla is used as an interactive and scriptable replacement for ls, especially by users who want rich metadata, Git status, tree views, filtering, and themed output without combining several separate filesystem tools.

The documented config path is ~/.config/lla/config.toml, and the README shows lla init and lla config workflows for creating and inspecting that file.

Why package nerds care

lla belongs to the modern Rust CLI packaging wave: a traditional Unix command is reworked with colored output, richer metadata, and a distribution story that spans Cargo, Homebrew, Linux packages, and standalone release assets.

Its plugin model is the package-nerd hook: instead of being only a prettier ls, it treats directory listings as an extensible surface for Git, file operations, metadata, themes, and custom fields.

Timeline

• 2023: chaqchase/lla repository and v0.1.0 release published on July 31.
• 2025: v0.5.0 release line introduced during a period of expanded package artifacts and plugin assets.
• 2026: v0.5.7 release published with packaged binaries, package files, plugin archives, themes, and SHA256 checksums.

Related projects

• lla is related to other ls replacements and filesystem explorers such as exa/eza, lsd, broot, dust, and tree, though its upstream documentation emphasizes its own plugin system and Git-aware listing features.
• Its Rust implementation and package layout put it near other cargo-first command-line utilities that later gain Homebrew and distro packaging.

Sources

• https://api.github.com/repos/chaqchase/lla
• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lla
• https://github.com/chaqchase/lla
• https://github.com/chaqchase/lla/releases/tag/v0.1.0
• https://github.com/chaqchase/lla/releases/tag/v0.5.7
• https://lla.chaqchase.com/docs/about/introduction
• https://lla.chaqchase.com/docs/reference/cli-reference
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chaqchase/lla/main/README.md