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Install lsd with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper

Clone of ls with colorful output, file type icons, and more. Version 1.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install lsd

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install lsd

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/lsd/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add lsd

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · lsd · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install lsd

Debian stable package indexes · lsd · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install lsd

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · lsd · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#lsd

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ls/lsd/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S lsd

Arch Linux sync databases · lsd · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install lsd

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · lsd · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/lsd

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/lsd.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id lsd-rs.lsd -e

Windows Package Manager source index · lsd-rs.lsd · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Clone of ls with colorful output, file type icons, and more

Commands and aliases

  • lsd

history

Project history and usage

lsd is a Rust implementation of a modern `ls`-style file-listing command with color, icons, themes, and configuration.

Project history

The official repository describes lsd as 'the next gen ls command'. It was created on GitHub in November 2018 and early releases appeared in December 2018, followed by v1.0.0 in August 2023 and v1.2.0 in October 2025.

The README documents a familiar package-manager installation matrix across Linux distributions, macOS, BSDs, Windows, and source builds. It also credits the colorls project and sharkdp's fd project for inspiration and CI ideas.

Adoption history

lsd has become one of the best-known modern `ls` replacements in package-manager culture. GitHub metadata showed about 16k stars and over 500 forks by July 2026, and the supplied package-manager facts list Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, Ubuntu, WinGet, and openSUSE.

Its adoption follows the broader terminal-aesthetics wave around Nerd Fonts, icons, themes, and Rust CLI tools: users often install it alongside shells, prompt themes, and other replacements for classic Unix commands.

How it is used

Users run `lsd` directly or alias `ls` to `lsd` in shell startup files. The README documents icon prerequisites, package-manager installation commands, and optional shell configuration.

Customization is via `config.yaml`, `colors.yaml`, and `icons.yaml` under the lsd configuration directory. On Unix-like systems the README says lsd follows XDG and checks `$HOME/.config/lsd` and `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lsd`; on Windows it checks `%USERPROFILE%\.config\lsd` and `%APPDATA%\lsd`.

Why package nerds care

lsd is significant because it packages a complete modern terminal visual style into a small command. For package nerds, it is the canonical example of a Rust CLI replacing a core Unix affordance while still fitting naturally into Homebrew, distro repositories, and Windows package managers.

Timeline

  • 2018: GitHub repository created and early 0.x releases published.
  • 2023: v1.0.0 released.
  • 2025: v1.2.0 released.
  • 2026: GitHub metadata shows broad adoption and continued activity.

Related projects

  • lsd is related to GNU/BSD `ls`, colorls, exa/eza, Nerd Fonts, Font Awesome, and the wider Rust CLI ecosystem.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.config/lsd/config.yaml~/.config/lsd/colors.yaml~/.config/lsd/icons.yaml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lsd/config.yaml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lsd/colors.yaml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lsd/icons.yaml
Windows
%USERPROFILE%\.config\lsd\config.yaml%USERPROFILE%\.config\lsd\colors.yaml%USERPROFILE%\.config\lsd\icons.yaml%APPDATA%\lsd\config.yaml%APPDATA%\lsd\colors.yaml%APPDATA%\lsd\icons.yaml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
lsdcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.2.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.2.0

https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:lsd
Version1.2.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lsd
Homepagehttps://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd
Repositoryhttps://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd
Upstream docshttps://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciespandoc, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelsd
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

lsd 1.1.5-5+b1

ls command with a lot of pretty colors and some other stuff

https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd

sudo apt install lsd
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: rust-lsd
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: lsd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

lsd

nix profile install nixpkgs#lsd
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ls/lsd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

lsd 1.0.0-2

ls command with a lot of pretty colors and some other stuff

sudo apt install lsd
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: rust-lsd
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lsd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

lsd 1.2.0-r1

Next-Gen ls command

https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd

sudo apk add lsd
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lsd
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

lsd-bash-completion 1.2.0-r1

Bash completions for lsd

https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd

sudo apk add lsd-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lsd
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsd-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

lsd-fish-completion 1.2.0-r1

Fish completions for lsd

https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd

sudo apk add lsd-fish-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lsd
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsd-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

lsd-zsh-completion 1.2.0-r1

Zsh completions for lsd

https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd

sudo apk add lsd-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lsd
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsd-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

lsd 1.2.0-6.fc45

Ls command with a lot of pretty colors and some other stuff

https://crates.io/crates/lsd

sudo dnf install lsd
  • License: (MIT OR Apache-2.0) AND BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-only WITH GCC-exception-2.0 AND MIT AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND Apache-2.0 AND (Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0) AND
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: rust-lsd
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lsd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

lsd 1.2.0-2

Modern ls with a lot of pretty colors and awesome icons

https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd

sudo pacman -S lsd
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: lsd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

lsd 1.2.0-1.3

Ls command with a lot of pretty colors and some other stuff

https://crates.io/crates/lsd

sudo zypper install lsd
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lsd
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lsd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

lsd

sudo port install lsd
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/lsd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/lsd

scoop install main/lsd
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/lsd.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

lsd-rs.lsd

winget install --id lsd-rs.lsd -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lsd
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: lsd-rs.lsd from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • pandocBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • nulsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-listing, file-management, ls, rust.
  • ezaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-listing, file-management, rust, system.
  • g-lsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, ls, system, terminal.
  • llaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-listing, file-management, rust, system.
  • czkawkaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, rust, system.
  • ddhShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, rust, system.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment