{"id":47030136,"title":"Show HN: Ls-f a fast, zero-dependency ls with Nerd Font icons (Rust rewrite)","points":2,"user":"0x0003r","time":1771208122,"time_ago":"10 hours ago","type":"link","content":"

Hey HN People,\nLike many of you on Arch + Hyprland (or really any rolling distro), I used to rely on eza for nice-looking ls output with icons, git status, tree view, etc.

Then a recent update broke eza's package icons just turned into ugly boxes/rectangles everywhere.anyhow ls is also stop working .Reinstall, rebuild deps, downgrade, nothing helped. Classic rolling-release Friday night.

I got tired of fighting it so I finally finished something I'd been tinkering with for a while: ls-f.

It's a from-scratch Rust rewrite (v5 is the new one) of an old Bash ls wrapper I made years ago. Main goals were:

- Single static binary → zero runtime deps (no drama when Arch updates something)\n- Nerd Font icons for file types (hundreds supported)\n- Tree view built-in (--tree)\n- Git indicators (--git) without extra cruft\n- Speed basically on par with GNU ls (benchmarks in the readme — icons add ~0 overhead in most cases)\n- Supports most common ls flags so aliases just work: ls='lsf', ll='lsf -l', la='lsf -la', lt='lsf --tree'

No config files needed anymore, no Python/Bash layers. Just drop the binary in PATH.

Repo: https://github.com/swadhinbiswas/ls-f

Quick install on Arch (or anywhere with Rust/cargo):\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/swadhinbiswas/ls-f.git\ncd ls-f\nmake install # or cargo install --path .\n```

Make sure your terminal uses a Nerd Font (JetBrainsMono NF, MesloLGS NF, etc.) ,\notherwise icons show as boxes (there's a troubleshooting section in the readme).

It currently has only a handful of stars because I mostly built it for myself + a few friends, but after this eza breakage I'm actually using it daily now and it feels more reliable.

Would love to hear thoughts / feedback / brutal honesty:\n- Does it cover the flags you actually use?\n- Any missing icon or weird rendering in your setup?\n- Better name? (ls-f is short but maybe too generic)

Thanks for looking!

(Using it right now in Hyprland on Arch feels snappy and zero surprises so far.)","url":"https://github.com/swadhinbiswas/ls-f","domain":"github.com","comments":[{"id":47030588,"level":0,"user":"poketdev","time":1771212944,"time_ago":"9 hours ago","content":"

Interesting use of async patterns here. I've found that when you get the concurrency model right, everything else falls into place.","comments":[{"id":47030733,"level":1,"user":"0x0003r","time":1771214355,"time_ago":"8 hours ago","content":"

I am learning Rust.Yes I am trying to understand async and write clean code as much as possible .","comments":[]}]}],"comments_count":2}