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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: tree

This article spotlights alternative tools to tree, a utility that lists the contents of directories in a tree-like format.

gtree is a CLI-based utility which uses Markdown to generate directory trees and directories itself, and also verifies directories.

lscoltui is a TUI program that lets you configure the colors of ls.

Sty provides a simple, customizable and performant string styling markup, which is decoupled from color palettes and terminal implementations.

as-tree is a command-line utility that prints a list of paths as a tree of paths. It’s written in Rust.

zpaqfranz is a deduplicating archiver with encryption and paranoid-level tests.

This roundup focuses on free and open source command-line tools that help you find and remove duplicate files.

yachalk is a feature-complete clone of the Chalk (JavaScript) library.

File comparison compares the contents of computer files, finding their common contents and their differences. The result is known as a diff.

This article focuses on terminal-based weather tools for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.

colored is a simple Python library for color and formatting in terminal

ddh (the Directory Differential hTool) traverses input directories and their subdirectories.

ansicolors add ANSI colors and decorations to your strings. This is free and open source software written in Python.

sdupes is a command-line fast duplicate file detection utility. It’s written in C.

termcolor offers ANSI color formatting for output in the terminal. It’s written in Python.