GitHub - rly0nheart/cerium: A light ls alternative.

curl -fsSL https://codeberg.org/rly0nheart/cerium/raw/branch/master/scripts/install.sh | sh

Note

The magic and all variants require libmagic at runtime, which the installer will attempt to install automatically. Without --features, a no-dependency binary is installed.

# Nightly build
curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash -s -- --nightly

# Custom install directory
curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash -s -- --dir ~/.local/bin

# Install with checksum support
curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash -s -- --features checksum

# Install with all features (requires libmagic for the filemagic feature)
curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash -s -- --features all

# Standard installation with all features
cargo install cerium --all-features

# Minimal installation
cargo install cerium

# Specific features
cargo install cerium --features magic
cargo install cerium --features checksum

# Clone the repo
git clone https://codeberg.org/rly0nheart/cerium.git

# Move to cerium directory
cd cerium

# Build and install: This will build cerium with all its features
make install

-1, --oneline          One entry per line
-l, --long             Long format (permissions, user, group, size, modified)
-t, --tree             Tree view
-H, --column-headers   Show column headers

-a, --all              Include hidden entries
-d, --dirs             Directories only
-f, --files            Files only
--find <QUERY>         Search for entries that match a query
--hide <ENTRIES>       Exclude specific entries (comma-separated)
--prune                Omit empty directories

-p, --permission       File permissions
-u, --user             Owner
-g, --group            Group
-s, --size             File size
-m, --modified         Modification time
-c, --created          Creation time
--accessed             Access time
-i, --inode            Inode number
-b, --blocks           Block count
--hard-links           Hard link count
--acl                  ACL indicator
-x, --xattr            Extended attributes
--mountpoint           Mount point

--sort <BY>            name, size, created, accessed, modified, extension, inode
-r, --reverse          Reverse order
-R, --recursive        Recurse into subdirectories
-S, --true-size        Calculate actual directory sizes

--date-format <FMT>            locale, human, timestamp
--number-format <FMT>          human, natural
--ownership-format <FMT>       name, id
--permission-format <FMT>      symbolic, octal, hex
--size-format <FMT>            bytes, binary, decimal

-C, --colo[u]rs <WHEN>   always, auto, never
-I, --icons <WHEN>       always, auto, never
-Q, --quote-name         auto, double, single, never

ce -la                                    # Long format, all files
ce -t                                     # Tree view
ce -lt --icons=always                     # Tree with metadata and icons
ce --find=*.rs --sort=size -r             # Find Rust files, sort by size

ce -pugm --date-format=humanly            # Permissions, ownership, modified date, human dates
ce -i --hard-links --sort=inode           # Inodes and hard links
ce --acl -x                               # ACLs and extended attributes
ce -lb --block-size                       # Block usage

ce --magic --checksum sha256              # Type detection + checksums
ce -RS --true-size                        # Recursive with actual directory sizes
ce --hide=target,node_modules -t          # Tree excluding build artifacts
ce --permission-format=octal -p           # Octal permissions
ce --ownership-format=id -ug              # Numeric UIDs/GIDs

ce -laH --date-format=humanly --size-format=binary
ce --find=.pdf --checksum md5 --sort=modified -r
ce -t --prune --hide=.git,target --icons=always

# Apply a pre-made theme
cp themes/dracula.toml ~/.config/cerium.toml