Show HN: Cerium – Yet, another ls-like util that is not trying to replace ls

Show HN: Cerium – Yet, another ls-like util that is not trying to replace ls(github.com)

1 points by rly0nheart 109 days ago | 1 comment

Cerium gets inspiration from similar tools such as lsd and eza, but with a small difference: It aims to stay small by avoiding features that introduce heavy dependencies while doing what a tool of its kind is supposed to do... list files and directories.

rly0nheart 109 days ago |

started working on Cerium back in 2025. I was just using it locally on my laptop then. After some time working on it and getting ideas from lsd and eza, I decided to push it to GitHub. Cerium supports searching for files with the --find option which allows blog patterns, and also filemagic with the --magic option (enabled with the magic feature). I would like to hear some what people think about it.

Also, Cerium mimics how the ls command lists a directory that has entries with quotes. Something that lsd and eza dont really do. E.g.,:

eza and lsd: foobar.txt 'foo bar.txt'

cerium: foobar.txt 'foo bar.txt'

Another thing, my mentor told me about how I should also try my best to focus on separation of concern in the code, so i tried my best to apply that. Hope someone enjoys using this. If you see a problem in the code and can fix it, please open a pull request on Codeberg. Have fun! :)