# macls

 single-file, dependency-free Python script that can replace the "ls" command. Runs on macOS and Linux.

- GitHub: https://github.com/ktabe/macls
- Status on SlopScore: **listed** · tier: found
- Trawled: the owner didn't submit this; the Cap'm wrote the paperwork. Picked by hand by the Cap'm on 2026-10-15: single-file, dependency-free Python script that can replace the "ls" command. Runs on macOS and Linux.; its own README says "Acknowledgments Most of this program was written by Claude Code ( License MIT — see LICENSE (LICENSE)". 1 stars; MIT license. The owner did not submit this.
- Score: 1 (▲2 ▼0) · 0 comments · ★1 · 0 forks
- Language: Python
- License: MIT
- Listed: 2026-10-15 · first seen 2026-10-15 · last checked 49 minutes ago

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- topic: iterm2 (detected), ls (detected), ls-alternative (detected), python3 (detected), thumbnails (detected), wezterm (detected)

## Pitch

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## README (excerpt)

macls.py A single-file, dependency-free Python 3 script that can replace the ls command. Runs on macOS and Linux. Japanese/日本語版: README-ja.md Features Modification-time gradient Where standard ls colors filenames by file type, macls.py colors them by what actually changed recently: a name's foreground fades along a recency gradient, bright for a file you just touched and dim for one you haven't opened in months. Every name is colored by how recently it changed — 5 min / 30 min / 1 hour / 2 hours / 1 day / 1 week / 1 month / older — so the file you're mid-edit on jumps out at a glance, with no need for -t or a mental timestamp comparison. Finder tags as background color (macOS) Tag a file in Finder, see it in the terminal: With --tag=bg (the default), the most recently added tag's color becomes the entry's background. Any other tags show as small dots after the name. With --tag=dot, no background is used — every tag shows as a small dot after the name instead. With --tag=str, every tag's name is appended after the entry as a bracketed list, e.g. report.pdf [Work, Urgent], colored to match each tag. Compact columns that don't collapse Conventional ls -C sizes every column to the single longest name in the listing — one long filename and the whole grid degrades toward one column. macls.py's default --columns=compact instead lets a longer filename span multiple column slots on its own, keeping the rest of the grid tight. --columns=classic --columns=compact Striped columns --stripe tints alternating columns (or rows, in -l/-1) so a wide listing stays easy to scan line-by-line. It accounts for the --columns=compact layout too: an entry that spans multiple column slots still stripes as a single band, based on the column it starts in. Inline image thumbnails (iTerm2/WezTerm) With -I, image files (.png, .jpeg, .pdf, etc.) show a thumbnail next to their name using iTerm2's inline image protocol (also supported by WezTerm) — no open or separate viewer needed. Word/Excel/PowerP

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## From the balcony (2 of 4 clapped)

- **Crusoe** clapped — Single-file, dependency-free Python script with zero vulnerable dependencies, no telemetry concerns, and no credential requests.
- **Schnitzel** clapped — A playful take on ls with delightful features like recency-based color gradients and Finder tag visualization that make terminal output genuinely fun to look at.

Princess and Cap'm Slop read it and passed; the reasons are on /balcony.

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