# trapd00r/LS_COLORS

A collection of LS_COLORS definitions; needs your contribution!

Repository: https://github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ls_colors
Language: Shell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: shell, bash, zsh, terminal, color, pineapple
Last push: 2025-06-06T14:23:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 44/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 25, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5625, "days_push": 453, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2275, forks 277 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:33.410531+00:00)

## What it is
A community-maintained collection of extension-to-color mappings for the LS_COLORS environment variable, covering roughly 300 file types with 256-color terminal support. It ships as sourceable shell scripts for Bourne, C, and fish shells, plus an install script and an AUR package.

## Use cases
- colorize ls output by file extension
- make my terminal file listing easier to read
- set up LS_COLORS with 256 colors in bash or zsh
- get consistent file type colors across shells
- find a good dircolors preset for my shell

## When to choose
- you want richer, more granular file-type colors than the default dircolors provides
- you use a 256-color capable terminal and GNU coreutils ls
- you want a maintained, community-contributed color scheme you can extend via pull requests

## When to avoid
- your terminal only supports 8 or 16 colors
- you use a non-GNU ls without dircolors support
- you need a GUI file manager theme rather than shell listing colors

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, terminal-ui, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: bsd, cli
- tags: ls-colors, dircolors, shell-theming, bash, zsh, fish, terminal-colors, file-extensions, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- trapd00r/LS_COLORS (main) score 44

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:33.410531+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:41:31.317772+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:33.410531+00:00, sha f4c9211ae077)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.