vivid is a generator for the LS_COLORS environment variable that controls the colorized output of
ls, tree,
fd, etc.
It uses a YAML-based configuration format for the filetype-database
and the color themes. In contrast to
dircolors,
the database and the themes are organized in different files. This allows users to
choose and customize color themes independent from the collection of file extensions.
Instead of using (cryptic) ANSI escape codes, colors can be specified in the RRGGBB
format and will be translated to either truecolor (24-bit) ANSI codes or 8-bit codes
for older terminal emulators.
snazzy |
molokai |
ayu |
|---|---|---|
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Choose a color theme (for example: molokai). Then, add this to your shells RC file
(~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, …):
export LS_COLORS="$(vivid generate molokai)"By default, vivid runs in true color mode (24-bit). If you don't use a terminal
that supports 24-bit colors, use the --color-mode 8-bit
option when running vivid (vivid -m 8-bit generate molokai). This will use interpolated 8-bit
colors.
Download one of the Debian packages from the release page
and install it via dpkg -i:
wget "https://github.com/sharkdp/vivid/releases/download/v0.4.0/vivid_0.4.0_amd64.deb"
sudo dpkg -i vivid_0.4.0_amd64.debYou can install vivid from the AUR:
# Use a AUR helper:
yaourt -S vivid
# Or build the package yourself:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vivid.git
makepkg -isrCheck out the release page for binary builds.
Make sure that you install the contents of the share/vivid folder at
/usr/share/vivid or at $HOME/.config/vivid.
If you have Rust 1.31 or higher, you can install vivid from source via cargo:
cargo install vivid
Make sure that you install the assets (database and themes) separately. See above for instructions.
Licensed under either of
- Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
File types:
ANSI colors: