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Slatewave for LSD

A Slatewave palette for LSD — the next-gen ls, tinted slate and teal.

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Latest release: 0.0.2 · last month
Last commit: last month

~/Development/getslatewave⎇ main❯lsd-la--git--tree--depth=2

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff512 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026── .

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff347 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── .env.example

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff384 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── .git

!-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff316 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── config

!-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff 73 BMon Apr 27 00:09:26 2026│ ├── description

!-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff 21 BMon Apr 27 00:09:26 2026│ ├── HEAD

!drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff512 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── hooks

!-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff8.8 KBMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── index

!drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff 96 BMon Apr 27 00:09:26 2026│ ├── info

!drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff128 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── logs

!drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff128 BMon Apr 27 00:09:26 2026│ ├── objects

!-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff112 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── packed-refs

!drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff160 BMon Apr 27 00:09:26 2026│ └── refs

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff 96 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── .github

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff 96 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ └── workflows

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff264 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── .gitignore

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff128 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── .vscode

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff 87 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── extensions.json

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff207 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ └── launch.json

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff626 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── astro.config.mjs

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff 96 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── docs

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff 96 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ └── roadmap

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff479 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── LICENSE

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff871 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── package.json

!-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff139 KBMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── pnpm-lock.yaml

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff256 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── public

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff 16 KBMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── apple-touch-icon.png

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff192 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── brand

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff2.4 KBMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── favicon-32.png

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff 24 KBMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── favicon.png

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff 20 KBMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── icon-192.png

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff552 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ └── site.webmanifest

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff2.7 KBMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── README.md

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff288 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026├── src

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff224 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── components

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff128 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── content

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff2.7 KBMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── content.config.ts

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff128 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── layouts

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff288 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── lib

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff320 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ ├── pages

.drwxr-xr-xkevin.langleyjrstaff192 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026│ └── styles

.-rw-r--r--kevin.langleyjrstaff201 BMon Apr 27 00:09:29 2026└── tsconfig.json

~/Development/getslatewave⎇ main❯

About this theme

LSD splits its output into column roles — owner, permissions, size, date, git status, tree edges — and Slatewave recolors each so the row reads at a glance. Teal for read, amber for write, rose for exec; teal for fresh dates, slate for old; tree edges recede and filenames lead.

Slatewave for LSD recolors the column roles LSD already exposes — owner, group, permissions, size, date, git status, tree edges — so the row reads spatially: teal for read, amber for write, rose for exec; teal-300 for hour-old dates fading to slate-400 for older ones; slate for small files warming to amber for large.

File-type colors (directories, symlinks, archives, media) are driven by LS_COLORS, so Slatewave composes with whatever LS_COLORS generator you already use — vivid, trapd00r/LS_COLORS, or the default. The theme tunes against LSD 1.0+, which accepts #rrggbb hex alongside the legacy named colors and ANSI 256 indices.

Pair with a Nerd Font

Optional — set icons.theme to fancy in ~/.config/lsd/config.yaml for the icon glyphs. Falls back to unicode cleanly when no Nerd Font is installed.

Pair with LS_COLORS

Slatewave handles the column roles; LS_COLORS handles file-type colors. A common combination:

export LS_COLORS="$(vivid generate molokai)"

Install

Don't have the CLI yet? Install the Slatewave CLI →

Slatewave CLI

Install with the Slatewave family CLI — one command, every theme.

                      slatewave install lsd

curl

Drop colors.yaml into ~/.config/lsd/ without cloning. Requires LSD ≥ 1.0 (hex color support in colors.yaml).

                      mkdir -p ~/.config/lsd && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevinlangleyjr/lsd-slatewave/main/colors.yaml -o ~/.config/lsd/colors.yaml

Clone
Clone the repo and symlink colors.yaml into LSD's config directory.
1. git clone https://github.com/kevinlangleyjr/lsd-slatewave.git ~/.config/lsd-slatewave
2. mkdir -p ~/.config/lsd
3. ln -sf ~/.config/lsd-slatewave/colors.yaml ~/.config/lsd/colors.yaml
Activate
LSD only consults colors.yaml when told to use a custom theme — edit ~/.config/lsd/config.yaml.
1. Open or create ~/.config/lsd/config.yaml
2. Add: color.when set to auto
3. Add: color.theme set to custom
4. Run lsd -la --git --tree --depth 2 to verify

About this theme

Pair with a Nerd Font

Pair with LS_COLORS

Install

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