treex

List directory contents as a tree with file and directory metadata

Copyright (c) 2026 Corey Goldberg
Development: GitHub
Releases: PyPI
License: MIT

About

treex is a command-line utility that recursively scans a directory and lists its contents as a tree along with file and directory metadata.

Shows human-readable file sizes
Shows recursive directory sizes
Shows line counts for text files
Identifies binary and unreadable files by type
Optionally shows modification timestamps
Respects .gitignore rules when Git is installed

Status

Latest Version
Tests (CI)
Supported Python Versions

Requirements

Python 3.10+
Git 2.0+ (optional)
UTF-8-compatible terminal

Installation

Install treex from PyPI using either pip or pipx:

pip install treex-cli
pipx install treex-cli

Usage

$ treex --help
usage: treex [-h] [-a] [-m] [-q] [-d] [-s] [directory]

List directory contents as a tree with file and directory metadata.

positional arguments:
  directory       directory to scan (default: current directory)

options:
  -h, --help      show this help message and exit
  -a, --all       show all files, including those ignored by Git
  -m, --modified  show file modification times
  -q, --quiet     don't show file metadata
  -d, --dirs      show directories only
  -s, --summary   show summary only

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