# Install facad with Homebrew

Modern, colorful directory listing tool for the command-line. Version 2.20.16 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:facad
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install facad
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:facad
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.20.16
- **Source summary:** Modern, colorful directory listing tool for the command-line
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/yellow-footed-honeyguide/facad>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/yellow-footed-honeyguide/facad>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- facad (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.20.16
## Project history and usage

facad is a C command-line directory listing tool positioned as a modern, colorful alternative to traditional file listing workflows.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in July 2024. Its official README describes a pure C implementation with sorted directory-first output, Unicode-aware formatting, symlink and executable-file handling, and optional long-listing and analytics modes.

### Adoption history

The project is packaged for Homebrew, and its README also points Arch users to an AUR install path. Homebrew's formula currently tracks the upstream GitHub release archive for the stable version.

### How it is used

facad is run as a terminal command for default grid file listings, with documented flags for help, version output, long listing, and directory analytics.

### Why package nerds care

Package-manager users care about facad as part of the modern ls-alternative family: a small native executable that changes everyday shell ergonomics without pulling in a large runtime.

### Timeline

- 2024: GitHub repository created.
- 2024: v1.1.0 published on GitHub Releases.
- 2025: v2.20.16 published and tracked by Homebrew.

### Related projects

- facad sits near other terminal directory-listing and ls-replacement tools, while keeping its implementation in C and its documented dependency surface minimal.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/yellow-footed-honeyguide/facad>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/yellow-footed-honeyguide/facad/releases>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/facad.json>
- <https://github.com/yellow-footed-honeyguide/facad#readme>
- <https://yellow-footed-honeyguide.github.io/facad/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/facad.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/facad.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph