# ✅ Roadmap for `bestls`
A structured and professional development plan for future enhancements to the `bestls` CLI tool.
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## 🔁 v1.1 – Hidden Files & Permissions
- [x] Add `--all` / `-a` flag to display hidden files
- [x] Display Unix-style file permissions
- [x] Show file owner and group information (via `users` crate)
- [x] Refactor table output to include new columns
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## 🌲 v1.2 – Tree View & Filtering
- [ ] Add `--tree` flag for recursive directory listing
- [ ] Implement depth limit with `--depth <n>`
- [ ] Add filtering options:
- `--filter-ext <ext>`
- `--filter-name <pattern>`
- [ ] Add size-based filters with human-readable units:
- `--min-size <size>`
- `--max-size <size>`
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## 🧹 v1.3 – Output Customization
- [ ] Add `--compact` for minimal single-column output (like `ls -1`)
- [ ] Add `--columns name,size,date,...` to customize visible columns
- [ ] Add `--out <file>` option to export output
- [ ] Add `--format json|table` override for flexible output formats
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## 🎨 v1.4 – Color & Theme
- [ ] Color code files by extension
- [ ] Theme support via `~/.config/bestls/config.toml`
- [ ] Add `--no-color` flag to disable colors
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## ⚙️ v1.5 – Shell Completions & Config
- [ ] Add shell completions (via `clap_complete`)
- [ ] Support `--generate-completions` command
- [ ] Load default settings from config file (`TOML`/`JSON`)
- [ ] Support default sorting, columns, and color scheme via config
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## 🧪 Internal Improvements
- [ ] Add integration tests (`assert_cmd`, `tempdir`)
- [ ] Write unit tests for sorting and formatting logic
- [ ] Add benchmarks with `criterion`
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## 🌐 Community & Ecosystem
- [ ] Add `CONTRIBUTING.md` guidelines
- [ ] Enable GitHub Discussions & issue templates
- [ ] Publish package to AUR (PKGBUILD)
- [ ] Improve `crates.io` metadata
- [ ] Maintain `CHANGELOG.md`
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## 🧱 v2.0 – Plugin Architecture
- [ ] Design extensible plugin system
- [ ] Support column and filter plugins
- [ ] Enable dynamic `.so` / `.dll` modules or subcommand extensions
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## 📦 Distribution
- [ ] Add precompiled binaries to GitHub releases
- [ ] Create a Homebrew formula for macOS users
- [ ] Provide Snap and AppImage support for Linux distributions