loom-ldapbrowser

A terminal-based LDAP browser built with Rust.

Browse, search, edit, and manage LDAP directories from the comfort of your terminal.

Features

• Tree browser with vim-style navigation
• Attribute viewing and inline editing
• Multi-tab connections
• LDAP filter search
• Create, delete, and bulk-update entries
• Export/import in LDIF, JSON, CSV, and XLSX
• Schema viewer for object classes and attribute types
• Connection profiles with folder organization
• Credential support: interactive prompt, shell command, or OS keychain
• TLS: auto-negotiation, LDAPS, StartTLS, or plaintext
• Server detection: OpenLDAP, Active Directory, and others
• 5 built-in themes: dark, light, solarized, nord, matrix
• Mouse support and context menus
• Offline demo mode

Installation

From source

Requires Rust 1.80+.

cargo install --path crates/loom-ldapbrowser

Prebuilt binaries

Download from GitHub Releases for Linux (x86_64, aarch64), macOS (Intel, Apple Silicon), and Windows (x86_64).

Quick Start

# Connect directly
loom-ldapbrowser -H ldap.example.com -D "cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com" -b "dc=example,dc=com"

# Or use saved profiles
loom-ldapbrowser

Press Ctrl+T to open the connection dialog. Press F5 or ? for help.

Configuration

loom-ldapbrowser reads ~/.config/loom-ldapbrowser/config.toml. See the User Manual for full configuration reference.

[general]
theme = "dark"

[[connections]]
name = "Production"
host = "ldap.example.com"
port = 389
tls_mode = "auto"
bind_dn = "cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com"
base_dn = "dc=example,dc=com"
credential_method = "prompt"

Documentation

See the User Manual for complete documentation including keybindings, configuration options, theming, and all features.

Development

cargo check --workspace
cargo test --workspace
cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings
cargo fmt --all

License

Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.