It looks neat. You should include a link to the documentation on the homepage. After I saw the screenshot I went looking to see how easy it would be to change some of the colors before I installed it. I read down below that the colors are baked in:(

It would also be nice to see files owned by different users and some of the git functionality.

Nice! I just downloaded it here ... My suggestion is to include an option to list the hidden files (dot files) as well as some file sorting options in the next version of Exa. ;-)

Would you consider reflecting and writing about your experiences using Rust?

Don't be worried about the hate.

ls is a gold standard but that doesn't mean alternatives aren't interesting. Especially as a FOSS project in rust I find it fascinating.