diff --git a/cli/dune b/cli/dune
index f903e2b..04b1ced 100644
--- a/cli/dune
+++ b/cli/dune
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (executable
  (name txt)
  (public_name txt)
- (modules txt authors convert conversion file index last listing new topics html atom gemini publish pull read)
+ (modules txt authors convert conversion file index last listing new topics html atom gemini publish pull read recent)
  (libraries text_parse.converter text_parse.parsers logarion msgpck curl str cmdliner))
diff --git a/cli/last.ml b/cli/last.ml
index 4695354..e766589 100644
--- a/cli/last.ml
+++ b/cli/last.ml
@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
 open Logarion
+
+let last a ((t,_) as pair) = match a with
+	| None -> Some pair
+	| Some (t', _) as pair' ->
+		if Text.newest t t' > 0 then Some pair else pair'
+
+let last_mine a ((t, _) as pair) =
+	let name = Person.Set.of_string (Sys.getenv "USER") in
+	let open Text in
+	match a with
+	| None -> if Person.Set.subset name t.authors then Some pair else None
+	| Some (t', _) as pair' ->
+		if Text.newest t t' > 0 && Person.Set.subset name t'.authors
+		then Some pair else pair'
+
 let last search_mine =
-	let last a ((t,_) as pair) = match a with None -> Some pair
-		| Some (t', _) as pair' -> if Text.newest t t' > 0
-			then Some pair else pair' in
-	let last_mine a ((t,_) as pair) =
-		let name = Person.Set.of_string (Sys.getenv "USER") in
-		let open Text in
-		match a with
-		| None -> if Person.Set.subset name t.authors then Some pair else None
-		| Some (t', _) as pair' ->
-			if Text.newest t t' > 0 && Person.Set.subset name t'.authors
-			then Some pair else pair'
-	in
-	match File_store.fold (if search_mine then last_mine else last) None with
-	| Some (_,f) -> List.iter print_endline f | None -> ()
+	let filter = if search_mine then last_mine else last in
+	match File_store.fold filter None with
+	| None -> ()
+	| Some (_, f) -> List.iter print_endline f
 
 open Cmdliner
 let term =
-	let mine = Arg.(value & flag & info ["mine"]
-		~doc:"last text authored by me") in
+	let mine = Arg.(value & flag & info ["mine"] ~doc:"last text authored by me") in
 	Term.(const last $ mine),
 	Term.info "last" ~doc:"most recent text"
 		~man:[ `S "DESCRIPTION"; `P "Print the filename of most recent text" ]
diff --git a/cli/recent.ml b/cli/recent.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4522c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/recent.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+open Logarion
+module FS = File_store
+module A = Archive
+
+open Cmdliner
+let term =
+	let recurse = Arg.(value & flag & info ["R"] ~doc:"recurse, include subdirs") in
+	let reverse = Arg.(value & flag & info ["r"] ~doc:"reverse order") in
+	let paths = Arg.(value & flag & info ["p"] ~doc:"show file paths") in
+	let number = Arg.(value & opt (some int) (Some 10) & info ["n"]
+		~docv:"number" ~doc:"number of entries to list") in
+	let authed = Arg.(value & opt (some string) None & info ["authored"]
+		~docv:"comma-separated names" ~doc:"texts by authors") in
+	let topics = Arg.(value & opt (some string) None & info ["topics"]
+		~docv:"comma-separated topics" ~doc:"texts with topics") in
+	Term.(const Listing.listing $ recurse $ (const true) $ reverse $ number $ paths $ authed $ topics),
+	Term.info "recent" ~doc:"list recent texts" ~man:[ `S "DESCRIPTION";
+		`P "List header information of most recent texts. If -R is used, list header
+		information for texts found in subdirectories too, along with their filepaths" ]
diff --git a/cli/txt.ml b/cli/txt.ml
index ce03ca0..4268cf5 100644
--- a/cli/txt.ml
+++ b/cli/txt.ml
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ let () = match Term.eval_choice default_cmd [
 	Publish.term;
 	Pull.term;
 	Read.term;
+	Recent.term;
 	Topics.term;
 	] with `Error _ -> exit 1 | _ -> exit 0