diff --git a/mlem/core/metadata.py b/mlem/core/metadata.py
index 07c35d48..107ffac1 100644
--- a/mlem/core/metadata.py
+++ b/mlem/core/metadata.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import posixpath
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Type, TypeVar, Union, overload
+from collections import defaultdict
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Type, TypeVar, Union, overload
 
 from fsspec import AbstractFileSystem
 from typing_extensions import Literal
@@ -16,8 +17,14 @@
     MlemProjectNotFound,
     WrongMetaType,
 )
-from mlem.core.meta_io import Location, get_meta_path
-from mlem.core.objects import MlemData, MlemModel, MlemObject, find_object
+from mlem.core.meta_io import MLEM_EXT, Location, get_meta_path
+from mlem.core.objects import (
+    MlemData,
+    MlemLink,
+    MlemModel,
+    MlemObject,
+    find_object,
+)
 from mlem.utils.path import make_posix
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -214,3 +221,28 @@ def find_meta_location(location: Location) -> Location:
         path = posixpath.relpath(path, location.project)
     location.update_path(path)
     return location
+
+
+def list_objects(
+    path: str = ".", fs: Optional[AbstractFileSystem] = None, recursive=True
+) -> Dict[Type[MlemObject], List[MlemObject]]:
+    loc = Location.resolve(path, fs=fs)
+    result = defaultdict(list)
+    postfix = f"/**{MLEM_EXT}" if recursive else f"/*{MLEM_EXT}"
+    for filepath in loc.fs.glob(loc.fullpath + postfix, detail=False):
+        meta = load_meta(
+            filepath, fs=loc.fs, load_value=False, follow_links=False
+        )
+        type_ = meta.__class__
+        if isinstance(meta, MlemLink):
+            type_ = meta.link_cls
+        else:
+            parent = meta.__parent__
+            if (
+                parent is not None
+                and parent != MlemObject
+                and issubclass(parent, MlemObject)
+            ):
+                type_ = parent
+        result[type_].append(meta)
+    return result
diff --git a/tests/core/test_metadata.py b/tests/core/test_metadata.py
index c8572220..42c49cee 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_metadata.py
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 from sklearn.tree import DecisionTreeClassifier
 
 from mlem.api import init
+from mlem.contrib.heroku.meta import HerokuEnv
 from mlem.core.meta_io import MLEM_EXT
-from mlem.core.metadata import load, load_meta, save
-from mlem.core.objects import MlemModel
+from mlem.core.metadata import list_objects, load, load_meta, save
+from mlem.core.objects import MlemData, MlemEnv, MlemLink, MlemModel
+from mlem.utils.path import make_posix
 from tests.conftest import (
     MLEM_TEST_REPO,
     MLEM_TEST_REPO_NAME,
@@ -179,3 +181,75 @@ def test_loading_from_s3(model, s3_storage_fs, s3_tmp_path):
     assert isinstance(loaded, DecisionTreeClassifier)
     train, _ = load_iris(return_X_y=True)
     loaded.predict(train)
+
+
+def test_ls_local(filled_mlem_project):
+    objects = list_objects(filled_mlem_project)
+
+    assert len(objects) == 1
+    assert MlemModel in objects
+    models = objects[MlemModel]
+    assert len(models) == 2
+    model, lnk = models
+    if isinstance(model, MlemLink):
+        model, lnk = lnk, model
+
+    assert isinstance(model, MlemModel)
+    assert isinstance(lnk, MlemLink)
+    assert (
+        posixpath.join(make_posix(filled_mlem_project), lnk.path)
+        == model.loc.fullpath
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("recursive,count", [[True, 3], [False, 1]])
+def test_ls_local_recursive(tmpdir, recursive, count):
+    path = str(tmpdir)
+    meta = HerokuEnv()
+    meta.dump(posixpath.join(path, "env"))
+    meta.dump(posixpath.join(path, "subdir", "env"))
+    meta.dump(posixpath.join(path, "subdir", "subsubdir", "env"))
+    objects = list_objects(path, recursive=recursive)
+    assert len(objects) == 1
+    assert MlemEnv in objects
+    assert len(objects[MlemEnv]) == count
+
+
+def test_ls_no_project(tmpdir):
+    assert not list_objects(str(tmpdir))
+
+
+@long
+@need_test_repo_auth
+def test_ls_remote(current_test_branch):
+    objects = list_objects(
+        os.path.join(MLEM_TEST_REPO, f"tree/{current_test_branch}/simple")
+    )
+    assert len(objects) == 2
+    assert MlemModel in objects
+    models = objects[MlemModel]
+    assert len(models) == 2
+    model, lnk = models
+    if isinstance(model, MlemLink):
+        model, lnk = lnk, model
+
+    assert isinstance(model, MlemModel)
+    assert isinstance(lnk, MlemLink)
+
+    assert MlemData in objects
+    assert len(objects[MlemData]) == 4
+
+
+@long
+def test_ls_remote_s3(s3_tmp_path):
+    path = s3_tmp_path("ls_remote_s3")
+    init(path)
+    meta = HerokuEnv()
+    meta.dump(posixpath.join(path, "env"))
+    meta.dump(posixpath.join(path, "subdir", "env"))
+    meta.dump(posixpath.join(path, "subdir", "subsubdir", "env"))
+    objects = list_objects(path)
+    assert MlemEnv in objects
+    envs = objects[MlemEnv]
+    assert len(envs) == 3
+    assert all(o == meta for o in envs)