https://github.com/sabof/stripe-buffer.git
git clone 'git://github.com/sabof/stripe-buffer.git'
Use different background colors for even and odd lines.
With the help of library hl-line-mode yet another color can be used
for the current line.

Based on the original
stripe-buffer.el by Andy Steward.
(add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'turn-on-stripe-buffer-mode)
As above, or you can use the following to get a horizontal line instead of a
cursor. It uses the stripe-hl-line face, which you might wish to customize.
(add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'stripe-listify-buffer)
You might want to have stripes only for tables. Whether a line will be
considered a “table line” is determined by stripe-in-table-regex. The default value supports org-mode and table.el tables, as well as tables printed by mysql.
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-stripe-table-mode)
stripe-highlight – color of stripes
stripe-hl-line – color for hl-line, when using stripe-listify-buffer
stripe-height – height of the stripes
stripe-in-table-regex – Regex for determining whether a line is part of a table. Used in stripe-table-mode