What is this?
Yazi (means 'duck') is a blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, built on non-blocking async I/O for an efficient, user-friendly and customizable file management experience.
Yazi (means 'duck') is a blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, built on non-blocking async I/O for an efficient, user-friendly and customizable file management experience.So is this a standalone terminal app, or something that plugs into my shell or editor?It is a standalone TUI application with its own theme system, mouse support and drag-and-drop — not a plugin for your shell or editor. It hooks into external tools like ripgrep, fd, fzf and zoxide instead.
It is a standalone TUI application with its own theme system, mouse support and drag-and-drop — not a plugin for your shell or editor. It hooks into external tools like ripgrep, fd, fzf and zoxide instead.How do I get it running?Install a package or prebuilt binary for your OS — macOS, Linux and Windows are all covered — then run 'yazi' in your terminal; the installation docs list the options per platform.
Install a package or prebuilt binary for your OS — macOS, Linux and Windows are all covered — then run 'yazi' in your terminal; the installation docs list the options per platform.Do I need extra tools for image previews?Most terminals need nothing: kitty, iTerm2, WezTerm, Ghostty, Windows Terminal, Konsole, foot and others work built-in. X11/Wayland requires Überzug++, and anything else falls back to ASCII art via Chafa (>= 1.16.0).
Most terminals need nothing: kitty, iTerm2, WezTerm, Ghostty, Windows Terminal, Konsole, foot and others work built-in. X11/Wayland requires Überzug++, and anything else falls back to ASCII art via Chafa (>= 1.16.0).Is it stable enough to use as my everyday file manager?Yes — it is a public beta the author says can be used as a daily driver, but it is in heavy development, so expect breaking changes between releases.
Yes — it is a public beta the author says can be used as a daily driver, but it is in heavy development, so expect breaking changes between releases.Will it feel familiar if I am coming from vim?Yes — it ships vim-like input/pick/confirm/which/notify components with auto-completion for cd paths, plus a Visual Mode, so vim habits carry over.
Yes — it ships vim-like input/pick/confirm/which/notify components with auto-completion for cd paths, plus a Visual Mode, so vim habits carry over.What makes Yazi faster than other terminal file managers?All I/O is asynchronous and CPU tasks are spread across multiple threads, with task scheduling providing real-time progress updates, cancellation and priorities. Built-in code highlighting and image decoding combined with preloading make images and files load faster.
All I/O is asynchronous and CPU tasks are spread across multiple threads, with task scheduling providing real-time progress updates, cancellation and priorities. Built-in code highlighting and image decoding combined with preloading make images and files load faster.Can I extend it with plugins or custom themes?Yes — a concurrent plugin system in Lua covers UI plugins that rewrite most of the UI, functional plugins, and custom previewer/preloader/spotter/fetcher hooks. A built-in package manager installs plugins and themes with one command and can pin specific versions.
Yes — a concurrent plugin system in Lua covers UI plugins that rewrite most of the UI, functional plugins, and custom previewer/preloader/spotter/fetcher hooks. A built-in package manager installs plugins and themes with one command and can pin specific versions.What does it handle out of the box besides basic navigation?Multi-tab browsing with cross-directory selection, scrollable previews for videos, PDFs, archives and code, bulk rename/create, archive extraction, a file chooser, git integration, a mount manager, a trash bin and a theme system.
Multi-tab browsing with cross-directory selection, scrollable previews for videos, PDFs, archives and code, bulk rename/create, archive extraction, a file chooser, git integration, a mount manager, a trash bin and a theme system.Can I use it to manage files on remote servers?Yes — its virtual filesystem supports remote file management with custom VFS providers and search engines. A built-in data distribution service also syncs state across instances without a separate server process.
Yes — its virtual filesystem supports remote file management with custom VFS providers and search engines. A built-in data distribution service also syncs state across instances without a separate server process.Which topics is it in?asyncio, filesystem, file-manager, neovim, image, vim, concurrency, package-manager, plugin-system, tui, git, command-line
asyncio, filesystem, file-manager, neovim, image, vim, concurrency, package-manager, plugin-system, tui, git, command-line