yazi

Project Overview

Yazi (means "duck") is a terminal file manager written in Rust, based on non-blocking async I/O. It aims to provide an efficient, user-friendly, and customizable file management experience.

Key Features

• Full asynchronous support: all I/O operations are async, CPU tasks spread across multiple threads
• Powerful async task scheduling and management
• Built-in support for multiple image protocols, integrated with Überzug++ and Chafa
• Built-in code highlighting and image decoding
• Concurrent plugin system: UI plugins, functional plugins, custom previewers
• Virtual filesystem: remote file management
• Data distribution service: client-server architecture
• Package manager: one-command plugin and theme installation
• Integration with ripgrep, fd, fzf, zoxide
• Vim-style components
• Multi-tab support, cross-directory selection, scrollable preview
• Bulk rename, archive extraction, visual mode
• Theme system, mouse support, drag and drop, trash bin

Target Audience

• Heavy terminal users and developers
• Users seeking efficient file management
• Users who like Vim-style operations

Quick Start

1. Install via package managers: macOS brew install yazi, Linux via distribution package managers
2. Or download binaries from GitHub Releases
3. Launch: type yazi in the terminal
4. Use Vim-style shortcuts to navigate and operate files
5. View documentation: yazi --help

Core Advantages

• Blazing fast with async I/O and multi-threading
• Feature-rich, comparable to GUI file managers
• Highly customizable with Lua plugin system
• Modern features: image preview, Git integration, and more

System Requirements

• OS: Cross-platform (macOS, Linux, Windows)
• Architectures: x86_64, arm64
• Additional Dependencies: None

Notes

• Currently in public beta with potential breaking changes
• Image preview requires terminal support for the corresponding image protocols