Why Yazi?

• Speed: Async I/O and Rust performance
• Image previews: Works in modern terminals that support graphics
• Vim motions: Navigate with j, k, and other intuitive vim keys
• Plugin system: Extensible with Lua
• Git integration: See Git file status at a glance

Key Features

Navigation

• Navigating from your terminal super fast with your keyboard (many familiar vim navigation key bindings).
• Find files quickly with integrated fd and ripgrep.

Opening, Creating, Copying, and Moving

Working with Folders, Files, and Links is intuitive and fast. (Way faster than using a mouse in a GUI File Manager and certainly faster than using typical terminal commands.)

Preview Pane

The preview pane is a key feature of Yazi. Not only are you shown a scrollable preview of non-binary files, but with awesome syntax highlighting. It is like auto cat on steroids.

With supported terminals, Yazi shows image thumbnails right in the terminal.

Dual Pane

Optional dual-pane mode for comparing directories or moving files between locations.

Bulk Operations

Rename, move, and copy multiple files with an intuitive interface.

Task Management

Background tasks with progress indication - no blocking on large operations.

Integration with My Workflow

I use Yazi CONSTANTLY! The learning curve was not bad at all and once I started relying on it, I almost never use any GUI File Manger. The ONLY time I begrudgingly open up a GUI File Manager is when I "have" to use some sort of "drag and drop" into some GUI application or webpage in a browser. As for using terminal commands (ls, cd, mkdir, rm, cp, mv, etc..), the only time I use them are when I am on a headless server(no Yazi installed and not prudent to install it).

Yazi fits perfectly into my terminal-centric setup:

• Neovim integration: Open files directly from Yazi
• Custom keybindings: Match my vim muscle memory
• Shell integration: cd to Yazi's last directory on exit
• Theme: Tokyo Night colors throughout

Getting Started

Install via your package manager, configure in ~/.config/yazi/, and you're ready to go. The defaults are pretty good, but customization makes it truly yours.

Resources

Yazi Website

Yazi GitHub