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Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O. Version 26.5.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install yazi

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install yazi

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/yazi/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add yazi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · yazi · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#yazi

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ya/yazi/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S yazi

Arch Linux sync databases · yazi · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install yazi

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · yazi · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/yazi

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/yazi.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id sxyazi.yazi -e

Windows Package Manager source index · sxyazi.yazi · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O

Commands and aliases

  • ya
  • yazi

history

Project history and usage

Yazi is a Rust terminal file manager built around non-blocking async I/O. It became notable quickly because it combines the old terminal file-manager niche with newer expectations: image previews, code highlighting, plugin and theme management, cross-platform packaging, and integrations with tools such as ripgrep, fd, fzf, and zoxide.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in July 2023. The README describes Yazi as a terminal file manager written in Rust, based on non-blocking async I/O, and the official site foregrounds asynchronous I/O, multi-threaded CPU task handling, async task scheduling, multiple image protocols, and pre-cached previewing.

Yazi's architecture grew into a multi-crate Rust workspace with separate crates for the file manager, filesystem, TUI, plugin layer, scheduler, terminal handling, virtual filesystem, and supporting components. The README also documents a concurrent Lua plugin system, a package manager for plugins and themes, and a data-distribution service for cross-instance communication and state persistence.

Adoption history

Yazi's adoption has been unusually fast for a terminal file manager. The GitHub API showed roughly forty thousand stars by July 2026, and package metadata in the input already shows it present across Homebrew, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, Winget, and openSUSE-style ecosystems.

Its appeal overlaps with users of ranger, nnn, lf, vifm, and modern terminal workflows: people who want keyboard-first file management but also expect previews, async responsiveness, Lua customization, and clean integration with other fast CLI search/navigation tools.

How it is used

Users run yazi for the interactive terminal file manager and ya for helper/package-manager workflows. Common setup involves TOML files for the main config, keymap, and theme plus init.lua for Lua customization.

Practical workflows include browsing large directories without blocking, previewing images or source files in capable terminals, opening files through configured rules, using plugins for custom previews or actions, and integrating with ripgrep, fd, fzf, zoxide, shells, and editors.

Why package nerds care

Yazi is a strong example of a modern CLI package becoming popular because it upgrades an old Unix interaction model without abandoning the terminal. It packages a full interactive app, helper command, config schema, plugin ecosystem, and terminal-media assumptions into a single installable tool.

For package nerds, Yazi is also a useful pressure test for terminal capability packaging: image protocols, optional preview helpers, shell integrations, cross-platform config paths, and plugin distribution all matter more than they would for a simple line-oriented CLI.

Timeline

  • 2023-07-08: The sxyazi/yazi GitHub repository is created.
  • 2023-07-19: The first public GitHub release, v0.1.0, is published.
  • 2024: Yazi's release stream adds steady feature releases and a nightly build channel.
  • 2026-07: The GitHub API shows broad adoption, with about forty thousand stars and active development.

Related projects

  • ranger, lf, nnn, and vifm are neighboring terminal file managers in the same user niche.
  • ripgrep, fd, fzf, and zoxide are CLI tools Yazi documents as integrations.
  • Chafa and Ueberzug++ are related terminal image-preview tools/protocol helpers mentioned by Yazi documentation.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:sync

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.config/yazi/yazi.toml~/.config/yazi/keymap.toml~/.config/yazi/theme.toml~/.config/yazi/init.lua
Windows
%AppData%\yazi\config\yazi.toml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
yacliglobal executable
yazicliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version26.5.6
manager updated2026-06-15
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv26.5.6

https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:yazi
Version26.5.6
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/yazi
Homepagehttps://yazi-rs.github.io
Repositoryhttps://github.com/sxyazi/yazi
Upstream docshttps://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/image-preview
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/archive/refs/tags/v26.5.6.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-15T10:21:24-04:00
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesrust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameyazi
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

yazi

nix profile install nixpkgs#yazi
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ya/yazi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

yazi 26.5.6-r0

Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O

https://yazi-rs.github.io

sudo apk add yazi
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: yazi
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yazi from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

yazi-bash-completion 26.5.6-r0

Bash completions for yazi

https://yazi-rs.github.io

sudo apk add yazi-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: yazi
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yazi-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

yazi-cli 26.5.6-r0

Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O - CLI

https://yazi-rs.github.io

sudo apk add yazi-cli
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: yazi
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yazi-cli from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

yazi-doc 26.5.6-r0

Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O (documentation)

https://yazi-rs.github.io

sudo apk add yazi-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: yazi
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yazi-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

yazi-fish-completion 26.5.6-r0

Fish completions for yazi

https://yazi-rs.github.io

sudo apk add yazi-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: yazi
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yazi-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

yazi-zsh-completion 26.5.6-r0

Zsh completions for yazi

https://yazi-rs.github.io

sudo apk add yazi-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: yazi
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yazi-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

yazi 26.5.6-3

Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O

https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi

sudo pacman -S yazi
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 7 dependencies
  • 15 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: yazi from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

yazi 26.5.6-2.1

Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O

https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi

sudo zypper install yazi
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Productivity/Text/Utilities
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: yazi
  • 4 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: yazi from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

yazi-bash-completion 26.5.6-2.1

Bash Completion for yazi

https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi

sudo zypper install yazi-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: yazi
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: yazi-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

yazi-fish-completion 26.5.6-2.1

Fish Completion for yazi

https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi

sudo zypper install yazi-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: yazi
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: yazi-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

yazi-zsh-completion 26.5.6-2.1

ZSH Completion for yazi

https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi

sudo zypper install yazi-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: yazi
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: yazi-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

yazi

sudo port install yazi
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/yazi/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/yazi

scoop install main/yazi
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/yazi.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

sxyazi.yazi

winget install --id sxyazi.yazi -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Yazi
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: sxyazi.yazi from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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