Yazi

What Yazi is

Yazi is a free terminal file manager for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Written in Rust and based on asynchronous I/O, it provides a tabbed workspace for navigating and managing files. Users can select multiple files for copy or cut operations, with the task system scheduling work and showing real-time progress; tasks can also be cancelled or prioritized. Searches can use fd for file names and rg for file contents, and users can operate on search results. Navigation includes fzf and zoxide. Yazi also supports archives, batch renaming, and cloud storage access. Image previews use built-in support for several terminal image protocols, with Überzug++ available for X11 or Wayland. Preview support is guaranteed only for the latest versions of terminals and multiplexers such as tmux and Zellij, and some terminals have limitations. Lua plugins can add functions, previewers, and preloaders, though the plugin feature is in beta. A required file utility detects file types; optional tools enable capabilities such as video thumbnails, archive and PDF previews, and file searching. Drag and drop requires a terminal that supports the protocol. The Flatpak edition has limitations due to sandboxing.