Yazi

MIT async terminal file manager with image preview

Rust / Terminal · OSS/MIT · 42.9k

Reviewed 2026-09-10 · last push 2026-10-18 · repo checked 2026-10-19

What's Good

MIT. sxyazi/yazi. Non-blocking async I/O, image/video previews, multi-tab dual-pane flows, and deep integration with fd/ripgrep/fzf/zoxide. Plugin/theme system. Homepage yazi-rs.github.io; source github.com/sxyazi/yazi.

The Catch

Vs fzf (fuzzy finder) and zoxide (directory jumper): Yazi is a full *file manager*, not a one-shot picker or frecency cd. Preview depends on terminal image protocols and optional external tools. Learning the keymap is real onboarding versus plain ls/cd.

Verdict

MIT terminal FM. Free forever; pick it when browsing files needs previews, not another fuzzy one-liner.

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