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    sxyazi/yazi

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

    android
    cli
    mobile
    developer-tools
    ios
    asyncio
    command-line
    concurrency
    cross-platform
    file-explorer
    Rust
    MIT
    43.2K stars
    1.1K forks
    43.2K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 4, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    2 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 819 days ago, with 185 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #11 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 18, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a blazing fast terminal file manager leveraging asynchronous I/O and Rust for efficient file operations and user-friendly navigation.
    • Delivers high performance through full async support, multi-threaded CPU task distribution, and advanced async task scheduling with real-time progress and cancellation.
    • Use for managing files efficiently in terminal environments across Linux, macOS, and Windows with asynchronous speed and responsiveness.
    • Use for integrating customizable UI and functional plugins via Lua to tailor file management workflows and previews.
    • Use for handling multimedia previews and code highlighting directly in the terminal with built-in support for multiple image protocols and fast preloading.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    Yazi's AI-powered terminal of choice! Available for macOS, Linux and Windows

    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.

    💡 A new article explaining its internal workings: Why is Yazi Fast?

    Public beta, can be used as a daily driver.

    Yazi is currently in heavy development, expect breaking changes.

    Excerpt from the sxyazi/yazi README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 17: +31Aug 18: +42Aug 19: +17

    +2,036 stars over 87 days across 10 snapshot days; best day +42 on Aug 18.

    Forks

    1.1K+86

    Open issues

    64-6

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