sxyazi/yazi
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.
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Where it stands
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Ranks #249 of 2,841 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 9%).
2 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 792 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 using asynchronous I/O and Rust for efficient, user-friendly file management.
- Leverages full async support and multi-threading to maximize resource use and deliver superior speed and responsiveness.
- Use for managing files efficiently in terminal environments across Linux, macOS, and Windows with async task handling.
- Use for integrating advanced image previews and code highlighting directly within a terminal file manager.
- Use for extending functionality via Lua-based plugins, custom previews, and cross-instance state synchronization.
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
Watch-outs
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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.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+2,302 stars over 83 days across 10 snapshot days; best day +42 on Aug 18.
Forks
1.0K+100
Open issues
66-9
Compared with peers in Android
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Oct 4, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile-next/mobile-mcp | 9.1K | +506 | 75 | 2 days ago |
| flutter/flutter | 180.1K | +443 | 45 | — |
| rustdesk/rustdesk | 125.7K | +397 | 75 | 13 days ago |
| JetBrains/kotlin | 53.5K | +0 | 75 | 4 days ago |
| sxyazi/yazi | 42.7K | +0 | 75 | 792 days ago |
| appium/appium | 22.0K | +0 | 60 | 7 days ago |
| Category median | 53.5K | +397 | 75 | — |
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