Yazi

Installation

prerequisites

• file (for file type detection)

optionally

• nerd-fonts (recommended)
• ffmpeg (for video thumbnails)
• 7-Zip (for archive extraction and preview, requires non-standalone version)
• jq (for JSON preview)
• poppler (for PDF preview)
• fd (for file searching)
• rg (for file content searching)
• fzf (for quick file subtree navigation, >= 0.53.0)
• zoxide (for historical directories navigation, requires fzf)
• resvg (for SVG preview)
• ImageMagick (for Font, HEIC, and JPEG XL preview, >= 7.1.1)
• xclip / wl-clipboard / xsel (for Linux clipboard support)

packages

• Arch Linux
• Nix
• Nix flakes
• Homebrew brew install yazi ffmpeg sevenzip jq poppler fd ripgrep fzf zoxide resvg imagemagick font-symbols-only-nerd-font
• MacPorts
• Solus Linux
• Void Linux
• NetBSD
• Windows https://git-scm.com/download/win
  • Install with Scoop
  • Install with WinGet
• Debian based Linux
• Fedora/Centos Stream 9+/RHEL 9+
• Snapcraft
• Flatpak
• AOSC OS
• x-cmd
• Official binaries
• crates.io
• Build from source
• Build from source in debug mode

Keybindings

https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/blob/shipped/yazi-config/preset/keymap-default.toml

navigation

• k
• j
• l
• h

selection

• space
• v
• V

file operations

• o | enter
• tab
• y
• x
• p
• d
• a: create a file
• r
• .
• ;
• :
• -: symlink
• _

copy paths

filter files

• f

find files

• /
• ?
• n
• N

search files

• s: by name
• S: by content

sorting

multi-tab

Configuration

• yazi.toml - General configuration.
  • mgr
    • ratio
    • sort_by
    • sort_sensitive
    • sort_reverse
    • sort_dir_first
    • sort_translit
    • linemode
    • show_hidden
    • show_symlink
    • scrolloff
    • mouse_events
    • title_format
  • preview
    • wrap
    • tab_size
    • max_width
    • max_height
    • cache_dir
    • image_delay
    • image_filter
    • image_quality
    • ueberzug_scale / ueberzug_offset
  • opener
  • open
  • tasks
  • plugin
  • input
  • confirm
  • pick
  • which
• keymap.toml - Keybindings configuration.
• theme.toml - Color scheme configuration.