sxyazi/yazi
★ 42,928 stars
Covered in week 2026-W27 · the 2026-06 report
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.
What yazi is
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.
From the repository README · read it on GitHub →
Transcript
Stop paying $30 for a Mac file manager. Yazi does it free. Built in Rust on async I/O, this terminal file manager streams massive directories without freezing the way Commander One Pro does. Yazi previews images, videos, PDFs, and code inline in the same pane, plus a vim-style keyboard workflow lets you fly through thousands of files at full speed. It's racked up almost 40,000 stars on GitHub. Worth it, or overhyped? Tell me below.