yazi
Fast, asynchronous terminal (TUI) file manager written in Rust.
Liked as a fast, responsive terminal file manager123, often paired with Zellij, tmux and Neovim in a terminal setup.4567 No complaints appear in these mentions; it suits developers who prefer a terminal-first workflow over an IDE.89
Why people recommend it
Terminal toolkit fit · 3
Commenters use it daily alongside Zellij, tmux, Neovim, fzf and lazygit.
“NeoVim, Yazi, and Tmux are my go-to tools.”
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“particularly when combined with TUI applications like yazi, lsd, fzf , neovim etc”
File browsing · 3
Used as a file explorer and visual file picker.
“Take a look at yazi https://yazi-rs.github.io/, I find it pretty good for looking at my files.”
“I use yazi for a visual filepicker and zellij for tabs.”
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Speed · 2
Described as fast and light, with heavily async design that keeps the UI responsive.
“I really appreciate modern heavily async software like the Yazi file manager.”
“landed on Zellij and Yazi, made a dev console alias, and was off. Faster, lighter, less distracting.”
Image previews · 1
Shows images inside Kitty terminal, which helps on remote directories.
“Most of the time, I rely on it within Yazi [1], a TUI file manager”
Touch support · 1
Responds to touch when run in Termux on Android.
“I'm impressed that TUI apps like yazi/nnn respond to touch.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
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- Bothy – a one-command terminal workspace from tools you trust 1 mention
- Stop Making TUIs 1 mention
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- Show HN: Files.md – open-source alternative to Obsidian 1 mention
Also written as Yazi. Data: yazi.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 10
“Every tool it shows you (zellij, yazi, btop, gping, ctop, rclone)”
“landed on Zellij and Yazi, made a dev console alias, and was off. Faster, lighter, less distracting.”
“yazi as a file explorer”
“particularly when combined with TUI applications like yazi, lsd, fzf , neovim etc”
“Take a look at yazi https://yazi-rs.github.io/, I find it pretty good for looking at my files.”
“I use yazi for a visual filepicker and zellij for tabs.”
“I'm impressed that TUI apps like yazi/nnn respond to touch.”
“NeoVim, Yazi, and Tmux are my go-to tools.”
“I really appreciate modern heavily async software like the Yazi file manager.”
“Most of the time, I rely on it within Yazi [1], a TUI file manager”