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sxyazi/yazi

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

Rust#android#asyncio#cli#command-line

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change yesterday. Latest release v26.9.1, 2 months ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used43k stars, 3 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 43,364
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on Linux?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

Your system

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Start here

Website ↗yazi-rs.github.ioThe project's own site.

Download for Linux

v26.9.1 · 9/1/2026 ↗

yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.deb

deb · x64 · 10.5 MB · 8,541 downloads · best match

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.deb"
sudo apt install ./"yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.deb"

Other Linux downloads (12)

yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.deb

deb · x64 · 10.7 MB · 1,497 downloads

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.deb"
sudo apt install ./"yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.deb"

yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.deb

deb · ARM64 · 9.3 MB · 1,023 downloads

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.deb"
sudo apt install ./"yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.deb"

yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.deb

deb · ARM64 · 9.6 MB · 410 downloads

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.deb"
sudo apt install ./"yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.deb"

yazi-amd64.snap

snap · x64 · 157.1 MB · 374 downloads

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-amd64.snap"
sudo snap install --dangerous ./"yazi-amd64.snap"

yazi-arm64.snap

snap · ARM64 · 143.3 MB · 109 downloads

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-arm64.snap"
sudo snap install --dangerous ./"yazi-arm64.snap"

yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip

zip · x64 · 14.4 MB · 40,614 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"
unzip "yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"

yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.zip

zip · x64 · 14.7 MB · 33,522 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.zip"
unzip "yazi-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.zip"

yazi-riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu.zip

zip · 15.6 MB · 109 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"
unzip "yazi-riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"

yazi-sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip

zip · 15.9 MB · 85 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"
unzip "yazi-sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"

yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip

zip · ARM64 · 13.7 MB · 9,969 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"
unzip "yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"

yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.zip

zip · ARM64 · 14.0 MB · 6,480 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.zip"
unzip "yazi-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.zip"

yazi-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.zip

zip · 32-bit · 15.1 MB · 351 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/releases/download/v26.9.1/yazi-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"
unzip "yazi-i686-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"

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Good to know

Cargo workspace — pick a crate with cargo run -p <name>.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: yazi-actor/Cargo.toml, yazi-adapter/Cargo.toml, yazi-binding/Cargo.toml, yazi-boot/Cargo.toml and 11 more

Details

License: MIT
Open issues: 70
Branch: main

Files we read (9)

.github/workflows/cachix.yml

.github/workflows/check.yml

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.github/workflows/lock.yml

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.github/workflows/test.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

Cargo.toml

README.md

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