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yazi

Yazi is a terminal file manager written in rust. It can integrate with neovim and can be heavily customized.

Source code

Installation

cargo install yazi-fm yazi-cli
Keys Action
++k++ or ++arrow-up++ Move the cursor up
++j++ or ++arrow-down++ Move the cursor down
++l++ or ++arrow-right++ Enter hovered directory
++h++ or ++arrow-left++ Leave the current directory and into its parent
++shift+k++ Seek up 5 units in the preview
++shift+j++ Seek down 5 units in the preview
++g++ ++g++ Move cursor to the top
++shift+g++ Move cursor to the bottom
++z++ Jump to a directory using zoxide
++shift+z++ Jump to a directory or reveal a file using fzf

Selection

Keys Action
++space++ Toggle selection of hovered file/directory
++v++ Enter visual mode (selection mode)
++shift+v++ Enter visual mode (unset mode)
++ctrl+a++ Select all files
++ctrl+r++ Inverse selection of all files
++esc++ Cancel selection

File Operations

Keys Action
++o++ Open selected files
++shift+o++ Open selected files interactively
++enter++ Open selected files
++shift+enter++ Open selected files interactively (some terminals don't support it yet)
++tab++ Show the file information
++y++ Yank selected files (copy)
++x++ Yank selected files (cut)
++p++ Paste yanked files
++shift+p++ Paste yanked files (overwrite if the destination exists)
++shift+y++ or ++shift+x++ Cancel the yank status
++d++ Trash selected files
++shift+d++ Permanently delete selected files
++a++ Create a file (ends with / for directories)
++r++ Rename selected file(s)
++period++ Toggle the visibility of hidden files
++semicolon++ Run a shell command
++colon++ Run a shell command (block until finishes)
++minus++ Symlink the absolute path of yanked files
++underscore++ Symlink the relative path of yanked files
++ctrl+minus++ Hardlink yanked files

Copy Paths

Keys Action
++c++ ++c++ Copy the file path
++c++ ++d++ Copy the directory path
++c++ ++f++ Copy the filename
++c++ ++n++ Copy the filename without extension

Filter Files

Keys Action
++f++ Filter files

Find Files

Keys Action
++slash++ Find next file
++question++ Find previous file
++n++ Go to the next found
++shift+n++ Go to the previous found

Search Files

Keys Action
++s++ Search files by name using fd
++shift+s++ Search files by content using ripgrep
++ctrl+s++ Cancel the ongoing search

Sorting

Keys Action
++comma++ ++m++ Sort by modified time
++comma++ ++shift+m++ Sort by modified time (reverse)
++comma++ ++b++ Sort by birth time
++comma++ ++shift+b++ Sort by birth time (reverse)
++comma++ ++e++ Sort by file extension
++comma++ ++shift+e++ Sort by file extension (reverse)
++comma++ ++a++ Sort alphabetically
++comma++ ++shift+a++ Sort alphabetically (reverse)
++comma++ ++n++ Sort naturally
++comma++ ++shift+n++ Sort naturally (reverse)
++comma++ ++s++ Sort by size
++comma++ ++shift+s++ Sort by size (reverse)
++comma++ ++r++ Sort randomly

Multi-Tab

Keys Action
++t++ Create a new tab with CWD
++0++ to ++9++ Switch to the n-th tab
++bracket-left++ Switch to the previous tab
++bracket-right++ Switch to the next tab
++brace-left++ Swap current tab with previous tab
++brace-right++ Swap current tab with next tab
++ctrl+c++ Close the current tab