Adopt now+816 this weekโ˜… 41,734 ยท 995 forks

Fast terminal file manager

Mature enough to put in production this quarter.

Who it's for

Small dev teams needing file management

What it replaces

Manual file navigation or paid file managers

The catch

Steep learning curve for non-Rust users

Your first hour

Install and configure yazi on a developer's machine

The numbers

Stars41,734
Forks995
Stars added (7d)+816
Open issues71
LanguageRust
LicenceMIT
Last pushUpdated 4 days ago
Project age3 years old

Maintainers describe it as: โ€œ๐Ÿ’ฅ Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.โ€

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yazi, in short

Should a small team use yazi?
Adopt now. Mature enough to put in production this quarter. Small dev teams needing file management
What does yazi actually do?
Fast terminal file manager
What does yazi replace?
Manual file navigation or paid file managers
What is the downside of yazi?
Steep learning curve for non-Rust users
Can yazi be used in a commercial product?
Its licence is MIT, which is permissive and generally fine for commercial use. Confirm against the LICENSE file in the repository.

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Stars, forks, licence and last-push data from the public GitHub API, refreshed August 28, 2026. The verdict is NoizeOff's editorial opinion for a team of 2โ€“20, not advice from the project's maintainers, and not legal advice on licensing. We are not affiliated with sxyazi.

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