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What is Yazi?

Yazi (means "duck" 🦆) is a blazing fast 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 that outperforms traditional file managers through modern architecture and innovative features.

            🚀 Why Latest Versions Matter: Yazi is rapidly evolving with frequent releases containing performance optimizations, new plugins, enhanced image preview support, and workflow improvements. The latest versions include major architectural improvements and new features that significantly enhance the user experience.
        

⚡ Key Features of Yazi

🚀 Full Async Support

All I/O operations are asynchronous, CPU tasks spread across multiple threads, making the most of available resources for blazing fast performance.

🖼️ Image Preview

Built-in support for multiple image protocols including Kitty, iTerm2, Sixel, and more. Preview images, videos, PDFs, and code directly in terminal.

🔌 Plugin System

Concurrent Lua-based plugin system with UI plugins, functional plugins, custom previewers, and a built-in package manager.

📡 Data Distribution

Client-server architecture with Lua-based publish-subscribe model for cross-instance communication and state persistence.

🧰 Tool Integration

Seamless integration with ripgrep, fd, fzf, zoxide, and other modern command-line tools for enhanced workflows.

🎨 Customization

Theme system, custom layouts, Vim-like keybindings, mouse support, and extensive configuration options.

🏆 Why Yazi is Fast

Async I/O: Non-blocking operations prevent UI freezing
Multi-threading: CPU tasks distributed across threads
Smart Caching: Pre-loading and caching mechanisms
Rust Performance: Memory-safe systems programming language
Optimized Rendering: Efficient terminal rendering algorithms

🆕 What's New in Yazi 25.5.31+

Enhanced Plugin System: Improved Lua plugin architecture with better performance
Advanced Image Preview: Support for more terminals and image formats
Package Manager: Install and manage plugins with one command
Git Integration: Built-in Git status display and operations
Bulk Operations: Enhanced bulk renaming and file operations
Virtual Filesystem: Support for archives and remote filesystems

📦 Installation from debian.griffo.io

Step 1: Add Repository

# Add GPG key
curl -sS https://debian.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian.griffo.io.gpg

# Add repository
echo "deb https://debian.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.griffo.io.list

# Update package list
sudo apt update
            

Step 2: Install Yazi

# Install latest Yazi
sudo apt install yazi

# Verify installation
yazi --version
            

🎯 Basic Usage Examples

Launch Yazi:

# Start Yazi in current directory
yazi

# Start in specific directory
yazi /path/to/directory

# File chooser mode (returns selected file)
yazi --chooser-file=/tmp/chosen
        

Essential keybindings:

# Navigation
j/k or ↑/↓    - Move up/down
h/l or ←/→    - Enter/exit directory
g/G           - Go to top/bottom
/             - Search files

# File operations
y             - Copy (yank)
x             - Cut
p             - Paste
d             - Delete
r             - Rename
c             - Create file/directory

# Views
t             - New tab
1-9           - Switch to tab
z             - Toggle hidden files
        

Advanced features:

# Bulk operations
space         - Select/deselect file
v             - Visual mode selection
ctrl+a        - Select all

# Plugin management
:             - Command mode
:plugin       - Plugin operations

# Integration
:zoxide       - Jump with zoxide
:fzf          - Fuzzy find files
        

🚀 Why Choose debian.griffo.io?

📊 Repository Comparison:

Official Debian: Often outdated versions missing latest features
Cargo Install: Requires Rust toolchain and compilation time
debian.griffo.io: Latest version (25.5.31+) available immediately

✅ Latest Features: Get newest Yazi features and performance improvements
✅ No Rust Compilation: Pre-built binaries, no toolchain needed
✅ Automatic Updates: Packages updated within hours of upstream releases
✅ Proper Dependencies: Correctly packaged with all required libraries
✅ Multi-Distribution: Works on Bookworm, Trixie, and Sid
✅ Plugin Ready: Includes all dependencies for plugin system

🔗 Related Packages

Also available from debian.griffo.io:

eza - Modern ls replacement (perfect companion)
fzf Fuzzy Finder - Integrates with Yazi for file searching
zoxide - Smart directory jumping (Yazi integration)

            🎯 Perfect for: Power users who need fast file management, developers working with large codebases, anyone wanting modern terminal file management with image preview, and users who appreciate Vim-like keybindings.
        

🦆 Install Latest Yazi on Debian