Yazi

Yazi is a modern and intuitive file manager for the terminal.

Installation

# macOS (using Homebrew)
brew install yazi

# Arch Linux
pacman -S yazi

# Using Cargo (Rust package manager)
cargo install yazi

Keybinding	Description
`Space`	Select/deselect current file
`v`	Toggle visual mode
`V`	Select all files
`Ctrl+a`	Select all files
`c`	Copy selected files
`x`	Cut selected files
`p`	Paste files
`y`	Copy selected file path
`Y`	Copy selected file name
`d`	Move to trash
`D`	Permanently delete
`:`	Enter command mode

Keybinding	Description
`i`	Toggle preview window
`o`	Open file with default application
`Enter`	Open file/directory
`e`	Open in editor (neovim)

Keybinding	Description
`m` + `[a-zA-Z]`	Create bookmark with letter
`'` + `[a-zA-Z]`	Jump to bookmark

Configuration file is located at ~/.config/yazi/yazi.toml

Command	Description
`:q`	Quit
`:help`	Show help
`:mkdir [name]`	Create new directory
`:touch [name]`	Create new file
`:chmod [mode]`	Change file permissions
`:cd [path]`	Change directory
`:bulk [cmd]`	Run command on selected files

Integrate with Homebrew by adding the preview plugin:
Terminal window
```
brew install bat fd ripgrep fzf ueberzug
```
Add to your .zshrc for quick access:
Terminal window
```
alias y='yazi'
```
Configure Yazi to use Berkeley Mono in your config file:
```
[style]
font_family = "Berkeley Mono"
```

Add to ~/.config/yazi/keymap.toml:

[manager]
keymap = [
  # Custom keybindings go here
  { on = ["e"], exec = "shell 'nvim $file'", desc = "Edit with Neovim" },
]

This cheatsheet covers the most essential commands and features of Yazi. You can always access the built-in help by pressing :help while in Yazi.