# Yazi

25 Hacker News commenters recommended Yazi and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A fast terminal file manager with built-in image preview that works well alongside Neovim and other shell tools.

## Why people recommend it

- Terminal-based and scriptable (6 comments): "a TUI file browser that has image (and other filetypes) preview built in" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100450)) "Most of the time, I rely on it within Yazi, a TUI file manager" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802470)) "TUI applications like yazi, lsd, fzf , neovim etc" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387766))
- Fast and responsive (6 comments): "I'm impressed that TUI apps like yazi/nnn respond to touch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46855342)) "Lovely setup, super fast, all in the terminal." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880325)) "Maintaining user responsiveness feels so nice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46030241))
- Image previews and visual browsing (4 comments): "a TUI file browser that has image (and other filetypes) preview built in" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100450)) "yazi[0] seems to be able to display images iirc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48101625)) "yazi for a more graphical experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46525588))
- Works with Neovim and shell tools (3 comments): "TUI applications like yazi, lsd, fzf , neovim etc" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387766)) "integrates well with neovim and other shell tools" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47737058)) "NeoVim, Yazi, and Tmux are my go-to tools." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46506141))

## What people warn about

- No reliable exit hook for plugins (1 comments): "there's no reliable exit hook and plugins have to override hotkeys" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47737776))
- Not how some people use file managers (1 comments): "The only problem for me is that it's not how I use a file manager." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47742454))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ranger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ranger.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Yazi", https://hackerapproved.com/p/yazi/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).