mime-ext.yazi

mime-ext.yazi

A MIME type provider based on a file extension database, replacing the builtin file(1) to speed up MIME type retrieval at the expense of accuracy.

See https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/tips#make-yazi-even-faster for more information.

Installation

ya pkg add yazi-rs/plugins:mime-ext

Usage

Add this to your ~/.config/yazi/yazi.toml:

[[plugin.prepend_fetchers]]
url   = "local://*"
run   = "mime-ext.local"
prio  = "high"
group = "mime"

[[plugin.prepend_fetchers]]
url   = "remote://*"
run   = "mime-ext.remote"
prio  = "high"
group = "mime"

Advanced

You can also customize it in your ~/.config/yazi/init.lua with:

require("mime-ext.local"):setup {
	-- Expand the default filename database (lowercase), for example:
	with_files = {
		makefile = "text/makefile",
		-- ...
	},

	-- Expand the default extension database (lowercase), for example:
	with_exts = {
		mk = "text/makefile",
		-- ...
	},

	-- Empty the default filename and extension databases,
	-- use only the custom ones configured with `with_files` and `with_exts`
	custom_only = false,

	-- If the MIME type is not in both filename and extension databases,
	-- then fallback to Yazi's preset `mime.local` plugin, which uses `file(1)`
	fallback_file1 = false,
}

TODO

• Add more file types (PRs welcome!).
• Compress MIME type tables.

License

This plugin is MIT-licensed. For more information check the LICENSE file.