archive.yazi compress.yazi

A Yazi plugin that compresses selected files to an archive. Supporting yazi versions 0.2.5 and up.

Supported file types

Extention	Unix Command	Windows Command
.zip	zip -r	7z a -tzip
.7z	7z a	7z a
.tar	tar rpf	tar rpf
.tar.gz	gzip	7z a -tgzip
.tar.xz	xz	7z a -txz
.tar.bz2	bzip2	7z a -tbzip2
.tar.zst	zstd	zstd

NOTE: Windows users are required to install 7-Zip and add 7z.exe to the path environment variable, only tar archives will be available otherwise.

Install

# For Unix platforms
git clone https://github.com/KKV9/compress.yazi.git ~/.config/yazi/plugins/compress.yazi

## For Windows
git clone https://github.com/KKV9/compress.yazi.git %AppData%\yazi\config\plugins\compress.yazi

# Or with yazi plugin manager
ya pack -a KKV9/compress

• Add this to your keymap.toml:

[[manager.prepend_keymap]]
on   = [ "c", "a" ]
run  = "plugin compress"
desc = "Archive selected files"

Usage

• Select files or folders to add, then press c a to create a new archive.
• Type a name for the new file.
• The file extention must match one of the supported filetype extentions.
• The desired archive/compression command must be installed on your system.