diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f3c9ed85..28a575b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -274,15 +274,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wyz",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "block-buffer"
-version = "0.10.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "block2"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -627,16 +618,6 @@ version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "43da5946c66ffcc7745f48db692ffbb10a83bfe0afd96235c5c2a4fb23994929"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crypto-common"
-version = "0.1.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
- "typenum",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.20.11"
@@ -733,16 +714,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "digest"
-version = "0.10.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
-dependencies = [
- "block-buffer",
- "crypto-common",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "6.0.0"
@@ -1023,16 +994,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "generic-array"
-version = "0.14.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
-dependencies = [
- "typenum",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -1456,16 +1417,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "md-5"
-version = "0.10.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d89e7ee0cfbedfc4da3340218492196241d89eefb6dab27de5df917a6d2e78cf"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "digest",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.4"
@@ -2845,12 +2796,6 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bc7d623258602320d5c55d1bc22793b57daff0ec7efc270ea7d55ce1d5f5471c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "typenum"
-version = "1.18.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1dccffe3ce07af9386bfd29e80c0ab1a8205a2fc34e4bcd40364df902cfa8f3f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.18"
@@ -2976,12 +2921,6 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "852e951cb7832cb45cb1169900d19760cfa39b82bc0ea9c0e5a14ae88411c98b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "version_check"
-version = "0.9.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "walkdir"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -3606,7 +3545,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "globset",
  "libc",
- "md-5",
  "mlua",
  "parking_lot",
  "paste",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 539679ca..96324ff7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ globset             = "0.4.16"
 indexmap            = { version = "2.9.0", features = [ "serde" ] }
 libc                = "0.2.172"
 lru                 = "0.14.0"
-md-5                = "0.10.6"
 mlua                = { version = "0.10.3", features = [ "anyhow", "async", "error-send", "lua54", "macros", "serialize" ] }
 objc                = "0.2.7"
 parking_lot         = "0.12.3"
diff --git a/yazi-binding/src/error.rs b/yazi-binding/src/error.rs
index 69feed13..bea31adf 100644
--- a/yazi-binding/src/error.rs
+++ b/yazi-binding/src/error.rs
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ impl UserData for Error {
 			match (lhs, rhs) {
 				(Value::String(l), Value::UserData(r)) => {
 					let r = r.borrow::<Self>()?;
-					lua.create_string([l.as_bytes().as_ref(), r.to_string().as_bytes()].concat())
+					lua.create_string([&l.as_bytes(), r.to_string().as_bytes()].concat())
 				}
 				(Value::UserData(l), Value::String(r)) => {
 					let l = l.borrow::<Self>()?;
-					lua.create_string([l.to_string().as_bytes(), r.as_bytes().as_ref()].concat())
+					lua.create_string([l.to_string().as_bytes(), &r.as_bytes()].concat())
 				}
 				_ => Err("only string can be concatenated with Error".into_lua_err()),
 			}
diff --git a/yazi-binding/src/url.rs b/yazi-binding/src/url.rs
index 41fd151e..ebf29aaf 100644
--- a/yazi-binding/src/url.rs
+++ b/yazi-binding/src/url.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl UserData for Url {
 			lua.create_string(me.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes())
 		});
 		methods.add_meta_method(MetaMethod::Concat, |lua, lhs, rhs: mlua::String| {
-			lua.create_string([lhs.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes(), rhs.as_bytes().as_ref()].concat())
+			lua.create_string([lhs.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes(), &rhs.as_bytes()].concat())
 		});
 	}
 }
diff --git a/yazi-fm/src/main.rs b/yazi-fm/src/main.rs
index 35c8e6a0..cf807a5f 100644
--- a/yazi-fm/src/main.rs
+++ b/yazi-fm/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#![allow(clippy::module_inception, clippy::unit_arg)]
+#![allow(clippy::if_same_then_else, clippy::module_inception, clippy::unit_arg)]
 
 #[cfg(all(not(target_os = "macos"), not(target_os = "windows")))]
 #[global_allocator]
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/Cargo.toml b/yazi-plugin/Cargo.toml
index d4ba8f26..188e341e 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/yazi-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ base64        = { workspace = true }
 crossterm     = { workspace = true }
 futures       = { workspace = true }
 globset       = { workspace = true }
-md-5          = { workspace = true }
 mlua          = { workspace = true }
 parking_lot   = { workspace = true }
 paste         = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/archive.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/archive.lua
index 575d3422..a32ca5e9 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/archive.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/archive.lua
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function M.spawn_7z(args)
 	local last_err = nil
 	local try = function(name)
 		local stdout = args[1] == "l" and Command.PIPED or Command.NULL
-		local child, err = Command(name):args(args):stdout(stdout):stderr(Command.PIPED):spawn()
+		local child, err = Command(name):arg(args):stdout(stdout):stderr(Command.PIPED):spawn()
 		if not child then
 			last_err = err
 		end
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/file.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/file.lua
index 3713604b..50694ab3 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/file.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/file.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local M = {}
 
 function M:peek(job)
 	local cmd = os.getenv("YAZI_FILE_ONE") or "file"
-	local output, err = Command(cmd):args({ "-bL", "--", tostring(job.file.url) }):stdout(Command.PIPED):output()
+	local output, err = Command(cmd):arg({ "-bL", "--", tostring(job.file.url) }):stdout(Command.PIPED):output()
 
 	local text
 	if output then
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/font.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/font.lua
index fd9d7c53..0aa01d8d 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/font.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/font.lua
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function M:preload(job)
 		return true
 	end
 
-	local status, err = Command("magick"):args({
+	local status, err = Command("magick"):arg({
 		"-size",
 		"800x560",
 		"-gravity",
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/json.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/json.lua
index d1055f35..bb56179b 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/json.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/json.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local M = {}
 
 function M:peek(job)
 	local child = Command("jq")
-		:args({ "-b", "-C", "--tab", ".", tostring(job.file.url) })
+		:arg({ "-b", "-C", "--tab", ".", tostring(job.file.url) })
 		:stdout(Command.PIPED)
 		:stderr(Command.PIPED)
 		:spawn()
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/magick.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/magick.lua
index db4ec8f5..1844989a 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/magick.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/magick.lua
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ function M:spot(job) require("file"):spot(job) end
 function M.with_limit()
 	local cmd = Command("magick"):args { "-limit", "thread", 1 }
 	if rt.tasks.image_alloc > 0 then
-		cmd = cmd:args({ "-limit", "memory", rt.tasks.image_alloc }):args { "-limit", "disk", "1MiB" }
+		cmd:arg { "-limit", "memory", rt.tasks.image_alloc, "-limit", "disk", "1MiB" }
 	end
 	if rt.tasks.image_bound[1] > 0 then
-		cmd = cmd:args { "-limit", "width", rt.tasks.image_bound[1] }
+		cmd:arg { "-limit", "width", rt.tasks.image_bound[1] }
 	end
 	if rt.tasks.image_bound[2] > 0 then
-		cmd = cmd:args { "-limit", "height", rt.tasks.image_bound[2] }
+		cmd:arg { "-limit", "height", rt.tasks.image_bound[2] }
 	end
 	return cmd
 end
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/mime.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/mime.lua
index 863ec7c1..1ba263a9 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/mime.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/mime.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function M:fetch(job)
 	end
 
 	local cmd = os.getenv("YAZI_FILE_ONE") or "file"
-	local child, err = Command(cmd):args({ "-bL", "--mime-type", "--" }):args(urls):stdout(Command.PIPED):spawn()
+	local child, err = Command(cmd):arg({ "-bL", "--mime-type", "--" }):arg(urls):stdout(Command.PIPED):spawn()
 	if not child then
 		return true, Err("Failed to start `%s`, error: %s", cmd, err)
 	end
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/pdf.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/pdf.lua
index 8cffdfa0..c40b7dce 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/pdf.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/pdf.lua
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function M:preload(job)
 
 	-- stylua: ignore
 	local output, err = Command("pdftoppm")
-		:args({
+		:arg({
 			"-f", job.skip + 1,
 			"-l", job.skip + 1,
 			"-singlefile",
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/video.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/video.lua
index 9a4c8c53..3a0b7057 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/video.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/video.lua
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function M:preload(job)
 	end
 
 	-- stylua: ignore
-	local cmd = Command("ffmpeg"):args({
+	local cmd = Command("ffmpeg"):arg({
 		"-v", "quiet", "-threads", 1, "-hwaccel", "auto",
 		"-skip_frame", "nokey",
 		"-an", "-sn", "-dn",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function M:preload(job)
 	end
 
 	-- stylua: ignore
-	local status, err = cmd:args({
+	local status, err = cmd:arg({
 		"-vframes", 1,
 		"-q:v", 31 - math.floor(rt.preview.image_quality * 0.3),
 		"-vf", string.format("scale='min(%d,iw)':'min(%d,ih)':force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease:flags=fast_bilinear", rt.preview.max_width, rt.preview.max_height),
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function M.list_meta(url, entries)
 		cmd = cmd:args { "-select_streams", "v" }
 	end
 
-	local output, err = cmd:args({ "-show_entries", entries, "-of", "json=c=1", tostring(url) }):output()
+	local output, err = cmd:arg({ "-show_entries", entries, "-of", "json=c=1", tostring(url) }):output()
 	if not output then
 		return nil, Err("Failed to start `ffprobe`, error: %s", err)
 	end
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/zoxide.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/zoxide.lua
index 9503ce6a..6a9dab18 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/zoxide.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/plugins/zoxide.lua
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ local function options()
 end
 
 local function empty(cwd)
-	local child = Command("zoxide"):args({ "query", "-l", "--exclude" }):arg(cwd):stdout(Command.PIPED):spawn()
+	local child = Command("zoxide"):arg({ "query", "-l", "--exclude", cwd }):stdout(Command.PIPED):spawn()
 	if not child then
 		return true
 	end
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ local function entry()
 
 	local _permit = ya.hide()
 	local child, err1 = Command("zoxide")
-		:args({ "query", "-i", "--exclude" })
-		:arg(st.cwd)
+		:arg({ "query", "-i", "--exclude", st.cwd })
 		:env("SHELL", "sh")
 		:env("CLICOLOR", 1)
 		:env("CLICOLOR_FORCE", 1)
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/composer.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/composer.rs
index 82c419eb..4f65d2e0 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/composer.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/composer.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ impl Composer {
 		F: Fn(&Lua, &[u8]) -> mlua::Result<Value> + 'static,
 	{
 		let index = lua.create_function(move |lua, (ts, key): (Table, mlua::String)| {
-			let v = f(lua, key.as_bytes().as_ref())?;
+			let v = f(lua, &key.as_bytes())?;
 			ts.raw_set(key, v.clone())?;
 			Ok(v)
 		})?;
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/lib.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/lib.rs
index a254bff2..5f648cbb 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#![allow(clippy::unit_arg)]
+#![allow(clippy::if_same_then_else, clippy::unit_arg)]
 
 mod macros;
 
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/process/command.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/process/command.rs
index a956fcd2..f9315fe1 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/process/command.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/process/command.rs
@@ -135,11 +135,30 @@ impl UserData for Command {
 			)
 		}
 
-		methods.add_function_mut("arg", |_, (ud, arg): (AnyUserData, mlua::String)| {
-			ud.borrow_mut::<Self>()?.inner.arg(arg.to_string_lossy());
+		methods.add_function_mut("arg", |_, (ud, arg): (AnyUserData, Value)| {
+			{
+				let mut me = ud.borrow_mut::<Self>()?;
+				match arg {
+					Value::String(s) => {
+						me.inner.arg(String::from_utf8_lossy(&s.as_bytes()).as_ref());
+					}
+					Value::Table(t) => {
+						for s in t.sequence_values::<mlua::String>() {
+							me.inner.arg(String::from_utf8_lossy(&s?.as_bytes()).as_ref());
+						}
+					}
+					_ => return Err("arg must be a string or table of strings".into_lua_err()),
+				}
+			}
 			Ok(ud)
 		});
-		methods.add_function_mut("args", |_, (ud, args): (AnyUserData, Vec<mlua::String>)| {
+		// TODO: remove this
+		methods.add_function_mut("args", |lua, (ud, args): (AnyUserData, Vec<mlua::String>)| {
+			crate::deprecate!(
+				lua,
+				"The `args()` method on `Command` is deprecated, use `arg()` instead in your {}\n\nSee #2752 for more details: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/2752"
+			);
+
 			{
 				let mut me = ud.borrow_mut::<Self>()?;
 				for arg in args {
@@ -155,7 +174,10 @@ impl UserData for Command {
 		methods.add_function_mut(
 			"env",
 			|_, (ud, key, value): (AnyUserData, mlua::String, mlua::String)| {
-				ud.borrow_mut::<Self>()?.inner.env(key.to_string_lossy(), value.to_string_lossy());
+				ud.borrow_mut::<Self>()?.inner.env(
+					String::from_utf8_lossy(&key.as_bytes()).as_ref(),
+					String::from_utf8_lossy(&value.as_bytes()).as_ref(),
+				);
 				Ok(ud)
 			},
 		);
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/text.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/text.rs
index 809efcb2..a133d68e 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/text.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/text.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 use std::ops::ControlFlow;
-
-use md5::{Digest, Md5};
 use mlua::{Function, Lua, Table};
 use twox_hash::XxHash3_128;
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar;
@@ -9,17 +7,9 @@ use super::Utils;
 use crate::CLIPBOARD;
 
 impl Utils {
-	pub(super) fn hash(lua: &Lua, deprecated: bool) -> mlua::Result<Function> {
-		lua.create_async_function(move |lua, s: mlua::String| async move {
-			if deprecated {
-				crate::deprecate!(
-					lua,
-					"The `ya.md5()` function is deprecated, please use `ya.hash()` instead, in your {}"
-				);
-				Ok(format!("{:x}", Md5::new_with_prefix(s.as_bytes()).finalize()))
-			} else {
-				Ok(format!("{:x}", XxHash3_128::oneshot(s.as_bytes().as_ref())))
-			}
+	pub(super) fn hash(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<Function> {
+		lua.create_async_function(move |_, s: mlua::String| async move {
+			Ok(format!("{:x}", XxHash3_128::oneshot(&s.as_bytes())))
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -39,20 +29,20 @@ impl Utils {
 		fn truncate_impl(mut chars: impl Iterator<Item = char>, max: usize) -> Vec<char> {
 			let mut width = 0;
 			let flow = chars.try_fold(Vec::with_capacity(max), |mut v, c| {
-				width += c.width().unwrap_or(0);
+					width += c.width().unwrap_or(0);
 				if width < max {
 					v.push(c);
 					ControlFlow::Continue(v)
 				} else {
 					ControlFlow::Break(v)
-				}
+		}
 			});
 
 			match flow {
 				ControlFlow::Break(v) => v,
 				ControlFlow::Continue(v) => v,
 			}
-		}
+			}
 
 		lua.create_function(|_, (text, t): (mlua::String, Table)| {
 			let (max, text) = (t.raw_get("max")?, text.to_string_lossy());
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/utils.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/utils.rs
index 1c143598..2f0984b3 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/utils.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/utils.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub fn compose(lua: &Lua, isolate: bool) -> mlua::Result<Value> {
 			b"target_family" => Utils::target_family(lua)?,
 
 			// Text
-			b"hash" => Utils::hash(lua, false)?,
+			b"hash" => Utils::hash(lua)?,
 			b"quote" => Utils::quote(lua)?,
 			b"truncate" => Utils::truncate(lua)?,
 			b"clipboard" => Utils::clipboard(lua)?,