feat: plugin system

Cargo.lock

@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ version = "1.0.75"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a4668cab20f66d8d020e1fbc0ebe47217433c1b6c8f2040faf858554e394ace6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arc-swap"
+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bddcadddf5e9015d310179a59bb28c4d4b9920ad0f11e8e14dbadf654890c9a6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-channel"
 version = "1.9.0"
@@ -911,6 +917,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tiff",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "imagesize"
+version = "0.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "029d73f573d8e8d63e6d5020011d3255b28c3ba85d6cf870a07184ed23de9284"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -1158,7 +1170,9 @@ checksum = "7c81f8ac20188feb5461a73eabb22a34dd09d6d58513535eb587e46bff6ba250"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "erased-serde",
+ "futures-util",
  "mlua-sys",
+ "mlua_derive",
  "num-traits",
  "once_cell",
  "rustc-hash",
@@ -1179,6 +1193,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mlua_derive"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f359220f24e6452dd82a3f50d7242d4aab822b5594798048e953d7a9e0314c6"
+dependencies = [
+ "itertools",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "syn 2.0.40",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -1981,6 +2010,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-util"
+version = "0.7.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5419f34732d9eb6ee4c3578b7989078579b7f039cbbb9ca2c4da015749371e15"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.8.8"
@@ -2575,6 +2617,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "color_quant",
  "image",
+ "imagesize",
  "ratatui",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -2587,6 +2630,7 @@ name = "yazi-config"
 version = "0.1.5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "arc-swap",
  "clap",
  "clap_complete",
  "clap_complete_fig",
@@ -2626,11 +2670,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syntect",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
  "unicode-width",
  "yazi-adaptor",
  "yazi-config",
- "yazi-prebuild",
+ "yazi-plugin",
  "yazi-scheduler",
  "yazi-shared",
 ]
@@ -2646,6 +2691,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fdlimit",
  "futures",
  "libc",
+ "mlua",
  "ratatui",
  "signal-hook-tokio",
  "tokio",
@@ -2657,6 +2703,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "yazi-config",
  "yazi-core",
  "yazi-plugin",
+ "yazi-scheduler",
  "yazi-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -2666,12 +2713,22 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi-to-tui",
  "anyhow",
+ "futures",
+ "libc",
+ "md-5",
  "mlua",
+ "parking_lot",
  "ratatui",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "syntect",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
  "unicode-width",
+ "yazi-adaptor",
  "yazi-config",
- "yazi-core",
+ "yazi-prebuild",
  "yazi-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -2690,16 +2747,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "crossterm",
  "futures",
- "libc",
  "parking_lot",
  "regex",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
  "tracing",
  "trash",
  "yazi-adaptor",
  "yazi-config",
+ "yazi-plugin",
  "yazi-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -2716,6 +2772,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "ratatui",
  "regex",
+ "serde",
  "tokio",
 ]
 

cspell.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"language":"en","flagWords":[],"words":["Punct","KEYMAP","splitn","crossterm","YAZI","unar","peekable","ratatui","syntect","pbpaste","pbcopy","ffmpegthumbnailer","oneshot","Posix","Lsar","XADDOS","zoxide","cands","Deque","precache","imageops","IFBLK","IFCHR","IFDIR","IFIFO","IFLNK","IFMT","IFSOCK","IRGRP","IROTH","IRUSR","ISGID","ISUID","ISVTX","IWGRP","IWOTH","IWUSR","IXGRP","IXOTH","IXUSR","libc","winsize","TIOCGWINSZ","xpixel","ypixel","ioerr","appender","Catppuccin","macchiato","gitmodules","Dotfiles","bashprofile","vimrc","flac","webp","exiftool","mediainfo","ripgrep","nvim","indexmap","indexmap","unwatch","canonicalize","serde","fsevent","Ueberzug","iterm","wezterm","sixel","chafa","ueberzugpp","️ Überzug","️ Überzug","Konsole","Alacritty","Überzug","pkgs","paru","unarchiver","pdftoppm","poppler","prebuild","singlefile","jpegopt","EXIF","rustfmt","mktemp","nanos","xclip","xsel","natord","Mintty","nixos","nixpkgs","SIGTSTP","SIGCONT","SIGCONT","mlua","nonstatic","userdata","metatable","natsort","backstack","luajit","Succ","Succ","cand","fileencoding","foldmethod","lightgreen","darkgray","lightred","lightyellow","lightcyan","nushell","msvc","aarch","linemode","sxyazi","rsplit","ZELLIJ","bitflags","bitflags","USERPROFILE","Neovim","vergen","gitcl"],"version":"0.2"}
+{"flagWords":[],"words":["Punct","KEYMAP","splitn","crossterm","YAZI","unar","peekable","ratatui","syntect","pbpaste","pbcopy","ffmpegthumbnailer","oneshot","Posix","Lsar","XADDOS","zoxide","cands","Deque","precache","imageops","IFBLK","IFCHR","IFDIR","IFIFO","IFLNK","IFMT","IFSOCK","IRGRP","IROTH","IRUSR","ISGID","ISUID","ISVTX","IWGRP","IWOTH","IWUSR","IXGRP","IXOTH","IXUSR","libc","winsize","TIOCGWINSZ","xpixel","ypixel","ioerr","appender","Catppuccin","macchiato","gitmodules","Dotfiles","bashprofile","vimrc","flac","webp","exiftool","mediainfo","ripgrep","nvim","indexmap","indexmap","unwatch","canonicalize","serde","fsevent","Ueberzug","iterm","wezterm","sixel","chafa","ueberzugpp","️ Überzug","️ Überzug","Konsole","Alacritty","Überzug","pkgs","paru","unarchiver","pdftoppm","poppler","prebuild","singlefile","jpegopt","EXIF","rustfmt","mktemp","nanos","xclip","xsel","natord","Mintty","nixos","nixpkgs","SIGTSTP","SIGCONT","SIGCONT","mlua","nonstatic","userdata","metatable","natsort","backstack","luajit","Succ","Succ","cand","fileencoding","foldmethod","lightgreen","darkgray","lightred","lightyellow","lightcyan","nushell","msvc","aarch","linemode","sxyazi","rsplit","ZELLIJ","bitflags","bitflags","USERPROFILE","Neovim","vergen","gitcl","Renderable","preloaders","prec","imagesize"],"language":"en","version":"0.2"}

yazi-adaptor/Cargo.toml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ anyhow      = "^1"
 base64      = "^0"
 color_quant = "^1"
 image       = "^0"
+imagesize   = "^0"
 ratatui     = "^0"
 tokio       = { version = "^1", features = [ "parking_lot", "io-util", "process" ] }
 

yazi-adaptor/src/adaptor.rs

@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
-use std::{env, path::{Path, PathBuf}, sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering}};
+use std::{env, path::Path, sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering}};
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use ratatui::prelude::Rect;
-use tokio::{fs, sync::mpsc::UnboundedSender};
 use tracing::warn;
-use yazi_config::PREVIEW;
+use yazi_shared::env_exists;
-use yazi_shared::{env_exists, RoCell};
 
 use super::{Iterm2, Kitty, KittyOld};
 use crate::{ueberzug::Ueberzug, Sixel, TMUX};
 
 static IMAGE_SHOWN: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 
-#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
-static UEBERZUG: RoCell<Option<UnboundedSender<Option<(PathBuf, Rect)>>>> = RoCell::new();
-
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
 pub enum Adaptor {
 	Kitty,
@@ -164,16 +159,9 @@ impl ToString for Adaptor {
 }
 
 impl Adaptor {
-	pub(super) fn start(self) {
+	pub(super) fn start(self) { Ueberzug::start(self); }
-		UEBERZUG.init(if self.needs_ueberzug() { Ueberzug::start(self).ok() } else { None });
-	}
-
-	pub async fn image_show(self, mut path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {
-		let cache = PREVIEW.cache(path, 0);
-		if fs::symlink_metadata(&cache).await.is_ok() {
-			path = cache.as_path();
-		}
 
+	pub async fn image_show(self, path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<(u32, u32)> {
 		self.image_hide(rect).ok();
 		IMAGE_SHOWN.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
 
@@ -182,9 +170,7 @@ impl Adaptor {
 			Self::KittyOld => KittyOld::image_show(path, rect).await,
 			Self::Iterm2 => Iterm2::image_show(path, rect).await,
 			Self::Sixel => Sixel::image_show(path, rect).await,
-			_ => Ok(if let Some(tx) = &*UEBERZUG {
+			_ => Ueberzug::image_show(path, rect).await,
-				tx.send(Some((path.to_path_buf(), rect)))?;
-			}),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -198,9 +184,7 @@ impl Adaptor {
 			Self::Iterm2 => Iterm2::image_hide(rect),
 			Self::KittyOld => KittyOld::image_hide(),
 			Self::Sixel => Sixel::image_hide(rect),
-			_ => Ok(if let Some(tx) = &*UEBERZUG {
+			_ => Ueberzug::image_hide(rect),
-				tx.send(None)?;
-			}),
 		}
 	}
 

yazi-adaptor/src/image.rs

@@ -2,51 +2,13 @@ use std::{fs::File, io::BufReader, path::{Path, PathBuf}};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use image::{imageops::FilterType, io::Limits, DynamicImage, ImageFormat};
+use ratatui::layout::Rect;
 use yazi_config::{PREVIEW, TASKS};
 use yazi_shared::term::Term;
 
 pub struct Image;
 
 impl Image {
-	fn set_limits(mut r: image::io::Reader<BufReader<File>>) -> image::io::Reader<BufReader<File>> {
-		let mut limits = Limits::no_limits();
-		if TASKS.image_alloc > 0 {
-			limits.max_alloc = Some(TASKS.image_alloc as u64);
-		}
-		if TASKS.image_bound[0] > 0 {
-			limits.max_image_width = Some(TASKS.image_bound[0] as u32);
-		}
-		if TASKS.image_bound[1] > 0 {
-			limits.max_image_height = Some(TASKS.image_bound[1] as u32);
-		}
-		r.limits(limits);
-		r
-	}
-
-	pub(super) async fn downscale(path: &Path, size: (u16, u16)) -> Result<DynamicImage> {
-		let (w, h) = Term::ratio()
-			.map(|(w, h)| {
-				let (w, h) = ((size.0 as f64 * w) as u32, (size.1 as f64 * h) as u32);
-				(w.min(PREVIEW.max_width), h.min(PREVIEW.max_height))
-			})
-			.unwrap_or((PREVIEW.max_width, PREVIEW.max_height));
-
-		let path = path.to_owned();
-		let img = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-			Self::set_limits(image::io::Reader::open(path)?.with_guessed_format()?).decode()
-		})
-		.await??;
-
-		tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-			Ok(if img.width() > w || img.height() > h {
-				img.resize(w, h, FilterType::Triangle)
-			} else {
-				img
-			})
-		})
-		.await?
-	}
-
 	pub async fn precache(path: &Path, cache: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
 		let path = path.to_owned();
 		let mut img = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
@@ -69,21 +31,45 @@ impl Image {
 		.await?
 	}
 
-	pub async fn precache_vec(bin: Vec<u8>, cache: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
+	pub(super) async fn downscale(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<DynamicImage> {
-		let mut img = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || image::load_from_memory(&bin)).await??;
+		let path = path.to_owned();
+		let img = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+			Self::set_limits(image::io::Reader::open(path)?.with_guessed_format()?).decode()
+		})
+		.await??;
 
+		let (w, h) = Self::max_size(rect);
 		tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-			let (w, h) = (PREVIEW.max_width, PREVIEW.max_height);
+			Ok(if img.width() > w || img.height() > h {
-			if img.width() > w || img.height() > h {
+				img.resize(w, h, FilterType::Triangle)
-				img = img.resize(w, h, FilterType::Triangle);
+			} else {
-			}
+				img
-
+			})
-			Ok(match img {
-				DynamicImage::ImageRgb8(buf) => buf.save_with_format(cache, ImageFormat::Jpeg),
-				DynamicImage::ImageRgba8(buf) => buf.save_with_format(cache, ImageFormat::Jpeg),
-				buf => buf.into_rgb8().save_with_format(cache, ImageFormat::Jpeg),
-			}?)
 		})
 		.await?
 	}
+
+	pub(super) fn max_size(rect: Rect) -> (u32, u32) {
+		Term::ratio()
+			.map(|(r1, r2)| {
+				let (w, h) = ((rect.width as f64 * r1) as u32, (rect.height as f64 * r2) as u32);
+				(w.min(PREVIEW.max_width), h.min(PREVIEW.max_height))
+			})
+			.unwrap_or((PREVIEW.max_width, PREVIEW.max_height))
+	}
+
+	fn set_limits(mut r: image::io::Reader<BufReader<File>>) -> image::io::Reader<BufReader<File>> {
+		let mut limits = Limits::no_limits();
+		if TASKS.image_alloc > 0 {
+			limits.max_alloc = Some(TASKS.image_alloc as u64);
+		}
+		if TASKS.image_bound[0] > 0 {
+			limits.max_image_width = Some(TASKS.image_bound[0] as u32);
+		}
+		if TASKS.image_bound[1] > 0 {
+			limits.max_image_height = Some(TASKS.image_bound[1] as u32);
+		}
+		r.limits(limits);
+		r
+	}
 }

yazi-adaptor/src/iterm2.rs

@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ use crate::{CLOSE, START};
 pub(super) struct Iterm2;
 
 impl Iterm2 {
-	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {
+	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<(u32, u32)> {
-		let img = Image::downscale(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
+		let img = Image::downscale(path, rect).await?;
+		let size = (img.width(), img.height());
 		let b = Self::encode(img).await?;
 
 		Self::image_hide(rect)?;
-		Term::move_lock(stdout().lock(), (rect.x, rect.y), |stdout| Ok(stdout.write_all(&b)?))
+		Term::move_lock(stdout().lock(), (rect.x, rect.y), |stdout| {
+			stdout.write_all(&b)?;
+			Ok(size)
+		})
 	}
 
 	pub(super) fn image_hide(rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {

yazi-adaptor/src/kitty.rs

@@ -312,8 +312,9 @@ static DIACRITICS: [char; 297] = [
 pub(super) struct Kitty;
 
 impl Kitty {
-	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {
+	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<(u32, u32)> {
-		let img = Image::downscale(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
+		let img = Image::downscale(path, rect).await?;
+		let size = (img.width(), img.height());
 		let b = Self::encode(img).await?;
 
 		Self::image_hide(rect)?;
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ impl Kitty {
 				stdout.write_all(buf.as_bytes())?;
 			}
 
-			Ok(())
+			Ok(size)
 		})
 	}
 

yazi-adaptor/src/kitty_old.rs

@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ use crate::{CLOSE, ESCAPE, START};
 pub(super) struct KittyOld;
 
 impl KittyOld {
-	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {
+	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<(u32, u32)> {
-		let img = Image::downscale(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
+		let img = Image::downscale(path, rect).await?;
+		let size = (img.width(), img.height());
 		let b = Self::encode(img).await?;
 
 		Self::image_hide()?;
-		Term::move_lock(stdout().lock(), (rect.x, rect.y), |stdout| Ok(stdout.write_all(&b)?))
+		Term::move_lock(stdout().lock(), (rect.x, rect.y), |stdout| {
+			stdout.write_all(&b)?;
+			Ok(size)
+		})
 	}
 
 	#[inline]

yazi-adaptor/src/sixel.rs

@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@ use crate::{Image, CLOSE, ESCAPE, START};
 pub(super) struct Sixel;
 
 impl Sixel {
-	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {
+	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<(u32, u32)> {
-		let img = Image::downscale(path, (rect.width, rect.height)).await?;
+		let img = Image::downscale(path, rect).await?;
+		let size = (img.width(), img.height());
 		let b = Self::encode(img).await?;
 
 		Self::image_hide(rect)?;
-		Term::move_lock(stdout().lock(), (rect.x, rect.y), |stdout| Ok(stdout.write_all(&b)?))
+		Term::move_lock(stdout().lock(), (rect.x, rect.y), |stdout| {
+			stdout.write_all(&b)?;
+			Ok(size)
+		})
 	}
 
 	pub(super) fn image_hide(rect: Rect) -> Result<()> {

yazi-adaptor/src/ueberzug.rs

@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
-use std::{path::PathBuf, process::Stdio};
+use std::{path::{Path, PathBuf}, process::Stdio};
 
-use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::{bail, Result};
+use imagesize::ImageSize;
 use ratatui::prelude::Rect;
 use tokio::{io::AsyncWriteExt, process::{Child, Command}, sync::mpsc::{self, UnboundedSender}};
 use tracing::debug;
 use yazi_config::PREVIEW;
+use yazi_shared::RoCell;
 
-use crate::Adaptor;
+use crate::{Adaptor, Image};
+
+#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+static DEMON: RoCell<Option<UnboundedSender<Option<(PathBuf, Rect)>>>> = RoCell::new();
 
 pub(super) struct Ueberzug;
 
 impl Ueberzug {
-	pub(super) fn start(adaptor: Adaptor) -> Result<UnboundedSender<Option<(PathBuf, Rect)>>> {
+	pub(super) fn start(adaptor: Adaptor) {
+		if !adaptor.needs_ueberzug() {
+			return DEMON.init(None);
+		}
+
 		let mut child = Self::create_demon(adaptor).ok();
 		let (tx, mut rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
 
@@ -29,8 +38,35 @@ impl Ueberzug {
 				}
 			}
 		});
+		DEMON.init(Some(tx))
+	}
 
-		Ok(tx)
+	pub(super) async fn image_show(path: &Path, rect: Rect) -> Result<(u32, u32)> {
+		if let Some(tx) = &*DEMON {
+			tx.send(Some((path.to_path_buf(), rect)))?;
+		} else {
+			bail!("uninitialized ueberzug");
+		}
+
+		let path = path.to_owned();
+		let ImageSize { width: w, height: h } =
+			tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || imagesize::size(path)).await??;
+
+		let (max_w, max_h) = Image::max_size(rect);
+		if w <= max_w as usize && h <= max_h as usize {
+			return Ok((w as u32, h as u32));
+		}
+
+		let ratio = f64::min(max_w as f64 / w as f64, max_h as f64 / h as f64);
+		Ok(((w as f64 * ratio).round() as u32, (h as f64 * ratio).round() as u32))
+	}
+
+	pub(super) fn image_hide(_: Rect) -> Result<()> {
+		if let Some(tx) = &*DEMON {
+			Ok(tx.send(None)?)
+		} else {
+			bail!("uninitialized ueberzug");
+		}
 	}
 
 	fn create_demon(adaptor: Adaptor) -> Result<Child> {

yazi-config/Cargo.toml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ yazi-shared = { path = "../yazi-shared", version = "0.1.5" }
 
 # External dependencies
 anyhow      = "^1"
+arc-swap    = "^1"
 clap        = { version = "^4", features = [ "derive" ] }
 crossterm   = "^0"
 dirs        = "^5"

yazi-config/build.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#[path = "src/boot/cli.rs"]
+#[path = "src/boot/args.rs"]
-mod cli;
+mod args;
 
 use std::{env, error::Error, fs};
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
 		return Ok(());
 	}
 
-	let cmd = &mut cli::Args::command();
+	let cmd = &mut args::Args::command();
 	let bin = "yazi";
 	let out = "completions";
 

yazi-config/preset/keymap.toml

@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ keymap = [
 	{ on = [ "H" ], exec = "back",    desc = "Go back to the previous directory" },
 	{ on = [ "L" ], exec = "forward", desc = "Go forward to the next directory" },
 
-	{ on = [ "<A-k>" ], exec = "peek -5", desc = "Peek up 5 units in the preview" },
+	{ on = [ "<A-k>" ], exec = "seek -5", desc = "Peek up 5 units in the preview" },
-	{ on = [ "<A-j>" ], exec = "peek 5",  desc = "Peek down 5 units in the preview" },
+	{ on = [ "<A-j>" ], exec = "seek 5",  desc = "Peek down 5 units in the preview" },
-	{ on = [ "<A-PageUp>" ],   exec = "peek -5", desc = "Peek up 5 units in the preview" },
+	{ on = [ "<A-PageUp>" ],   exec = "seek -5", desc = "Peek up 5 units in the preview" },
-	{ on = [ "<A-PageDown>" ], exec = "peek 5",  desc = "Peek down 5 units in the preview" },
+	{ on = [ "<A-PageDown>" ], exec = "seek 5",  desc = "Peek down 5 units in the preview" },
 
 	{ on = [ "<Up>" ],    exec = "arrow -1", desc = "Move cursor up" },
 	{ on = [ "<Down>" ],  exec = "arrow 1",  desc = "Move cursor down" },

yazi-config/preset/theme.toml

@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ tab_width    = 1
 border_symbol = "│"
 border_style  = { fg = "gray" }
 
-# Offset
-folder_offset  = [ 1, 0, 1, 0 ]
-preview_offset = [ 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
-
 # Highlighting
 syntect_theme = ""
 

yazi-config/preset/yazi.toml

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ rules = [
 	{ mime = "application/x-bzip2",         use = [ "extract", "reveal" ] },
 	{ mime = "application/x-7z-compressed", use = [ "extract", "reveal" ] },
 	{ mime = "application/x-rar",           use = [ "extract", "reveal" ] },
+	{ mime = "application/xz",              use = [ "extract", "reveal" ] },
 
 	{ mime = "*", use = [ "open", "reveal" ] },
 ]
@@ -73,8 +74,44 @@ image_alloc      = 536870912  # 512MB
 image_bound      = [ 0, 0 ]
 suppress_preload = false
 
-[plugins]
+[plugin]
-preload = []
+
+preloaders = [
+	{ name = "*", cond = "!mime", exec = "mime.lua", multi = true },
+	# Image
+	{ mime = "image/vnd.djvu", exec = "noop.lua" },
+	{ mime = "image/*",        exec = "image.lua" },
+	# Video
+	{ mime = "video/*", exec = "video.lua" },
+	# PDF
+	{ mime = "application/pdf", exec = "pdf.lua" },
+]
+previewers = [
+	{ name = "*/", exec = "folder.lua", sync = true },
+	# Code
+	{ mime = "text/*",                 exec = "code.lua" },
+	{ mime = "*/xml",                  exec = "code.lua" },
+	{ mime = "*/javascript",           exec = "code.lua" },
+	{ mime = "*/x-wine-extension-ini", exec = "code.lua" },
+	# JSON
+	{ mime = "application/json", exec = "json.lua" },
+	# Image
+	{ mime = "image/vnd.djvu", exec = "noop.lua" },
+	{ mime = "image/*",        exec = "image.lua" },
+	# Video
+	{ mime = "video/*", exec = "video.lua" },
+	# PDF
+	{ mime = "application/pdf", exec = "pdf.lua" },
+	# Archive
+	{ mime = "application/zip",             exec = "archive.lua" },
+	{ mime = "application/gzip",            exec = "archive.lua" },
+	{ mime = "application/x-tar",           exec = "archive.lua" },
+	{ mime = "application/x-bzip",          exec = "archive.lua" },
+	{ mime = "application/x-bzip2",         exec = "archive.lua" },
+	{ mime = "application/x-7z-compressed", exec = "archive.lua" },
+	{ mime = "application/x-rar",           exec = "archive.lua" },
+	{ mime = "application/xz",              exec = "archive.lua" },
+]
 
 [input]
 # cd

yazi-config/src/boot/args.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use clap::{command, Parser};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 #[command(name = "yazi")]
-pub(super) struct Args {
+pub struct Args {
 	/// Set the current working entry
 	#[arg(index = 1)]
 	pub entry: Option<PathBuf>,

yazi-config/src/boot/boot.rs

@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
-use std::{ffi::OsString, fs, path::PathBuf, process};
+use std::{ffi::OsString, fs, path::{Path, PathBuf}, process};
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use yazi_shared::fs::{current_cwd, expand_path};
 
-use super::cli::Args;
+use super::Args;
-use crate::{Xdg, PREVIEW};
+use crate::{Xdg, ARGS};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Boot {
 	pub cwd:  PathBuf,
 	pub file: Option<OsString>,
 
-	pub state_dir: PathBuf,
+	pub config_dir: PathBuf,
-
+	pub plugin_dir: PathBuf,
-	pub cwd_file:     Option<PathBuf>,
+	pub state_dir:  PathBuf,
-	pub chooser_file: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 impl Boot {
-	fn parse_entry(entry: Option<PathBuf>) -> (PathBuf, Option<OsString>) {
+	fn parse_entry(entry: Option<&Path>) -> (PathBuf, Option<OsString>) {
 		let entry = match entry {
 			Some(p) => expand_path(p),
 			None => return (current_cwd().unwrap(), None),
@@ -35,7 +34,28 @@ impl Boot {
 
 impl Default for Boot {
 	fn default() -> Self {
-		let args = Args::parse();
+		let (cwd, file) = Self::parse_entry(ARGS.entry.as_deref());
+		let boot = Self {
+			cwd,
+			file,
+
+			config_dir: Xdg::config_dir().unwrap(),
+			plugin_dir: Xdg::plugin_dir().unwrap(),
+			state_dir: Xdg::state_dir().unwrap(),
+		};
+
+		if !boot.state_dir.is_dir() {
+			fs::create_dir_all(&boot.state_dir).unwrap();
+		}
+
+		boot
+	}
+}
+
+impl Default for Args {
+	fn default() -> Self {
+		let args = Self::parse();
+
 		if args.version {
 			println!(
 				"yazi {} ({} {})",
@@ -46,37 +66,6 @@ impl Default for Boot {
 			process::exit(0);
 		}
 
-		let (cwd, file) = Self::parse_entry(args.entry);
+		args
-		let boot = Self {
-			cwd,
-			file,
-
-			state_dir: Xdg::state_dir().unwrap(),
-
-			cwd_file: args.cwd_file,
-			chooser_file: args.chooser_file,
-		};
-
-		if !boot.state_dir.is_dir() {
-			fs::create_dir_all(&boot.state_dir).unwrap();
-		}
-		if !PREVIEW.cache_dir.is_dir() {
-			fs::create_dir(&PREVIEW.cache_dir).unwrap();
-		}
-
-		if args.clear_cache {
-			if PREVIEW.cache_dir == Xdg::cache_dir() {
-				println!("Clearing cache directory: \n{:?}", PREVIEW.cache_dir);
-				fs::remove_dir_all(&PREVIEW.cache_dir).unwrap();
-			} else {
-				println!(
-					"You've changed the default cache directory, for your data's safety, please clear it manually: \n{:?}",
-					PREVIEW.cache_dir
-				);
-			}
-			process::exit(0);
-		}
-
-		boot
 	}
 }

yazi-config/src/boot/mod.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+mod args;
 mod boot;
-mod cli;
 
+pub use args::*;
 pub use boot::*;

yazi-config/src/keymap/exec.rs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ where
 		type Value = Vec<Exec>;
 
 		fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-			formatter.write_str("a exec string, e.g. `tab_switch 0`")
+			formatter.write_str("a `exec` string or array of strings within [keymap]")
 		}
 
 		fn visit_seq<A>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ where
 			while let Some(value) = &seq.next_element::<String>()? {
 				execs.push(parse(value).map_err(de::Error::custom)?);
 			}
+			if execs.is_empty() {
+				return Err(de::Error::custom("`exec` within [keymap] cannot be empty"));
+			}
 			Ok(execs)
 		}
 

yazi-config/src/keymap/mod.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mod key;
 mod keymap;
 
 pub use control::*;
-#[allow(unused_imports)]
 pub use exec::*;
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
 pub use key::*;
 pub use keymap::*;

yazi-config/src/layout.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use ratatui::layout::Rect;
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Layout {
+	pub header: Rect,
+
+	pub parent:  Rect,
+	pub current: Rect,
+	pub preview: Rect,
+
+	pub status: Rect,
+}

yazi-config/src/lib.rs

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ use yazi_shared::RoCell;
 
 mod boot;
 pub mod keymap;
+mod layout;
 mod log;
 pub mod manager;
 pub mod open;
 mod pattern;
-pub mod plugins;
+pub mod plugin;
 pub mod popup;
 mod preset;
 pub mod preview;
@@ -17,10 +18,15 @@ pub mod theme;
 mod validation;
 mod xdg;
 
+pub use layout::*;
 pub(crate) use pattern::*;
 pub(crate) use preset::*;
 pub(crate) use xdg::*;
 
+pub static ARGS: RoCell<boot::Args> = RoCell::new();
+pub static BOOT: RoCell<boot::Boot> = RoCell::new();
+pub static LAYOUT: RoCell<arc_swap::ArcSwap<Layout>> = RoCell::new();
+
 static MERGED_KEYMAP: RoCell<String> = RoCell::new();
 static MERGED_THEME: RoCell<String> = RoCell::new();
 static MERGED_YAZI: RoCell<String> = RoCell::new();
@@ -29,16 +35,18 @@ pub static KEYMAP: RoCell<keymap::Keymap> = RoCell::new();
 pub static LOG: RoCell<log::Log> = RoCell::new();
 pub static MANAGER: RoCell<manager::Manager> = RoCell::new();
 pub static OPEN: RoCell<open::Open> = RoCell::new();
-pub static PLUGINS: RoCell<plugins::Plugins> = RoCell::new();
+pub static PLUGIN: RoCell<plugin::Plugin> = RoCell::new();
 pub static PREVIEW: RoCell<preview::Preview> = RoCell::new();
 pub static TASKS: RoCell<tasks::Tasks> = RoCell::new();
 pub static THEME: RoCell<theme::Theme> = RoCell::new();
 pub static INPUT: RoCell<popup::Input> = RoCell::new();
 pub static SELECT: RoCell<popup::Select> = RoCell::new();
 
-pub static BOOT: RoCell<boot::Boot> = RoCell::new();
-
 pub fn init() {
+	ARGS.with(Default::default);
+	BOOT.with(Default::default);
+	LAYOUT.with(Default::default);
+
 	MERGED_KEYMAP.with(Preset::keymap);
 	MERGED_THEME.with(Preset::theme);
 	MERGED_YAZI.with(Preset::yazi);
@@ -47,12 +55,10 @@ pub fn init() {
 	LOG.with(Default::default);
 	MANAGER.with(Default::default);
 	OPEN.with(Default::default);
-	PLUGINS.with(Default::default);
+	PLUGIN.with(Default::default);
 	PREVIEW.with(Default::default);
 	TASKS.with(Default::default);
 	THEME.with(Default::default);
 	INPUT.with(Default::default);
 	SELECT.with(Default::default);
-
-	BOOT.with(Default::default);
 }

yazi-config/src/manager/layout.rs

@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-use anyhow::bail;
-use crossterm::terminal::WindowSize;
-use ratatui::{prelude::Rect, widgets::{Block, Padding}};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use yazi_shared::term::Term;
-
-use crate::{PREVIEW, THEME};
-
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
-#[serde(try_from = "Vec<u16>")]
-pub struct ManagerLayout {
-	pub parent:  u16,
-	pub current: u16,
-	pub preview: u16,
-	pub all:     u16,
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<Vec<u16>> for ManagerLayout {
-	type Error = anyhow::Error;
-
-	fn try_from(ratio: Vec<u16>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-		if ratio.len() != 3 {
-			bail!("invalid layout ratio: {:?}", ratio);
-		}
-		if ratio.iter().all(|&r| r == 0) {
-			bail!("at least one layout ratio must be non-zero: {:?}", ratio);
-		}
-
-		Ok(Self {
-			parent:  ratio[0],
-			current: ratio[1],
-			preview: ratio[2],
-			all:     ratio[0] + ratio[1] + ratio[2],
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-impl ManagerLayout {
-	pub fn preview_rect(&self) -> Rect {
-		let WindowSize { columns, rows, .. } = Term::size();
-		let (top, right, bottom, left) = THEME.manager.preview_offset;
-
-		let w = (columns * self.preview) as f64 / self.all as f64;
-		let w = if w.fract() > 0.5 { w.ceil() as u16 } else { w.floor() as u16 };
-
-		Rect {
-			x:      left.saturating_add(columns - w),
-			y:      top,
-			width:  w.saturating_sub(left + right),
-			height: rows.saturating_sub(top + bottom),
-		}
-	}
-
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn preview_height(&self) -> usize { self.preview_rect().height as usize }
-
-	pub fn image_rect(&self) -> Rect {
-		let mut rect = self.preview_rect();
-		if PREVIEW.max_width == 0 || PREVIEW.max_height == 0 {
-			return rect;
-		}
-		if let Some((w, h)) = Term::ratio() {
-			rect.width = rect.width.min((PREVIEW.max_width as f64 / w).ceil() as u16);
-			rect.height = rect.height.min((PREVIEW.max_height as f64 / h).ceil() as u16);
-		}
-		rect
-	}
-
-	pub fn folder_rect(&self) -> Rect {
-		let WindowSize { columns, rows, .. } = Term::size();
-
-		let offset = THEME.manager.folder_offset;
-		Block::default().padding(Padding::new(offset.3, offset.1, offset.0, offset.2)).inner(Rect {
-			x:      columns * self.parent / self.all,
-			y:      0,
-			width:  columns * self.current / self.all,
-			height: rows,
-		})
-	}
-
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn folder_height(&self) -> usize { self.folder_rect().height as usize }
-}

yazi-config/src/manager/manager.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use validator::Validate;
 
-use super::{ManagerLayout, SortBy};
+use super::{ManagerRatio, SortBy};
 use crate::{validation::check_validation, MERGED_YAZI};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Validate)]
 pub struct Manager {
-	pub layout: ManagerLayout,
+	// FIXME: rename this to "ratio"
+	pub layout: ManagerRatio,
 
 	// Sorting
 	pub sort_by:        SortBy,

yazi-config/src/manager/mod.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-mod layout;
 mod manager;
+mod ratio;
 mod sorting;
 
-pub use layout::*;
 pub use manager::*;
+pub use ratio::*;
 pub use sorting::*;

yazi-config/src/manager/ratio.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use anyhow::bail;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[serde(try_from = "Vec<u16>")]
+pub struct ManagerRatio {
+	pub parent:  u16,
+	pub current: u16,
+	pub preview: u16,
+	pub all:     u16,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<Vec<u16>> for ManagerRatio {
+	type Error = anyhow::Error;
+
+	fn try_from(ratio: Vec<u16>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+		if ratio.len() != 3 {
+			bail!("invalid layout ratio: {:?}", ratio);
+		}
+		if ratio.iter().all(|&r| r == 0) {
+			bail!("at least one layout ratio must be non-zero: {:?}", ratio);
+		}
+
+		Ok(Self {
+			parent:  ratio[0],
+			current: ratio[1],
+			preview: ratio[2],
+			all:     ratio[0] + ratio[1] + ratio[2],
+		})
+	}
+}

yazi-config/src/open/open.rs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ impl Open {
 		P: AsRef<Path>,
 		M: AsRef<str>,
 	{
-		let is_folder = Some(mime.as_ref() == MIME_DIR);
+		let is_folder = mime.as_ref() == MIME_DIR;
 		self.rules.iter().find_map(|rule| {
 			if rule.mime.as_ref().is_some_and(|m| m.matches(&mime))
 				|| rule.name.as_ref().is_some_and(|n| n.match_path(&path, is_folder))

yazi-config/src/pattern.rs

@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ impl Pattern {
 	}
 
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn match_path(&self, path: impl AsRef<Path>, is_folder: Option<bool>) -> bool {
+	pub fn match_path(&self, path: impl AsRef<Path>, is_folder: bool) -> bool {
 		let path = path.as_ref();
 		let s = if self.full_path {
 			path.to_str()
 		} else {
 			path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()).or_else(|| path.to_str())
 		};
-		is_folder.map_or(true, |f| f == self.is_folder) && s.is_some_and(|s| self.matches(s))
+		is_folder == self.is_folder && s.is_some_and(|s| self.matches(s))
 	}
 }
 

yazi-config/src/plugin/exec.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use std::fmt;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use serde::{de::{self, Visitor}, Deserializer};
+use yazi_shared::event::Exec;
+
+pub(super) fn exec_deserialize<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Exec, D::Error>
+where
+	D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+	struct ExecVisitor;
+
+	impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for ExecVisitor {
+		type Value = Exec;
+
+		fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+			formatter.write_str("a `exec` string or array of strings")
+		}
+
+		fn visit_seq<A>(self, _: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+		where
+			A: de::SeqAccess<'de>,
+		{
+			Err(de::Error::custom("`exec` within [plugin] must be a string"))
+		}
+
+		fn visit_str<E>(self, value: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+		where
+			E: de::Error,
+		{
+			if value.is_empty() {
+				return Err(de::Error::custom("`exec` within [plugin] cannot be empty"));
+			}
+			Ok(Exec { cmd: value.to_owned(), ..Default::default() })
+		}
+	}
+
+	deserializer.deserialize_any(ExecVisitor)
+}

yazi-config/src/plugin/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+mod exec;
+mod plugin;
+
+pub use exec::*;
+pub use plugin::*;
+
+pub const MAX_PRELOADERS: u8 = 32;

yazi-config/src/plugin/plugin.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use yazi_shared::{event::Exec, Condition, MIME_DIR};
+
+use crate::{pattern::Pattern, plugin::MAX_PRELOADERS, MERGED_YAZI};
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct Plugin {
+	pub preloaders: Vec<PluginRule>,
+	pub previewers: Vec<PluginRule>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct PluginRule {
+	#[serde(default)]
+	pub id:    u8,
+	pub cond:  Option<Condition>,
+	pub name:  Option<Pattern>,
+	pub mime:  Option<Pattern>,
+	#[serde(deserialize_with = "super::exec_deserialize")]
+	pub exec:  Exec,
+	#[serde(default)]
+	pub sync:  bool,
+	#[serde(default)]
+	pub multi: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for Plugin {
+	fn default() -> Self {
+		#[derive(Deserialize)]
+		struct Outer {
+			plugin: Plugin,
+		}
+
+		let mut plugin = toml::from_str::<Outer>(&MERGED_YAZI).unwrap().plugin;
+		if plugin.preloaders.len() > MAX_PRELOADERS as usize {
+			panic!("Too many preloaders");
+		}
+
+		for (i, preloader) in plugin.preloaders.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+			if preloader.sync {
+				panic!("Preloaders cannot be synchronous");
+			}
+			preloader.id = i as u8;
+		}
+
+		plugin
+	}
+}
+
+impl Plugin {
+	pub fn preloaders(
+		&self,
+		path: &Path,
+		mime: Option<&str>,
+		f: impl Fn(&str) -> bool + Copy,
+	) -> Vec<&PluginRule> {
+		let is_folder = mime == Some(MIME_DIR);
+		self
+			.preloaders
+			.iter()
+			.filter(|&rule| {
+				rule.cond.as_ref().and_then(|c| c.eval(f)) != Some(false)
+					&& (rule.name.as_ref().is_some_and(|n| n.match_path(path, is_folder))
+						|| rule.mime.as_ref().zip(mime).map_or(false, |(m, s)| m.matches(s)))
+			})
+			.collect()
+	}
+
+	pub fn previewer(&self, path: &Path, mime: &str) -> Option<&PluginRule> {
+		let is_folder = mime == MIME_DIR;
+		self.previewers.iter().find(|&rule| {
+			rule.mime.as_ref().is_some_and(|m| m.matches(mime))
+				|| rule.name.as_ref().is_some_and(|n| n.match_path(path, is_folder))
+		})
+	}
+}

yazi-config/src/plugins/mod.rs

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-mod plugins;
-
-pub use plugins::*;

yazi-config/src/plugins/plugins.rs

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use validator::Validate;
-use yazi_shared::fs::expand_path;
-
-use crate::MERGED_YAZI;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Validate)]
-pub struct Plugins {
-	pub preload: Vec<PathBuf>,
-}
-
-impl Default for Plugins {
-	fn default() -> Self {
-		#[derive(Deserialize)]
-		struct Outer {
-			plugins: Plugins,
-		}
-
-		let mut plugins = toml::from_str::<Outer>(&MERGED_YAZI).unwrap().plugins;
-
-		plugins.preload.iter_mut().for_each(|p| {
-			*p = expand_path(&p);
-		});
-
-		plugins
-	}
-}

yazi-config/src/preset.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::fs;
 
 use toml::Table;
 
-use crate::xdg::Xdg;
+use crate::BOOT;
 
 pub(crate) struct Preset;
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl Preset {
 	}
 
 	fn merge_str(user: &str, base: &str) -> String {
-		let path = Xdg::config_dir().unwrap().join(user);
+		let path = BOOT.config_dir.join(user);
 		let mut user = fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap_or_default().parse::<Table>().unwrap();
 
 		let base = base.parse::<Table>().unwrap();

yazi-config/src/preview/preview.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-use std::{path::{Path, PathBuf}, time::{self, SystemTime}};
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf, process, time::{self, SystemTime}};
 
-use md5::{Digest, Md5};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use serde::Deserialize;
 use yazi_shared::fs::expand_path;
 
-use crate::{xdg::Xdg, MERGED_YAZI};
+use crate::{xdg::Xdg, ARGS, MERGED_YAZI};
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
 pub struct Preview {
 	pub tab_size:   u8,
 	pub max_width:  u32,
@@ -37,10 +36,26 @@ impl Default for Preview {
 		}
 
 		let preview = toml::from_str::<Outer>(&MERGED_YAZI).unwrap().preview;
-
 		let cache_dir =
 			preview.cache_dir.filter(|p| !p.is_empty()).map_or_else(Xdg::cache_dir, expand_path);
 
+		if !cache_dir.is_dir() {
+			fs::create_dir(&cache_dir).unwrap();
+		}
+
+		if ARGS.clear_cache {
+			if cache_dir == Xdg::cache_dir() {
+				println!("Clearing cache directory: \n{:?}", cache_dir);
+				fs::remove_dir_all(&cache_dir).unwrap();
+			} else {
+				println!(
+					"You've changed the default cache directory, for your data's safety, please clear it manually: \n{:?}",
+					cache_dir
+				);
+			}
+			process::exit(0);
+		}
+
 		Preview {
 			tab_size: preview.tab_size,
 			max_width: preview.max_width,
@@ -55,13 +70,6 @@ impl Default for Preview {
 }
 
 impl Preview {
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn cache(&self, path: &Path, skip: usize) -> PathBuf {
-		self
-			.cache_dir
-			.join(format!("{:x}", Md5::new_with_prefix(format!("{:?}///{}", path, skip)).finalize()))
-	}
-
 	#[inline]
 	pub fn tmpfile(&self, prefix: &str) -> PathBuf {
 		let nanos = SystemTime::now().duration_since(time::UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_nanos();

yazi-config/src/theme/filetype.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
+use yazi_shared::MIME_DIR;
 
 use super::{Color, Style, StyleShadow};
 use crate::Pattern;
@@ -12,14 +13,10 @@ pub struct Filetype {
 }
 
 impl Filetype {
-	pub fn matches(&self, path: &Path, mime: Option<impl AsRef<str>>, is_dir: bool) -> bool {
+	pub fn matches(&self, path: &Path, mime: Option<&str>) -> bool {
-		if self.name.as_ref().is_some_and(|e| e.match_path(path, Some(is_dir))) {
+		let is_dir = mime == Some(MIME_DIR);
-			return true;
+		self.name.as_ref().is_some_and(|n| n.match_path(path, is_dir))
-		}
+			|| self.mime.as_ref().zip(mime).map_or(false, |(m, s)| m.matches(s))
-		if let Some(mime) = mime {
-			return self.mime.as_ref().is_some_and(|m| m.matches(mime));
-		}
-		false
 	}
 }
 

yazi-config/src/theme/theme.rs

@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ pub struct Manager {
 	pub border_symbol: String,
 	pub border_style:  Style,
 
-	// Offset
-	pub(crate) folder_offset:  (u16, u16, u16, u16),
-	pub(crate) preview_offset: (u16, u16, u16, u16),
-
 	// Highlighting
 	pub syntect_theme: PathBuf,
 }

yazi-config/src/xdg.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ impl Xdg {
 		}
 	}
 
+	#[inline]
+	pub(super) fn plugin_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> { Self::config_dir().map(|p| p.join("plugins")) }
+
 	pub(super) fn state_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
 		#[cfg(windows)]
 		{

yazi-core/Cargo.toml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ repository  = "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi"
 [dependencies]
 yazi-adaptor   = { path = "../yazi-adaptor", version = "0.1.5" }
 yazi-config    = { path = "../yazi-config", version = "0.1.5" }
+yazi-plugin    = { path = "../yazi-plugin", version = "0.1.5" }
 yazi-scheduler = { path = "../yazi-scheduler", version = "0.1.5" }
 yazi-shared    = { path = "../yazi-shared", version = "0.1.5" }
 
@@ -30,8 +31,8 @@ serde         = "^1"
 syntect       = { version = "^5", default-features = false, features = [ "parsing", "default-themes", "plist-load", "regex-onig" ] }
 tokio         = { version = "^1", features = [ "parking_lot", "macros", "rt-multi-thread", "sync", "time", "fs", "process", "io-std", "io-util" ] }
 tokio-stream  = "^0"
+tokio-util    = "^0"
 unicode-width = "^0"
-yazi-prebuild = "^0"
 
 # Logging
 tracing = { version = "^0", features = [ "max_level_debug", "release_max_level_warn" ] }

yazi-core/src/completion/mod.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 mod commands;
 mod completion;
 
-pub(super) use completion::*;
+pub use completion::*;

yazi-core/src/folder/folder.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use ratatui::layout::Rect;
-use yazi_config::MANAGER;
+use yazi_config::LAYOUT;
-use yazi_shared::{emit, fs::{File, FilesOp}, fs::Url};
+use yazi_shared::{emit, fs::{File, FilesOp, Url}};
 
-use crate::{files::Files, Step};
+use crate::{folder::Files, Step};
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Folder {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ impl Folder {
 	}
 
 	pub fn set_page(&mut self, force: bool) {
-		let limit = MANAGER.layout.folder_height();
+		let limit = LAYOUT.load().current.height as usize;
 		if limit == 0 {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ impl Folder {
 		let old = (self.cursor, self.offset);
 		let len = self.files.len();
 
-		let limit = MANAGER.layout.folder_height();
+		let limit = LAYOUT.load().current.height as usize;
-		self.cursor = step.add(self.cursor, || limit).min(len.saturating_sub(1));
+		self.cursor = step.add(self.cursor, limit).min(len.saturating_sub(1));
 		self.offset = if self.cursor >= (self.offset + limit).min(len).saturating_sub(5) {
 			len.saturating_sub(limit).min(self.offset + self.cursor - old.0)
 		} else {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl Folder {
 		let old = (self.cursor, self.offset);
 		let max = self.files.len().saturating_sub(1);
 
-		self.cursor = step.add(self.cursor, || MANAGER.layout.folder_height()).min(max);
+		self.cursor = step.add(self.cursor, LAYOUT.load().current.height as usize).min(max);
 		self.offset = if self.cursor < self.offset + 5 {
 			self.offset.saturating_sub(old.0 - self.cursor)
 		} else {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl Folder {
 
 	pub fn paginate(&self, page: usize) -> &[File] {
 		let len = self.files.len();
-		let limit = MANAGER.layout.folder_height();
+		let limit = LAYOUT.load().current.height as usize;
 
 		let start = (page * limit).min(len.saturating_sub(1));
 		let end = (start + limit).min(len);
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ impl Folder {
 	pub fn rect_current(&self, url: &Url) -> Option<Rect> {
 		let y = self.files.position(url)? - self.offset;
 
-		let mut rect = MANAGER.layout.folder_rect();
+		let mut rect = LAYOUT.load().current;
 		rect.y = rect.y.saturating_sub(1) + y as u16;
 		rect.height = 1;
 		Some(rect)

yazi-core/src/folder/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 mod files;
+mod folder;
 mod sorter;
 
 pub use files::*;
+pub use folder::*;
 pub use sorter::*;

yazi-core/src/folder/sorter.rs

@@ -68,16 +68,16 @@ impl FilesSorter {
 		let mut entities = Vec::with_capacity(items.len());
 		for (i, file) in items.iter().enumerate() {
 			indices.push(i);
-			entities.push((file.url.to_string_lossy(), file));
+			entities.push(file.url.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes());
 		}
 
 		indices.sort_unstable_by(|&a, &b| {
-			let promote = self.promote(entities[a].1, entities[b].1);
+			let promote = self.promote(&items[a], &items[b]);
 			if promote != Ordering::Equal {
 				return promote;
 			}
 
-			let ordering = natsort(&entities[a].0, &entities[b].0, !self.sensitive);
+			let ordering = natsort(entities[a], entities[b], !self.sensitive);
 			if self.reverse { ordering.reverse() } else { ordering }
 		});
 

yazi-core/src/input/shell.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use syntect::{easy::HighlightLines, util::as_24_bit_terminal_escaped};
+use yazi_plugin::external::Highlighter;
 
 use super::Input;
-use crate::Highlighter;
 
 impl Input {
 	pub fn value_pretty(&self) -> Result<String> {

yazi-core/src/lib.rs

@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@
 
 mod clipboard;
 pub mod completion;
-mod context;
+pub mod folder;
-pub mod files;
 pub mod help;
-mod highlighter;
 pub mod input;
 pub mod manager;
-pub mod preview;
 pub mod select;
 mod step;
 pub mod tab;
@@ -22,8 +19,6 @@ pub mod tasks;
 pub mod which;
 
 pub use clipboard::*;
-pub use context::*;
-pub use highlighter::*;
 pub use step::*;
 
 pub fn init() {

yazi-core/src/manager/commands/hover.rs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ impl Manager {
 		let mut b = self.current_mut().repos(opt.url);
 
 		// Re-peek
-		b |= self.peek(0);
+		b |= self.peek(());
 
 		// Refresh watcher
 		let mut to_watch = BTreeSet::new();

yazi-core/src/manager/commands/mod.rs

@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ mod quit;
 mod refresh;
 mod remove;
 mod rename;
+mod seek;
 mod suspend;
 mod tab_close;
 mod tab_create;
 mod tab_swap;
 mod tab_switch;
+mod update_mimetype;
 mod yank;

yazi-core/src/manager/commands/open.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
 use yazi_config::{popup::SelectCfg, OPEN};
-use yazi_scheduler::external;
+use yazi_plugin::external;
 use yazi_shared::{event::Exec, MIME_DIR};
 
 use crate::{manager::Manager, select::Select, tasks::Tasks};

yazi-core/src/manager/commands/peek.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-use yazi_config::MANAGER;
+use yazi_shared::{event::Exec, fs::Url, MIME_DIR};
-use yazi_shared::{emit, event::Exec, fs::Url, Layer, MIME_DIR};
 
 use crate::manager::Manager;
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct Opt {
-	step:        isize,
+	skip:        Option<usize>,
 	only_if:     Option<Url>,
 	upper_bound: bool,
 }
@@ -13,28 +12,17 @@ pub struct Opt {
 impl From<&Exec> for Opt {
 	fn from(e: &Exec) -> Self {
 		Self {
-			step:        e.args.first().and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0),
+			skip:        e.args.first().and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()),
 			only_if:     e.named.get("only-if").map(Url::from),
 			upper_bound: e.named.contains_key("upper-bound"),
 		}
 	}
 }
-impl From<isize> for Opt {
+impl From<()> for Opt {
-	fn from(step: isize) -> Self { Self { step, only_if: None, upper_bound: false } }
+	fn from(_: ()) -> Self { Default::default() }
 }
 
 impl Manager {
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn _peek_upper_bound(bound: usize, only_if: &Url) {
-		emit!(Call(
-			Exec::call("peek", vec![bound.to_string()])
-				.with("only-if", only_if.to_string())
-				.with_bool("upper-bound", true)
-				.vec(),
-			Layer::Manager
-		));
-	}
-
 	pub fn peek(&mut self, opt: impl Into<Opt>) -> bool {
 		let Some(hovered) = self.hovered() else {
 			return self.active_mut().preview.reset();
@@ -45,42 +33,30 @@ impl Manager {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		if hovered.is_dir() {
+		let mime = if hovered.is_dir() {
-			return self.peek_folder(opt, hovered.url.clone());
+			MIME_DIR.to_owned()
-		}
+		} else if let Some(s) = self.mimetype.get(&hovered.url) {
-
+			s.to_owned()
-		let Some(mime) = self.mimetype.get(&hovered.url).cloned() else {
+		} else {
 			return self.active_mut().preview.reset();
 		};
 
-		let (url, cha) = (hovered.url.clone(), hovered.cha);
+		let hovered = hovered.clone();
-		if opt.upper_bound {
+		if !self.active().preview.same_url(&hovered.url) {
-			self.active_mut().preview.arrow(0, &mime, Some(opt.step as usize));
+			self.active_mut().preview.skip = 0;
-		} else if self.active().preview.same_url(&url) {
-			self.active_mut().preview.arrow(opt.step, &mime, None);
-		} else {
-			self.active_mut().preview.arrow(0, &mime, Some(0));
 			self.active_mut().preview.reset();
 		}
 
-		self.active_mut().preview.go(&url, cha, &mime);
+		if let Some(skip) = opt.skip {
+			let preview = &mut self.active_mut().preview;
+			if opt.upper_bound {
+				preview.skip = preview.skip.min(skip);
+			} else {
+				preview.skip = skip;
+			}
+		}
+
+		self.active_mut().preview.go(hovered, mime);
 		false
 	}
-
-	fn peek_folder(&mut self, opt: Opt, url: Url) -> bool {
-		let folder = self.active().history.get(&url);
-		let (skip, bound) = folder
-			.map(|f| (f.offset, f.files.len().saturating_sub(MANAGER.layout.folder_height())))
-			.unwrap_or_default();
-
-		let in_chunks = folder.is_none();
-		if self.active().preview.same_url(&url) {
-			self.active_mut().preview.arrow(opt.step, MIME_DIR, Some(bound));
-			self.active_mut().preview.sync_skip()
-		} else {
-			self.active_mut().preview.arrow(skip as isize, MIME_DIR, Some(skip));
-			self.active_mut().preview.go_folder(url, in_chunks);
-			false
-		}
-	}
 }

yazi-core/src/manager/commands/rename.rs

@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ use std::{collections::BTreeMap, ffi::OsStr, io::{stdout, BufWriter, Write}, pat
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
 use tokio::{fs::{self, OpenOptions}, io::{stdin, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt}};
 use yazi_config::{popup::InputCfg, OPEN, PREVIEW};
-use yazi_scheduler::{external::{self, ShellOpt}, BLOCKER};
+use yazi_plugin::external::{self, ShellOpt};
+use yazi_scheduler::{Scheduler, BLOCKER};
 use yazi_shared::{emit, event::Exec, fs::{max_common_root, File, FilesOp, Url}, term::Term, Defer};
 
-use crate::{input::Input, manager::Manager, Ctx};
+use crate::{input::Input, manager::Manager};
 
 pub struct Opt {
 	force: bool,
@@ -87,10 +88,10 @@ impl Manager {
 
 			let _guard = BLOCKER.acquire().await.unwrap();
 			let _defer = Defer::new(|| {
-				Ctx::resume();
+				Scheduler::app_resume();
 				tokio::spawn(fs::remove_file(tmp.clone()))
 			});
-			Ctx::stop().await;
+			Scheduler::app_stop().await;
 
 			let mut child = external::shell(ShellOpt {
 				cmd:    (*opener.exec).into(),

yazi-core/src/manager/commands/seek.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+use yazi_config::PLUGIN;
+use yazi_plugin::isolate;
+use yazi_shared::{event::Exec, MIME_DIR};
+
+use crate::manager::Manager;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Opt {
+	units: i16,
+}
+
+impl From<&Exec> for Opt {
+	fn from(e: &Exec) -> Self {
+		Self { units: e.args.first().and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0) }
+	}
+}
+
+impl Manager {
+	pub fn seek(&mut self, opt: impl Into<Opt>) -> bool {
+		let Some(hovered) = self.hovered() else {
+			return self.active_mut().preview.reset();
+		};
+
+		let mime = if hovered.is_dir() {
+			MIME_DIR
+		} else if let Some(s) = self.mimetype.get(&hovered.url) {
+			s
+		} else {
+			return self.active_mut().preview.reset();
+		};
+
+		let Some(previewer) = PLUGIN.previewer(&hovered.url, mime) else {
+			return self.active_mut().preview.reset();
+		};
+
+		let opt = opt.into() as Opt;
+		isolate::seek_sync(&previewer.exec, hovered.clone(), opt.units);
+		false
+	}
+}

yazi-core/src/manager/commands/suspend.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+use yazi_scheduler::Scheduler;
 use yazi_shared::event::Exec;
 
-use crate::{manager::Manager, Ctx};
+use crate::manager::Manager;
 
 pub struct Opt;
 impl From<&Exec> for Opt {
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ impl Manager {
 	pub fn suspend(&mut self, _: impl Into<Opt>) -> bool {
 		#[cfg(unix)]
 		tokio::spawn(async move {
-			Ctx::stop().await;
+			Scheduler::app_stop().await;
 			unsafe { libc::raise(libc::SIGTSTP) };
 		});
 		false

yazi-core/src/manager/commands/update_mimetype.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use yazi_plugin::ValueSendable;
+use yazi_shared::{event::Exec, fs::Url};
+
+use crate::{manager::Manager, tasks::Tasks};
+
+pub struct Opt {
+	data: ValueSendable,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&Exec> for Opt {
+	type Error = ();
+
+	fn try_from(e: &Exec) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> { Ok(Self { data: e.take_data().ok_or(())? }) }
+}
+
+impl Manager {
+	pub fn update_mimetype(&mut self, opt: impl TryInto<Opt>, tasks: &Tasks) -> bool {
+		let Ok(opt) = opt.try_into() else {
+			return false;
+		};
+
+		let updates: HashMap<_, _> = opt
+			.data
+			.into_table_string()
+			.into_iter()
+			.map(|(url, mime)| (Url::from(url), mime))
+			.filter(|(url, mime)| self.mimetype.get(url) != Some(mime))
+			.collect();
+
+		if updates.is_empty() {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		let paged = self.current().paginate(self.current().page);
+		tasks.preload_affected(paged, &updates);
+
+		self.mimetype.extend(updates);
+		self.peek(());
+		true
+	}
+}

yazi-core/src/manager/manager.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
-use yazi_shared::{fs::{File, FilesOp}, fs::Url};
+use yazi_shared::fs::{File, FilesOp, Url};
 
 use super::{Tabs, Watcher};
-use crate::{tab::{Folder, Tab}, tasks::Tasks};
+use crate::{folder::Folder, tab::Tab};
 
 pub struct Manager {
 	pub tabs:   Tabs,
@@ -65,20 +65,6 @@ impl Manager {
 			false
 		}
 	}
-
-	pub fn update_mimetype(&mut self, mut mimes: BTreeMap<Url, String>, tasks: &Tasks) -> bool {
-		mimes.retain(|f, m| self.mimetype.get(f) != Some(m));
-		if mimes.is_empty() {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		tasks.precache_image(&mimes);
-		tasks.precache_video(&mimes);
-		tasks.precache_pdf(&mimes);
-
-		self.mimetype.extend(mimes);
-		true
-	}
 }
 
 impl Manager {

yazi-core/src/manager/tabs.rs

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ impl Tabs {
 	#[inline]
 	pub(super) fn set_idx(&mut self, idx: usize) {
 		self.idx = idx;
-		self.active_mut().preview.reset_image();
+		// TODO: plugin system
+		// self.active_mut().preview.reset_image();
 		Manager::_refresh();
 	}
 }

yazi-core/src/manager/watcher.rs

@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ use notify::{event::{MetadataKind, ModifyKind}, EventKind, RecommendedWatcher, R
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use tokio::{fs, pin, sync::mpsc::{self, UnboundedReceiver}};
 use tokio_stream::{wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream, StreamExt};
-use yazi_scheduler::external;
 use yazi_shared::{emit, fs::{File, FilesOp, Url}};
 
-use crate::files::Files;
+use crate::folder::Files;
 
 pub struct Watcher {
 	watcher: RecommendedWatcher,
@@ -164,23 +163,24 @@ impl Watcher {
 	}
 
 	async fn files_changed(urls: &[Url], watched: &IndexMap<Url, Option<Url>>) {
-		let Ok(mut mimes) = external::file(urls).await else {
+		// TODO: plugin system
-			return;
+		// let Ok(mut mimes) = external::file(urls).await else {
-		};
+		// 	return;
+		// };
 
-		let linked: Vec<_> = watched.iter().filter_map(|(k, v)| v.as_ref().map(|v| (k, v))).fold(
+		// let linked: Vec<_> = watched.iter().filter_map(|(k, v)|
-			Vec::new(),
+		// v.as_ref().map(|v| (k, v))).fold( 	Vec::new(),
-			|mut aac, (k, v)| {
+		// 	|mut aac, (k, v)| {
-				mimes
+		// 		mimes
-					.iter()
+		// 			.iter()
-					.filter(|(u, _)| u.parent().map(|p| p == **v) == Some(true))
+		// 			.filter(|(u, _)| u.parent().map(|p| p == **v) == Some(true))
-					.for_each(|(u, m)| aac.push((k.join(u.file_name().unwrap()), m.clone())));
+		// 			.for_each(|(u, m)| aac.push((k.join(u.file_name().unwrap()),
-				aac
+		// m.clone()))); 		aac
-			},
+		// 	},
-		);
+		// );
 
-		mimes.extend(linked);
+		// mimes.extend(linked);
-		emit!(Mimetype(mimes));
+		// emit!(Mimetype(mimes));
 	}
 
 	async fn dir_changed(url: &Url, watched: &IndexMap<Url, Option<Url>>) {

yazi-core/src/preview/mod.rs

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-mod preview;
-mod provider;
-
-pub use preview::*;
-use provider::*;
-
-pub static COLLISION: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool = std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false);

yazi-core/src/preview/preview.rs

@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-use std::{mem, time::Duration};
-
-use tokio::{pin, task::JoinHandle};
-use tokio_stream::{wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream, StreamExt};
-use yazi_adaptor::ADAPTOR;
-use yazi_config::MANAGER;
-use yazi_shared::{emit, event::{PreviewData, PreviewLock}, fs::{Cha, FilesOp, Url}, MimeKind, PeekError};
-
-use super::Provider;
-use crate::{files::Files, manager::Manager, Highlighter};
-
-#[derive(Default)]
-pub struct Preview {
-	pub lock: Option<PreviewLock>,
-	skip:     usize,
-
-	handle: Option<JoinHandle<()>>,
-}
-
-impl Preview {
-	pub fn go(&mut self, url: &Url, cha: Cha, mime: &str) {
-		if self.content_unchanged(url, &cha) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		self.abort();
-		let (url, kind, skip) = (url.clone(), MimeKind::new(mime), self.skip);
-
-		self.handle = Some(tokio::spawn(async move {
-			match Provider::auto(kind, &url, skip).await {
-				Ok(data) => {
-					emit!(Preview(PreviewLock { url, cha: Some(cha), skip, data }));
-				}
-				Err(PeekError::Exceed(max)) => {
-					Manager::_peek_upper_bound(max, &url);
-				}
-				_ => {}
-			}
-		}));
-	}
-
-	pub fn go_folder(&mut self, url: Url, in_chunks: bool) {
-		self.abort();
-		self.lock = Some(PreviewLock {
-			url:  url.clone(),
-			cha:  None,
-			skip: self.skip,
-			data: PreviewData::Folder,
-		});
-
-		self.handle = Some(tokio::spawn(async move {
-			let Ok(rx) = Files::from_dir(&url).await else {
-				emit!(Files(FilesOp::IOErr(url.clone())));
-				return;
-			};
-
-			if !in_chunks {
-				emit!(Files(FilesOp::Full(url.clone(), UnboundedReceiverStream::new(rx).collect().await)));
-				return;
-			}
-
-			let stream =
-				UnboundedReceiverStream::new(rx).chunks_timeout(10000, Duration::from_millis(500));
-			pin!(stream);
-
-			let ticket = FilesOp::prepare(&url);
-			while let Some(chunk) = stream.next().await {
-				emit!(Files(FilesOp::Part(url.clone(), ticket, chunk)));
-			}
-		}));
-	}
-
-	pub fn arrow(&mut self, step: isize, mime: &str, upper: Option<usize>) {
-		let size = Provider::step_size(MimeKind::new(mime), step.unsigned_abs());
-		self.skip = if step < 0 { self.skip.saturating_sub(size) } else { self.skip + size };
-
-		if let Some(upper) = upper {
-			self.skip = self.skip.min(upper);
-		}
-	}
-
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn abort(&mut self) {
-		self.handle.take().map(|h| h.abort());
-		Highlighter::abort();
-		ADAPTOR.image_hide(MANAGER.layout.image_rect()).ok();
-	}
-
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn reset(&mut self) -> bool {
-		self.abort();
-		self.lock.take().map(|l| l.is_image()) == Some(false)
-	}
-
-	pub fn reset_image(&mut self) -> bool {
-		if matches!(self.lock, Some(ref l) if l.is_image()) {
-			self.reset();
-			true
-		} else {
-			false
-		}
-	}
-
-	pub fn same_url(&self, url: &Url) -> bool {
-		matches!(self.lock, Some(ref lock) if lock.url == *url)
-	}
-
-	pub fn sync_skip(&mut self) -> bool {
-		if let Some(lock) = &mut self.lock {
-			mem::replace(&mut lock.skip, self.skip) != self.skip
-		} else {
-			false
-		}
-	}
-
-	fn content_unchanged(&self, url: &Url, cha: &Cha) -> bool {
-		let Some(lock) = &self.lock else {
-			return false;
-		};
-		let Some(cha_) = &lock.cha else {
-			return false;
-		};
-
-		*url == lock.url
-			&& self.skip == lock.skip
-			&& cha.len == cha_.len
-			&& cha.modified == cha_.modified
-			&& cha.kind == cha_.kind
-			&& {
-				#[cfg(unix)]
-				{
-					cha.permissions == cha_.permissions
-				}
-				#[cfg(windows)]
-				{
-					true
-				}
-			}
-	}
-}

yazi-core/src/preview/provider.rs

@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-use std::path::Path;
-
-use tokio::fs;
-use yazi_adaptor::ADAPTOR;
-use yazi_config::{MANAGER, PREVIEW};
-use yazi_scheduler::external;
-use yazi_shared::{event::PreviewData, MimeKind, PeekError};
-
-use crate::Highlighter;
-
-pub(super) struct Provider;
-
-impl Provider {
-	pub(super) async fn auto(
-		kind: MimeKind,
-		path: &Path,
-		skip: usize,
-	) -> Result<PreviewData, PeekError> {
-		match kind {
-			MimeKind::Empty => Err("Empty file".into()),
-			MimeKind::Archive => Provider::archive(path, skip).await.map(PreviewData::Text),
-			MimeKind::Image => Provider::image(path).await,
-			MimeKind::Video => Provider::video(path, skip).await,
-			MimeKind::JSON => Provider::json(path, skip).await.map(PreviewData::Text),
-			MimeKind::PDF => Provider::pdf(path, skip).await,
-			MimeKind::Text => Provider::highlight(path, skip).await.map(PreviewData::Text),
-			MimeKind::Others => Err("Unsupported mimetype".into()),
-		}
-	}
-
-	pub(super) fn step_size(kind: MimeKind, step: usize) -> usize {
-		match kind {
-			MimeKind::Empty => 0,
-			MimeKind::Archive => step * MANAGER.layout.preview_height() / 10,
-			MimeKind::Image => 0,
-			MimeKind::Video => step,
-			MimeKind::JSON => step * MANAGER.layout.preview_height() / 10,
-			MimeKind::PDF => 1,
-			MimeKind::Text => step * MANAGER.layout.preview_height() / 10,
-			MimeKind::Others => step * MANAGER.layout.preview_height() / 10,
-		}
-	}
-
-	pub(super) async fn image(path: &Path) -> Result<PreviewData, PeekError> {
-		ADAPTOR.image_show(path, MANAGER.layout.image_rect()).await?;
-		Ok(PreviewData::Image)
-	}
-
-	pub(super) async fn video(path: &Path, skip: usize) -> Result<PreviewData, PeekError> {
-		let cache = PREVIEW.cache(path, skip);
-		if fs::symlink_metadata(&cache).await.is_err() {
-			external::ffmpegthumbnailer(path, &cache, skip).await?;
-		}
-
-		Self::image(&cache).await
-	}
-
-	pub(super) async fn pdf(path: &Path, skip: usize) -> Result<PreviewData, PeekError> {
-		let cache = PREVIEW.cache(path, skip);
-		if fs::symlink_metadata(&cache).await.is_err() {
-			external::pdftoppm(path, &cache, skip).await?;
-		}
-
-		Self::image(&cache).await
-	}
-
-	pub(super) async fn json(path: &Path, skip: usize) -> Result<String, PeekError> {
-		let result = external::jq(path, skip, MANAGER.layout.preview_height()).await;
-		if let Err(PeekError::Unexpected(_)) = result {
-			return Self::highlight(path, skip).await;
-		}
-		result
-	}
-
-	pub(super) async fn archive(path: &Path, skip: usize) -> Result<String, PeekError> {
-		Ok(
-			external::lsar(path, skip, MANAGER.layout.preview_height())
-				.await?
-				.into_iter()
-				.map(|f| f.name)
-				.collect::<Vec<_>>()
-				.join("\n"),
-		)
-	}
-
-	pub(super) async fn highlight(path: &Path, skip: usize) -> Result<String, PeekError> {
-		let limit = MANAGER.layout.preview_height();
-		let result = Highlighter::new(path.to_owned()).highlight(skip, limit).await?;
-		Ok(result.replace('\t', &" ".repeat(PREVIEW.tab_size as usize)))
-	}
-}

yazi-core/src/step.rs

@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ impl Step {
 
 impl Step {
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn add<F: FnOnce() -> usize>(self, pos: usize, f: F) -> usize {
+	pub fn add(self, pos: usize, limit: usize) -> usize {
 		let fixed = match self {
 			Self::Fixed(n) => n,
 			Self::Percent(0) => 0,
-			Self::Percent(n) => n as isize * f() as isize / 100,
+			Self::Percent(n) => n as isize * limit as isize / 100,
 		};
 		if fixed > 0 { pos + fixed as usize } else { pos.saturating_sub(fixed.unsigned_abs()) }
 	}

yazi-core/src/tab/commands/cd.rs

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl Tab {
 	pub fn cd(&mut self, opt: impl Into<Opt>) -> bool {
 		let opt = opt.into() as Opt;
 		if opt.interactive {
-			return self.cd_interactive(opt);
+			return self.cd_interactive();
 		}
 
 		if self.current.cwd == opt.target {
@@ -68,11 +68,9 @@ impl Tab {
 		true
 	}
 
-	fn cd_interactive(&mut self, opt: impl Into<Opt>) -> bool {
+	fn cd_interactive(&mut self) -> bool {
-		let opt = opt.into() as Opt;
-
 		tokio::spawn(async move {
-			let rx = Input::_show(InputCfg::cd().with_value(opt.target.to_string_lossy()));
+			let rx = Input::_show(InputCfg::cd());
 
 			let rx = Debounce::new(UnboundedReceiverStream::new(rx), Duration::from_millis(50));
 			pin!(rx);

yazi-core/src/tab/commands/jump.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-use yazi_scheduler::{external::{self, FzfOpt, ZoxideOpt}, BLOCKER};
+use yazi_plugin::external::{self, FzfOpt, ZoxideOpt};
+use yazi_scheduler::{Scheduler, BLOCKER};
 use yazi_shared::{event::Exec, fs::ends_with_slash, Defer};
 
-use crate::{tab::Tab, Ctx};
+use crate::tab::Tab;
 
 pub struct Opt {
 	type_: OptType,
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ impl Tab {
 		let cwd = self.current.cwd.clone();
 		tokio::spawn(async move {
 			let _guard = BLOCKER.acquire().await.unwrap();
-			let _defer = Defer::new(Ctx::resume);
+			let _defer = Defer::new(Scheduler::app_resume);
-			Ctx::stop().await;
+			Scheduler::app_stop().await;
 
 			let result = if opt.type_ == OptType::Fzf {
 				external::fzf(FzfOpt { cwd }).await

yazi-core/src/tab/commands/mod.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ mod hidden;
 mod jump;
 mod leave;
 mod linemode;
+mod preview;
 mod reveal;
 mod search;
 mod select;

yazi-core/src/tab/commands/preview.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use yazi_plugin::utils::PreviewLock;
+use yazi_shared::event::Exec;
+
+use crate::tab::Tab;
+
+pub struct Opt {
+	lock: PreviewLock,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&Exec> for Opt {
+	type Error = anyhow::Error;
+
+	fn try_from(e: &Exec) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+		Ok(Self { lock: e.take_data().ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("invalid data"))? })
+	}
+}
+
+impl Tab {
+	pub fn preview(&mut self, opt: impl TryInto<Opt>) -> bool {
+		let Some(hovered) = self.current.hovered().map(|h| &h.url) else {
+			return self.preview.reset();
+		};
+
+		let Ok(opt) = opt.try_into() else {
+			return false;
+		};
+
+		if hovered != &opt.lock.url {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		self.preview.lock = Some(opt.lock);
+		true
+	}
+}

yazi-core/src/tab/commands/search.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::bail;
 use tokio::pin;
 use tokio_stream::{wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream, StreamExt};
 use yazi_config::popup::InputCfg;
-use yazi_scheduler::external;
+use yazi_plugin::external;
 use yazi_shared::{emit, event::Exec, fs::FilesOp};
 
 use crate::{input::Input, manager::Manager, tab::Tab};
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ impl Tab {
 			handle.abort();
 		}
 		if self.current.cwd.is_search() {
-			self.preview.reset_image();
+			// TODO: plugin system
+			// self.preview.reset_image();
 
 			let rep = self.history_new(&self.current.cwd.to_regular());
 			drop(mem::replace(&mut self.current, rep));

yazi-core/src/tab/config.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use yazi_config::{manager::SortBy, MANAGER};
 
-use crate::files::FilesSorter;
+use crate::folder::FilesSorter;
 
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Config {

yazi-core/src/tab/finder.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use regex::bytes::{Regex, RegexBuilder};
 use yazi_shared::fs::Url;
 
-use crate::files::Files;
+use crate::folder::Files;
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum FinderCase {

yazi-core/src/tab/mod.rs

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ mod backstack;
 mod commands;
 mod config;
 mod finder;
-mod folder;
 mod mode;
+mod preview;
 mod tab;
 
 pub use backstack::*;
 pub use config::*;
 pub use finder::*;
-pub use folder::*;
 pub use mode::*;
+pub use preview::*;
 pub use tab::*;

yazi-core/src/tab/preview.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
+use yazi_adaptor::ADAPTOR;
+use yazi_config::{LAYOUT, PLUGIN};
+use yazi_plugin::{external::Highlighter, utils::PreviewLock};
+use yazi_shared::fs::{Cha, File, Url};
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Preview {
+	pub lock: Option<PreviewLock>,
+	pub skip: usize,
+
+	previewer_ct: Option<CancellationToken>,
+}
+
+impl Preview {
+	pub fn go(&mut self, file: File, mime: String) {
+		if self.content_unchanged(&file.url, &file.cha) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		self.abort();
+		let Some(previewer) = PLUGIN.previewer(&file.url, &mime) else {
+			return;
+		};
+
+		if previewer.sync {
+			yazi_plugin::isolate::peek_sync(&previewer.exec, file, self.skip);
+		} else {
+			self.previewer_ct = Some(yazi_plugin::isolate::peek(&previewer.exec, file, self.skip));
+		}
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	pub fn abort(&mut self) {
+		self.previewer_ct.take().map(|ct| ct.cancel());
+		Highlighter::abort();
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	pub fn reset(&mut self) -> bool {
+		self.abort();
+		ADAPTOR.image_hide(LAYOUT.load().preview).ok();
+		self.lock.take().is_some()
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	pub fn same_url(&self, url: &Url) -> bool {
+		matches!(self.lock, Some(ref lock) if lock.url == *url)
+	}
+
+	fn content_unchanged(&self, url: &Url, cha: &Cha) -> bool {
+		let Some(lock) = &self.lock else {
+			return false;
+		};
+
+		*url == lock.url
+			&& self.skip == lock.skip
+			&& cha.len == lock.cha.len
+			&& cha.modified == lock.cha.modified
+			&& cha.kind == lock.cha.kind
+			&& {
+				#[cfg(unix)]
+				{
+					cha.permissions == lock.cha.permissions
+				}
+				#[cfg(windows)]
+				{
+					true
+				}
+			}
+	}
+}

yazi-core/src/tab/tab.rs

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::BTreeMap};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
-use yazi_shared::{event::PreviewLock, fs::File, fs::Url};
+use yazi_shared::fs::{File, Url};
 
-use super::{Backstack, Config, Finder, Folder, Mode};
+use super::{Backstack, Config, Finder, Mode, Preview};
-use crate::preview::Preview;
+use crate::folder::Folder;
 
 pub struct Tab {
 	pub mode:    Mode,
@@ -46,21 +46,6 @@ impl From<&Url> for Tab {
 	fn from(url: &Url) -> Self { Self::from(url.clone()) }
 }
 
-impl Tab {
-	pub fn update_preview(&mut self, lock: PreviewLock) -> bool {
-		let Some(hovered) = self.current.hovered().map(|h| &h.url) else {
-			return self.preview.reset();
-		};
-
-		if lock.url != *hovered {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		self.preview.lock = Some(lock);
-		true
-	}
-}
-
 impl Tab {
 	// --- Mode
 	#[inline]

yazi-core/src/tasks/commands/inspect.rs

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ use std::io::{stdout, Write};
 
 use crossterm::terminal::{disable_raw_mode, enable_raw_mode};
 use tokio::{io::{stdin, AsyncReadExt}, select, sync::mpsc, time};
-use yazi_scheduler::BLOCKER;
+use yazi_scheduler::{Scheduler, BLOCKER};
 use yazi_shared::{event::Exec, term::Term, Defer};
 
-use crate::{tasks::Tasks, Ctx};
+use crate::tasks::Tasks;
 
 pub struct Opt;
 
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ impl Tasks {
 				task.logs.clone()
 			};
 
-			Ctx::stop().await;
+			Scheduler::app_stop().await;
 			let _defer = Defer::new(|| {
 				disable_raw_mode().ok();
-				Ctx::resume();
+				Scheduler::app_resume();
 			});
 
 			Term::clear(&mut stdout()).ok();

yazi-core/src/tasks/commands/open.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
 use anyhow::anyhow;
-use yazi_config::{open::Opener, BOOT};
+use yazi_config::{open::Opener, ARGS};
 use yazi_shared::{emit, event::Exec, Layer};
 
 use crate::tasks::Tasks;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl Tasks {
 			return false;
 		};
 
-		if let Some(p) = &BOOT.chooser_file {
+		if let Some(p) = &ARGS.chooser_file {
 			let paths = opt.targets.into_iter().fold(OsString::new(), |mut s, (p, _)| {
 				s.push(p);
 				s.push("\n");

yazi-core/src/tasks/tasks.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-use std::{collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet}, ffi::OsStr, path::Path, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+use std::{collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet}, ffi::OsStr, mem, path::Path, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 use tracing::debug;
-use yazi_config::{manager::SortBy, open::Opener, popup::InputCfg, OPEN};
+use yazi_config::{manager::SortBy, open::Opener, plugin::{PluginRule, MAX_PRELOADERS}, popup::InputCfg, OPEN, PLUGIN};
 use yazi_scheduler::{Scheduler, TaskSummary};
-use yazi_shared::{fs::{File, Url}, term::Term, MimeKind};
+use yazi_shared::{fs::{File, Url}, term::Term, MIME_DIR};
 
 use super::{TasksProgress, TASKS_PADDING, TASKS_PERCENT};
-use crate::{files::Files, input::Input};
+use crate::{folder::Files, input::Input};
 
 pub struct Tasks {
 	pub(super) scheduler: Arc<Scheduler>,
@@ -149,76 +149,94 @@ impl Tasks {
 		false
 	}
 
-	#[inline]
+	pub fn plugin_micro(&self, name: &str) -> bool {
-	pub fn precache_size(&self, targets: &Files) -> bool {
+		self.scheduler.plugin_micro(name.to_owned());
+		false
+	}
+
+	pub fn plugin_macro(&self, name: &str) -> bool {
+		self.scheduler.plugin_macro(name.to_owned());
+		false
+	}
+
+	pub fn preload_paged(&self, paged: &[File], mimetype: &HashMap<Url, String>) {
+		let mut single_tasks = Vec::with_capacity(paged.len());
+		let mut multi_tasks: [Vec<_>; MAX_PRELOADERS as usize] = Default::default();
+
+		let loaded = self.scheduler.preload.rule_loaded.read();
+		for f in paged {
+			let mime = if f.is_dir() { Some(MIME_DIR) } else { mimetype.get(&f.url).map(|s| &**s) };
+			let factors = |s: &str| match s {
+				"mime" => mime.is_some(),
+				_ => false,
+			};
+
+			for rule in PLUGIN.preloaders(&f.url, mime, factors) {
+				if loaded.get(&f.url).is_some_and(|x| x & 1 << rule.id != 0) {
+					continue;
+				}
+				if rule.multi {
+					multi_tasks[rule.id as usize].push(f);
+				} else {
+					single_tasks.push((rule, f));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		drop(loaded);
+		let mut loaded = self.scheduler.preload.rule_loaded.write();
+
+		let mut go = |rule: &PluginRule, targets: Vec<&File>| {
+			for &f in &targets {
+				*loaded.entry(f.url.clone()).or_default() |= 1 << rule.id;
+			}
+			self.scheduler.preload_paged(rule, targets);
+		};
+
+		for i in 0..PLUGIN.preloaders.len() {
+			if !multi_tasks[i].is_empty() {
+				go(&PLUGIN.preloaders[i], mem::take(&mut multi_tasks[i]));
+			}
+		}
+		for (rule, target) in single_tasks {
+			go(rule, vec![target]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn preload_affected(&self, paged: &[File], mimetype: &HashMap<Url, String>) {
+		{
+			let mut loaded = self.scheduler.preload.rule_loaded.write();
+			for u in mimetype.keys() {
+				loaded.remove(u);
+			}
+		}
+
+		self.preload_paged(paged, mimetype);
+	}
+
+	pub fn preload_sorted(&self, targets: &Files) {
 		if targets.sorter().by != SortBy::Size {
-			return false;
+			return;
 		}
 
-		let targets: Vec<_> = targets
+		let targets: Vec<_> = {
-			.iter()
+			let loading = self.scheduler.preload.size_loading.read();
-			.filter(|f| f.is_dir() && !targets.sizes.contains_key(&f.url))
+			targets
-			.map(|f| &f.url)
+				.iter()
-			.collect();
+				.filter(|f| f.is_dir() && !targets.sizes.contains_key(&f.url) && !loading.contains(&f.url))
-
+				.map(|f| &f.url)
-		if !targets.is_empty() {
+				.collect()
-			self.scheduler.precache_size(targets);
+		};
+		if targets.is_empty() {
+			return;
 		}
 
-		false
+		let mut loading = self.scheduler.preload.size_loading.write();
-	}
+		for &target in &targets {
-
+			loading.insert(target.clone());
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn precache_mime(&self, targets: &[File], mimetype: &HashMap<Url, String>) -> bool {
-		let targets: Vec<_> = targets
-			.iter()
-			.filter(|f| !f.is_dir() && !mimetype.contains_key(&f.url))
-			.map(|f| f.url())
-			.collect();
-
-		if !targets.is_empty() {
-			self.scheduler.precache_mime(targets);
 		}
-		false
-	}
 
-	pub fn precache_image(&self, mimetype: &BTreeMap<Url, String>) -> bool {
+		self.scheduler.preload_size(targets);
-		let targets: Vec<_> = mimetype
-			.iter()
-			.filter(|(_, m)| MimeKind::new(m) == MimeKind::Image)
-			.map(|(u, _)| u.clone())
-			.collect();
-
-		if !targets.is_empty() {
-			self.scheduler.precache_image(targets);
-		}
-		false
-	}
-
-	pub fn precache_video(&self, mimetype: &BTreeMap<Url, String>) -> bool {
-		let targets: Vec<_> = mimetype
-			.iter()
-			.filter(|(_, m)| MimeKind::new(m) == MimeKind::Video)
-			.map(|(u, _)| u.clone())
-			.collect();
-
-		if !targets.is_empty() {
-			self.scheduler.precache_video(targets);
-		}
-		false
-	}
-
-	pub fn precache_pdf(&self, mimetype: &BTreeMap<Url, String>) -> bool {
-		let targets: Vec<_> = mimetype
-			.iter()
-			.filter(|(_, m)| MimeKind::new(m) == MimeKind::PDF)
-			.map(|(u, _)| u.clone())
-			.collect();
-
-		if !targets.is_empty() {
-			self.scheduler.precache_pdf(targets);
-		}
-		false
 	}
 }
 

yazi-fm/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ homepage    = "https://yazi-rs.github.io"
 repository  = "https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi"
 
 [dependencies]
-yazi-adaptor = { path = "../yazi-adaptor", version = "0.1.5" }
+yazi-adaptor   = { path = "../yazi-adaptor", version = "0.1.5" }
-yazi-config  = { path = "../yazi-config", version = "0.1.5" }
+yazi-config    = { path = "../yazi-config", version = "0.1.5" }
-yazi-core    = { path = "../yazi-core", version = "0.1.5" }
+yazi-core      = { path = "../yazi-core", version = "0.1.5" }
-yazi-plugin  = { path = "../yazi-plugin", version = "0.1.5" }
+yazi-plugin    = { path = "../yazi-plugin", version = "0.1.5" }
-yazi-shared  = { path = "../yazi-shared", version = "0.1.5" }
+yazi-scheduler = { path = "../yazi-scheduler", version = "0.1.5" }
+yazi-shared    = { path = "../yazi-shared", version = "0.1.5" }
 
 # External dependencies
 ansi-to-tui   = "^3"
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ tracing-subscriber = "^0"
 libc              = "^0"
 signal-hook-tokio = { version = "^0", features = [ "futures-v0_3" ] }
 
+[target.'cfg(any(target_arch="riscv64", target_arch="loongarch64"))'.dependencies]
+mlua = { version = "^0", features = [ "lua52", "vendored" ] }
+
+[target.'cfg(not(any(target_arch="riscv64", target_arch="loongarch64")))'.dependencies]
+mlua = { version = "^0", features = [ "luajit52", "vendored" ] }
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "yazi"
 path = "src/main.rs"

yazi-fm/src/app/app.rs

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 use anyhow::{Ok, Result};
 use crossterm::event::KeyEvent;
 use ratatui::{backend::Backend, prelude::Rect};
-use yazi_config::{keymap::Key, BOOT};
+use yazi_config::{keymap::Key, ARGS};
-use yazi_core::{input::InputMode, preview::COLLISION, Ctx};
+use yazi_core::input::InputMode;
-use yazi_shared::{emit, event::{Event, Exec}, fs::FilesOp, term::Term, Layer};
+use yazi_shared::{emit, event::{Event, Exec}, fs::FilesOp, term::Term, Layer, COLLISION};
 
-use crate::{Executor, Logs, Panic, Root, Signals};
+use crate::{lives::Lives, Ctx, Executor, Logs, Panic, Root, Signals};
 
 pub(crate) struct App {
 	pub(crate) cx:      Ctx,
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ impl App {
 	pub(crate) async fn run() -> Result<()> {
 		Panic::install();
 		let _log = Logs::init()?;
-		let term = Term::start()?;
 
+		let term = Term::start()?;
 		let signals = Signals::start()?;
+
+		Lives::register()?;
 		let mut app = Self { cx: Ctx::make(), term: Some(term), signals };
 
+		app.dispatch_render()?;
 		while let Some(event) = app.signals.recv().await {
 			match event {
 				Event::Quit(no_cwd_file) => {
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ impl App {
 	}
 
 	fn dispatch_quit(&mut self, no_cwd_file: bool) {
-		if let Some(p) = BOOT.cwd_file.as_ref().filter(|_| !no_cwd_file) {
+		if let Some(p) = ARGS.cwd_file.as_ref().filter(|_| !no_cwd_file) {
 			let cwd = self.cx.manager.cwd().as_os_str();
 			std::fs::write(p, cwd.as_encoded_bytes()).ok();
 		}
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ impl App {
 
 		let collision = COLLISION.swap(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
 		let frame = term.draw(|f| {
-			yazi_plugin::scope(&self.cx, |_| {
+			Lives::scope(&self.cx, |_| {
 				f.render_widget(Root::new(&self.cx), f.size());
 			});
 
@@ -83,8 +86,9 @@ impl App {
 		if !COLLISION.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
 			if collision {
 				// Reload preview if collision is resolved
-				self.cx.manager.active_mut().preview.reset_image();
+				// TODO: plugin system
-				self.cx.manager.peek(0);
+				// self.cx.manager.active_mut().preview.reset_image();
+				self.cx.manager.peek(());
 			}
 			return Ok(());
 		}
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ impl App {
 
 		self.cx.manager.current_mut().set_page(true);
 		self.cx.manager.active_mut().preview.reset();
-		self.cx.manager.peek(0);
+		self.cx.manager.peek(());
 		emit!(Render);
 	}
 
@@ -140,23 +144,12 @@ impl App {
 					emit!(Render);
 				}
 				if calc {
-					tasks.precache_size(&manager.current().files);
+					tasks.preload_sorted(&manager.current().files);
 				}
 			}
 			Event::Pages(page) => {
 				let targets = self.cx.manager.current().paginate(page);
-				tasks.precache_mime(targets, &self.cx.manager.mimetype);
+				tasks.preload_paged(targets, &self.cx.manager.mimetype);
-			}
-			Event::Mimetype(mimes) => {
-				if manager.update_mimetype(mimes, tasks) {
-					emit!(Render);
-					manager.peek(0);
-				}
-			}
-			Event::Preview(lock) => {
-				if manager.active_mut().update_preview(lock) {
-					emit!(Render);
-				}
 			}
 			_ => unreachable!(),
 		}

yazi-fm/src/app/commands/mod.rs

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+mod plugin;
 mod stop;

yazi-fm/src/app/commands/plugin.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use mlua::{ExternalError, ExternalResult, IntoLua, Table, TableExt, Value, Variadic};
+use tracing::error;
+use yazi_plugin::{LOADED, LUA};
+use yazi_shared::{emit, event::Exec, Layer};
+
+use crate::{app::App, lives::Lives};
+
+impl App {
+	pub(crate) fn plugin(&mut self, opt: impl TryInto<yazi_plugin::Opt>) -> bool {
+		let Ok(opt) = opt.try_into() else {
+			return false;
+		};
+
+		if !opt.sync {
+			return self.cx.tasks.plugin_micro(&opt.name);
+		}
+
+		tokio::spawn(async move {
+			if LOADED.ensure(&opt.name).await.is_ok() {
+				emit!(Call(Exec::call("plugin_do", vec![opt.name]).with_data(opt.data).vec(), Layer::App));
+			}
+		});
+		false
+	}
+
+	pub(crate) fn plugin_do(&mut self, opt: impl TryInto<yazi_plugin::Opt>) -> bool {
+		let Ok(opt) = opt.try_into() else {
+			return false;
+		};
+
+		let args = Variadic::from_iter(opt.data.args.into_iter().filter_map(|v| v.into_lua(&LUA).ok()));
+		let mut ret: mlua::Result<Value> = Err("uninitialized plugin".into_lua_err());
+
+		Lives::scope(&self.cx, |_| {
+			let mut plugin: Option<Table> = None;
+			if let Some(b) = LOADED.read().get(&opt.name) {
+				match LUA.load(b).call(()) {
+					Ok(t) => plugin = Some(t),
+					Err(e) => ret = Err(e),
+				}
+			}
+			if let Some(plugin) = plugin {
+				ret =
+					if let Some(cb) = opt.data.cb { cb(plugin) } else { plugin.call_method("entry", args) };
+			}
+		});
+
+		if let Err(e) = ret {
+			error!("{e}");
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		let Some(tx) = opt.data.tx else {
+			return false;
+		};
+
+		if let Ok(v) = ret.and_then(|v| v.try_into().into_lua_err()) {
+			tx.send(v).ok();
+		}
+		false
+	}
+}

yazi-fm/src/app/commands/stop.rs

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ impl App {
 			return false;
 		};
 
-		self.cx.manager.active_mut().preview.reset_image();
+		// TODO: plugin system
+		// self.cx.manager.active_mut().preview.reset_image();
 		if opt.state {
 			self.signals.stop_term(true);
 			self.term = None;

yazi-fm/src/completion/completion.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ use std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR;
 
 use ratatui::{buffer::Buffer, layout::Rect, widgets::{Block, BorderType, Borders, List, ListItem, Widget}};
 use yazi_config::{popup::{Offset, Position}, THEME};
-use yazi_core::Ctx;
 
-use crate::widgets;
+use crate::{widgets, Ctx};
 
 pub(crate) struct Completion<'a> {
 	cx: &'a Ctx,

yazi-fm/src/components/header.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use mlua::{Table, TableExt};
+use ratatui::{prelude::Buffer, widgets::Widget};
+use tracing::error;
+use yazi_plugin::{bindings::Cast, elements::{render_widgets, Rect}, LUA};
+
+pub(crate) struct Header;
+
+impl Widget for Header {
+	fn render(self, area: ratatui::layout::Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
+		let mut f = || {
+			let area = Rect::cast(&LUA, area)?;
+			let comp: Table = LUA.globals().get("Header")?;
+			render_widgets(comp.call_method("render", area)?, buf);
+			Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(())
+		};
+		if let Err(e) = f() {
+			error!("{:?}", e);
+		}
+	}
+}

yazi-fm/src/components/manager.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use mlua::{Table, TableExt};
+use ratatui::{prelude::Buffer, widgets::Widget};
+use tracing::error;
+use yazi_plugin::{bindings::Cast, elements::{render_widgets, Rect}, LUA};
+
+pub(crate) struct Manager;
+
+impl Widget for Manager {
+	fn render(self, area: ratatui::layout::Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
+		let mut f = || {
+			let area = Rect::cast(&LUA, area)?;
+			let comp: Table = LUA.globals().get("Manager")?;
+			render_widgets(comp.call_method("render", area)?, buf);
+			Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(())
+		};
+		if let Err(e) = f() {
+			error!("{:?}", e);
+		}
+	}
+}

yazi-fm/src/components/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#![allow(clippy::module_inception)]
+
+mod header;
+mod manager;
+mod preview;
+mod status;
+
+pub(super) use header::*;
+pub(super) use manager::*;
+pub(super) use preview::*;
+pub(super) use status::*;

yazi-fm/src/components/preview.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use ratatui::{prelude::Buffer, widgets::Widget};
+
+use crate::Ctx;
+
+pub(crate) struct Preview<'a> {
+	cx: &'a Ctx,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Preview<'a> {
+	#[inline]
+	pub(crate) fn new(cx: &'a Ctx) -> Self { Self { cx } }
+}
+
+impl Widget for Preview<'_> {
+	fn render(self, _: ratatui::layout::Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
+		let preview = &self.cx.manager.active().preview;
+		let Some(lock) = &preview.lock else {
+			return;
+		};
+
+		for w in &lock.data {
+			w.clone_render(buf);
+		}
+	}
+}

yazi-fm/src/components/status.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use mlua::{Table, TableExt};
+use ratatui::widgets::Widget;
+use tracing::error;
+use yazi_plugin::{bindings::Cast, elements::{render_widgets, Rect}, LUA};
+
+pub(crate) struct Status;
+
+impl Widget for Status {
+	fn render(self, area: ratatui::layout::Rect, buf: &mut ratatui::prelude::Buffer) {
+		let mut f = || {
+			let area = Rect::cast(&LUA, area)?;
+			let comp: Table = LUA.globals().get("Status")?;
+			render_widgets(comp.call_method("render", area)?, buf);
+			Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(())
+		};
+		if let Err(e) = f() {
+			error!("{:?}", e);
+		}
+	}
+}

yazi-fm/src/context.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use ratatui::prelude::Rect;
 use yazi_config::popup::{Origin, Position};
-
+use yazi_core::{completion::Completion, help::Help, input::Input, manager::Manager, select::Select, tasks::Tasks, which::Which};
-use crate::{completion::Completion, help::Help, input::Input, manager::Manager, select::Select, tasks::Tasks, which::Which};
 
 pub struct Ctx {
 	pub manager:    Manager,
@@ -26,12 +25,6 @@ impl Ctx {
 		}
 	}
 
-	#[inline]
-	pub async fn stop() { yazi_scheduler::Scheduler::app_stop().await }
-
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn resume() { yazi_scheduler::Scheduler::app_resume() }
-
 	pub fn area(&self, position: &Position) -> Rect {
 		if position.origin != Origin::Hovered {
 			return position.rect();

yazi-fm/src/executor.rs

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ impl<'a> Executor<'a> {
 			};
 		}
 
+		on!(plugin);
+		on!(plugin_do);
 		on!(stop);
 
 		false
@@ -108,13 +110,16 @@ impl<'a> Executor<'a> {
 			};
 		}
 
-		on!(MANAGER, peek);
+		on!(MANAGER, update_mimetype, &self.app.cx.tasks);
 		on!(MANAGER, hover);
+		on!(MANAGER, peek);
+		on!(MANAGER, seek);
 		on!(MANAGER, refresh);
 		on!(MANAGER, quit, &self.app.cx.tasks);
 		on!(MANAGER, close, &self.app.cx.tasks);
 		on!(MANAGER, suspend);
 		on!(ACTIVE, escape);
+		on!(ACTIVE, preview);
 
 		// Navigation
 		on!(ACTIVE, arrow);

yazi-fm/src/help/bindings.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use ratatui::{layout::{self, Constraint}, prelude::{Buffer, Direction, Rect}, widgets::{List, ListItem, Widget}};
 use yazi_config::THEME;
-use yazi_core::Ctx;
+
+use crate::Ctx;
 
 pub(super) struct Bindings<'a> {
 	cx: &'a Ctx,

yazi-fm/src/help/layout.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use ratatui::{buffer::Buffer, layout::{self, Rect}, prelude::{Constraint, Direction}, widgets::{Paragraph, Widget}};
 use yazi_config::THEME;
-use yazi_core::Ctx;
 
 use super::Bindings;
-use crate::widgets;
+use crate::{Ctx, widgets};
 
 pub(crate) struct Layout<'a> {
 	cx: &'a Ctx,

yazi-fm/src/input/input.rs

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ use std::ops::Range;
 use ansi_to_tui::IntoText;
 use ratatui::{buffer::Buffer, layout::Rect, text::{Line, Text}, widgets::{Block, BorderType, Borders, Paragraph, Widget}};
 use yazi_config::THEME;
-use yazi_core::{input::InputMode, Ctx};
+use yazi_core::input::InputMode;
 use yazi_shared::term::Term;
 
-use crate::widgets;
+use crate::{Ctx, widgets};
 
 pub(crate) struct Input<'a> {
 	cx: &'a Ctx,

yazi-fm/src/lives/active.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+use mlua::{AnyUserData, Lua, MetaMethod, UserDataFields, UserDataMethods, Value};
+use yazi_config::LAYOUT;
+
+use super::Folder;
+
+pub struct Active<'a, 'b> {
+	scope: &'b mlua::Scope<'a, 'a>,
+
+	inner: &'a yazi_core::tab::Tab,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b> Active<'a, 'b> {
+	pub(super) fn register(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
+		lua.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::tab::Mode>(|reg| {
+			reg.add_field_method_get("is_select", |_, me| Ok(me.is_select()));
+			reg.add_field_method_get("is_unset", |_, me| Ok(me.is_unset()));
+			reg.add_field_method_get("is_visual", |_, me| Ok(me.is_visual()));
+			reg.add_method("pending", |_, me, (idx, state): (usize, bool)| Ok(me.pending(idx, state)));
+
+			reg.add_meta_method(MetaMethod::ToString, |_, me, ()| Ok(me.to_string()));
+		})?;
+
+		lua.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::tab::Config>(|reg| {
+			reg.add_field_method_get("sort_by", |_, me| Ok(me.sort_by.to_string()));
+			reg.add_field_method_get("sort_sensitive", |_, me| Ok(me.sort_sensitive));
+			reg.add_field_method_get("sort_reverse", |_, me| Ok(me.sort_reverse));
+			reg.add_field_method_get("sort_dir_first", |_, me| Ok(me.sort_dir_first));
+
+			reg.add_field_method_get("linemode", |_, me| Ok(me.linemode.to_owned()));
+			reg.add_field_method_get("show_hidden", |_, me| Ok(me.show_hidden));
+		})?;
+
+		lua.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::tab::Preview>(|reg| {
+			reg.add_field_method_get("skip", |_, me| Ok(me.skip));
+			reg.add_field_function_get("folder", |_, me| me.named_user_value::<Value>("folder"));
+		})?;
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b> Active<'a, 'b> {
+	pub(crate) fn new(scope: &'b mlua::Scope<'a, 'a>, inner: &'a yazi_core::tab::Tab) -> Self {
+		Self { scope, inner }
+	}
+
+	pub(crate) fn make(&self) -> mlua::Result<AnyUserData<'a>> {
+		let ud = self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(self.inner)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value("mode", self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(&self.inner.mode)?)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value("conf", self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(&self.inner.conf)?)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value(
+			"parent",
+			self.inner.parent.as_ref().and_then(|p| Folder::new(self.scope, p).make(None).ok()),
+		)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value("current", Folder::new(self.scope, &self.inner.current).make(None)?)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value("preview", self.preview(self.inner)?)?;
+
+		Ok(ud)
+	}
+
+	fn preview(&self, tab: &'a yazi_core::tab::Tab) -> mlua::Result<AnyUserData<'a>> {
+		let inner = &tab.preview;
+		let window = || inner.lock.as_ref().map(|l| (l.skip, LAYOUT.load().preview.height as usize));
+
+		let ud = self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(inner)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value(
+			"folder",
+			tab
+				.current
+				.hovered()
+				.filter(|&f| f.is_dir())
+				.and_then(|f| tab.history(&f.url))
+				.and_then(|f| Folder::new(self.scope, f).make(window()).ok()),
+		)?;
+
+		Ok(ud)
+	}
+}

yazi-fm/src/lives/folder.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+use mlua::{AnyUserData, IntoLua, Lua, MetaMethod, UserDataFields, UserDataMethods, Value};
+use yazi_config::{LAYOUT, THEME};
+use yazi_plugin::{bindings::{Cast, File, Range, Url}, elements::Style};
+use yazi_shared::MIME_DIR;
+
+use super::{CtxRef, FolderRef};
+
+pub struct Folder<'a, 'b> {
+	scope: &'b mlua::Scope<'a, 'a>,
+
+	inner: &'a yazi_core::folder::Folder,
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b> Folder<'a, 'b> {
+	pub(super) fn register(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
+		lua.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::folder::Folder>(|reg| {
+			reg.add_field_method_get("cwd", |lua, me| Url::cast(lua, me.cwd.clone()));
+			reg.add_field_method_get("offset", |_, me| Ok(me.offset));
+			reg.add_field_method_get("cursor", |_, me| Ok(me.cursor));
+
+			reg.add_field_function_get("window", |_, me| me.named_user_value::<Value>("window"));
+			reg.add_field_function_get("files", |_, me| me.named_user_value::<AnyUserData>("files"));
+			reg.add_field_function_get("hovered", |_, me| me.named_user_value::<Value>("hovered"));
+		})?;
+
+		lua.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::folder::Files>(|reg| {
+			reg.add_meta_method(MetaMethod::Len, |_, me, ()| Ok(me.len()));
+
+			reg.add_meta_function(MetaMethod::Pairs, |lua, me: AnyUserData| {
+				let iter = lua.create_function(|lua, (me, i): (AnyUserData, usize)| {
+					let files = me.borrow::<yazi_core::folder::Files>()?;
+					let i = i + 1;
+					Ok(if i > files.len() {
+						mlua::Variadic::new()
+					} else {
+						mlua::Variadic::from_iter([
+							i.into_lua(lua)?,
+							File::cast(lua, files[i - 1].clone())?.into_lua(lua)?,
+						])
+					})
+				})?;
+				Ok((iter, me, 0))
+			});
+		})?;
+
+		File::register(lua, |reg| {
+			reg.add_function("size", |_, me: AnyUserData| {
+				let file = me.borrow::<yazi_shared::fs::File>()?;
+				if !file.is_dir() {
+					return Ok(Some(file.len));
+				}
+
+				let folder = me.named_user_value::<FolderRef>("folder")?;
+				Ok(folder.files.sizes.get(&file.url).copied())
+			});
+			reg.add_function("mime", |lua, me: AnyUserData| {
+				let cx = lua.named_registry_value::<CtxRef>("cx")?;
+				let file = me.borrow::<yazi_shared::fs::File>()?;
+				Ok(cx.manager.mimetype.get(&file.url).cloned())
+			});
+			reg.add_function("prefix", |lua, me: AnyUserData| {
+				let folder = me.named_user_value::<FolderRef>("folder")?;
+				if !folder.cwd.is_search() {
+					return Ok(None);
+				}
+
+				let file = me.borrow::<yazi_shared::fs::File>()?;
+				let mut p = file.url.strip_prefix(&folder.cwd).unwrap_or(&file.url).components();
+				p.next_back();
+				Some(lua.create_string(p.as_path().as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes())).transpose()
+			});
+			reg.add_method("icon", |_, me, ()| {
+				Ok(
+					THEME
+						.icons
+						.iter()
+						.find(|&x| x.name.match_path(&me.url, me.is_dir()))
+						.map(|x| x.display.to_string()),
+				)
+			});
+			reg.add_function("style", |lua, me: AnyUserData| {
+				let cx = lua.named_registry_value::<CtxRef>("cx")?;
+				let file = me.borrow::<yazi_shared::fs::File>()?;
+
+				let mime = if file.is_dir() {
+					Some(MIME_DIR)
+				} else {
+					cx.manager.mimetype.get(&file.url).map(|x| &**x)
+				};
+
+				Ok(
+					THEME
+						.filetypes
+						.iter()
+						.find(|&x| x.matches(&file.url, mime))
+						.map(|x| Style::from(x.style)),
+				)
+			});
+			reg.add_function("is_hovered", |_, me: AnyUserData| {
+				let folder = me.named_user_value::<FolderRef>("folder")?;
+				let file = me.borrow::<yazi_shared::fs::File>()?;
+				Ok(matches!(folder.hovered(), Some(f) if f.url == file.url))
+			});
+			reg.add_function("is_yanked", |lua, me: AnyUserData| {
+				let cx = lua.named_registry_value::<CtxRef>("cx")?;
+				let file = me.borrow::<yazi_shared::fs::File>()?;
+				Ok(if !cx.manager.yanked.1.contains(&file.url) {
+					0u8
+				} else if cx.manager.yanked.0 {
+					2u8
+				} else {
+					1u8
+				})
+			});
+			reg.add_function("is_selected", |lua, me: AnyUserData| {
+				let cx = lua.named_registry_value::<CtxRef>("cx")?;
+				let folder = me.named_user_value::<FolderRef>("folder")?;
+				let file = me.borrow::<yazi_shared::fs::File>()?;
+
+				let selected = folder.files.is_selected(&file.url);
+				Ok(if !cx.manager.active().mode.is_visual() {
+					selected
+				} else {
+					let idx: usize = me.named_user_value("idx")?;
+					cx.manager.active().mode.pending(folder.offset + idx, selected)
+				})
+			});
+			reg.add_function("found", |lua, me: AnyUserData| {
+				let cx = lua.named_registry_value::<CtxRef>("cx")?;
+				let Some(finder) = &cx.manager.active().finder else {
+					return Ok(None);
+				};
+
+				let file = me.borrow::<yazi_shared::fs::File>()?;
+				if let Some(idx) = finder.matched_idx(&file.url) {
+					return Some(
+						lua.create_sequence_from([idx.into_lua(lua)?, finder.matched().len().into_lua(lua)?]),
+					)
+					.transpose();
+				}
+				Ok(None)
+			});
+			reg.add_function("highlights", |lua, me: AnyUserData| {
+				let cx = lua.named_registry_value::<CtxRef>("cx")?;
+				let Some(finder) = &cx.manager.active().finder else {
+					return Ok(None);
+				};
+
+				let file = me.borrow::<yazi_shared::fs::File>()?;
+				let Some(h) = file.name().and_then(|n| finder.highlighted(n)) else {
+					return Ok(None);
+				};
+
+				Ok(Some(h.into_iter().map(Range::from).collect::<Vec<_>>()))
+			});
+		})?;
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b> Folder<'a, 'b> {
+	pub(crate) fn new(scope: &'b mlua::Scope<'a, 'a>, inner: &'a yazi_core::folder::Folder) -> Self {
+		Self { scope, inner }
+	}
+
+	pub(crate) fn make(&self, window: Option<(usize, usize)>) -> mlua::Result<AnyUserData<'a>> {
+		let window =
+			window.unwrap_or_else(|| (self.inner.offset, LAYOUT.load().current.height as usize));
+
+		let ud = self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(self.inner)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value(
+			"window",
+			self
+				.inner
+				.files
+				.iter()
+				.skip(window.0)
+				.take(window.1)
+				.filter_map(|f| self.file(f).ok())
+				.collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+		)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value("files", self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(&self.inner.files)?)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value("hovered", self.inner.hovered().and_then(|h| self.file(h).ok()))?;
+
+		Ok(ud)
+	}
+
+	fn file(&self, inner: &'a yazi_shared::fs::File) -> mlua::Result<AnyUserData<'a>> {
+		let ud = self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(inner)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value("folder", self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(self.inner)?)?;
+
+		Ok(ud)
+	}
+}

yazi-fm/src/lives/lives.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use mlua::{Scope, Table};
+use tracing::error;
+use yazi_config::LAYOUT;
+use yazi_plugin::{elements::RectRef, LUA};
+
+use crate::Ctx;
+
+pub(crate) struct Lives;
+
+impl Lives {
+	pub(crate) fn register() -> mlua::Result<()> {
+		yazi_plugin::bindings::Cha::register(&LUA)?;
+		yazi_plugin::bindings::Url::register(&LUA)?;
+
+		super::Active::register(&LUA)?;
+		super::Folder::register(&LUA)?;
+		super::Tabs::register(&LUA)?;
+		super::Tasks::register(&LUA)?;
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	pub(crate) fn scope<'a>(cx: &'a Ctx, f: impl FnOnce(&Scope<'a, 'a>)) {
+		let result = LUA.scope(|scope| {
+			LUA.set_named_registry_value("cx", scope.create_any_userdata_ref(cx)?)?;
+
+			let global = LUA.globals();
+			global.set(
+				"cx",
+				LUA.create_table_from([
+					("active", super::Active::new(scope, cx.manager.active()).make()?),
+					("tabs", super::Tabs::new(scope, &cx.manager.tabs).make()?),
+					("tasks", super::Tasks::new(scope, &cx.tasks).make()?),
+				])?,
+			)?;
+
+			f(scope);
+
+			LAYOUT.store(Arc::new(yazi_config::Layout {
+				header:  *global.get::<_, Table>("Header")?.get::<_, RectRef>("area")?,
+				parent:  *global.get::<_, Table>("Parent")?.get::<_, RectRef>("area")?,
+				current: *global.get::<_, Table>("Current")?.get::<_, RectRef>("area")?,
+				preview: *global.get::<_, Table>("Preview")?.get::<_, RectRef>("area")?,
+				status:  *global.get::<_, Table>("Status")?.get::<_, RectRef>("area")?,
+			}));
+
+			Ok(())
+		});
+
+		if let Err(e) = result {
+			error!("{e}");
+		}
+	}
+}

yazi-fm/src/lives/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#![allow(clippy::module_inception)]
+
+mod active;
+mod folder;
+mod lives;
+mod tabs;
+mod tasks;
+
+pub(super) use active::*;
+pub(super) use folder::*;
+pub(super) use lives::*;
+pub(super) use tabs::*;
+pub(super) use tasks::*;
+
+type CtxRef<'lua> = mlua::UserDataRef<'lua, crate::Ctx>;
+type FolderRef<'lua> = mlua::UserDataRef<'lua, yazi_core::folder::Folder>;

yazi-fm/src/lives/tabs.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-use mlua::{AnyUserData, MetaMethod, UserDataFields, UserDataMethods, Value};
+use mlua::{AnyUserData, Lua, MetaMethod, UserDataFields, UserDataMethods, Value};
-
-use crate::LUA;
 
 pub struct Tabs<'a, 'b> {
 	scope: &'b mlua::Scope<'a, 'a>,
@@ -9,8 +7,8 @@ pub struct Tabs<'a, 'b> {
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'b> Tabs<'a, 'b> {
-	pub(crate) fn init() -> mlua::Result<()> {
+	pub(super) fn register(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
-		LUA.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::manager::Tabs>(|reg| {
+		lua.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::manager::Tabs>(|reg| {
 			reg.add_field_method_get("idx", |_, me| Ok(me.idx));
 			reg.add_meta_method(MetaMethod::Len, |_, me, ()| Ok(me.len()));
 			reg.add_meta_function(MetaMethod::Index, |_, (me, index): (AnyUserData, usize)| {
@@ -19,17 +17,15 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Tabs<'a, 'b> {
 			});
 		})?;
 
-		LUA.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::tab::Tab>(|reg| {
+		lua.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::tab::Tab>(|reg| {
-			reg.add_method("name", |_, me, ()| {
+			reg.add_method("name", |lua, me, ()| {
-				Ok(
+				Some(lua.create_string(
-					me.current
+					me.current.cwd.file_name().map_or_else(
-						.cwd
+						|| me.current.cwd.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes(),
-						.file_name()
+						|n| n.as_encoded_bytes(),
-						.map(|n| n.to_string_lossy())
+					),
-						.or_else(|| Some(me.current.cwd.to_string_lossy()))
+				))
-						.unwrap_or_default()
+				.transpose()
-						.into_owned(),
-				)
 			});
 
 			reg.add_field_function_get("mode", |_, me| me.named_user_value::<AnyUserData>("mode"));
@@ -41,7 +37,9 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Tabs<'a, 'b> {
 
 		Ok(())
 	}
+}
 
+impl<'a, 'b> Tabs<'a, 'b> {
 	pub(crate) fn new(scope: &'b mlua::Scope<'a, 'a>, inner: &'a yazi_core::manager::Tabs) -> Self {
 		Self { scope, inner }
 	}
@@ -62,35 +60,16 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Tabs<'a, 'b> {
 
 		ud.set_named_user_value("parent", inner.parent.as_ref().and_then(|p| self.folder(p).ok()))?;
 		ud.set_named_user_value("current", self.folder(&inner.current)?)?;
-		ud.set_named_user_value("preview", self.preview(inner)?)?;
 
 		Ok(ud)
 	}
 
-	pub(crate) fn folder(&self, inner: &'a yazi_core::tab::Folder) -> mlua::Result<AnyUserData<'a>> {
+	pub(crate) fn folder(
+		&self,
+		inner: &'a yazi_core::folder::Folder,
+	) -> mlua::Result<AnyUserData<'a>> {
 		let ud = self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(inner)?;
-		ud.set_named_user_value("files", self.files(&inner.files)?)?;
+		ud.set_named_user_value("files", self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(&inner.files)?)?;
-
-		Ok(ud)
-	}
-
-	fn files(&self, inner: &'a yazi_core::files::Files) -> mlua::Result<AnyUserData<'a>> {
-		self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(inner)
-	}
-
-	fn preview(&self, tab: &'a yazi_core::tab::Tab) -> mlua::Result<AnyUserData<'a>> {
-		let inner = &tab.preview;
-
-		let ud = self.scope.create_any_userdata_ref(inner)?;
-		ud.set_named_user_value(
-			"folder",
-			inner
-				.lock
-				.as_ref()
-				.filter(|l| l.is_folder())
-				.and_then(|l| tab.history(&l.url))
-				.and_then(|f| self.folder(f).ok()),
-		)?;
 
 		Ok(ud)
 	}

yazi-fm/src/lives/tasks.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-use mlua::{AnyUserData, LuaSerdeExt, UserDataFields};
+use mlua::{AnyUserData, Lua, LuaSerdeExt, UserDataFields};
-
-use crate::LUA;
 
 pub struct Tasks<'a, 'b> {
 	scope: &'b mlua::Scope<'a, 'a>,
@@ -9,8 +7,8 @@ pub struct Tasks<'a, 'b> {
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'b> Tasks<'a, 'b> {
-	pub(crate) fn init() -> mlua::Result<()> {
+	pub(super) fn register(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
-		LUA.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::tasks::Tasks>(|reg| {
+		lua.register_userdata_type::<yazi_core::tasks::Tasks>(|reg| {
 			reg.add_field_method_get("progress", |lua, me| lua.to_value(&me.progress))
 		})?;
 

yazi-fm/src/main.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 mod app;
 mod completion;
+mod components;
+mod context;
 mod executor;
 mod help;
 mod input;
+mod lives;
 mod logs;
 mod panic;
 mod root;
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ mod tasks;
 mod which;
 mod widgets;
 
+use context::*;
 use executor::*;
 use logs::*;
 use panic::*;
@@ -29,6 +33,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
 	yazi_core::init();
 
+	yazi_scheduler::init();
+
 	yazi_plugin::init();
 
 	yazi_adaptor::init();

yazi-fm/src/root.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 use ratatui::{buffer::Buffer, layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout, Rect}, widgets::Widget};
-use yazi_core::Ctx;
-use yazi_plugin::components;
 
 use super::{completion, input, select, tasks, which};
-use crate::help;
+use crate::{components, help, Ctx};
 
 pub(super) struct Root<'a> {
 	cx: &'a Ctx,
@@ -20,9 +18,10 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Root<'a> {
 			.constraints([Constraint::Length(1), Constraint::Min(0), Constraint::Length(1)])
 			.split(area);
 
-		components::Header::new(self.cx).render(chunks[0], buf);
+		components::Header.render(chunks[0], buf);
-		components::Manager::new(self.cx).render(chunks[1], buf);
+		components::Manager.render(chunks[1], buf);
-		components::Status::new(self.cx).render(chunks[2], buf);
+		components::Status.render(chunks[2], buf);
+		components::Preview::new(self.cx).render(chunks[2], buf);
 
 		if self.cx.tasks.visible {
 			tasks::Layout::new(self.cx).render(area, buf);

yazi-fm/src/select/select.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use ratatui::{buffer::Buffer, layout::Rect, widgets::{Block, BorderType, Borders, List, ListItem, Widget}};
 use yazi_config::THEME;
-use yazi_core::Ctx;
 
-use crate::widgets;
+use crate::{Ctx, widgets};
 
 pub(crate) struct Select<'a> {
 	cx: &'a Ctx,

yazi-fm/src/signals.rs

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ impl Signals {
 	#[cfg(unix)]
 	fn spawn_system_task(&self) -> Result<JoinHandle<()>> {
 		use libc::{SIGCONT, SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGTERM};
-		use yazi_core::Ctx;
+		use yazi_scheduler::Scheduler;
 
 		let tx = self.tx.clone();
 		let mut signals = signal_hook_tokio::Signals::new([
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl Signals {
 							break;
 						}
 					}
-					SIGCONT => Ctx::resume(),
+					SIGCONT => Scheduler::app_resume(),
 					_ => {}
 				}
 			}