Connect to smb server via Yazi

[goliat88-Arch]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux Wayland

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

Kitty 0.39.0

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 0.4.2 (Arch Linux 2025-01-12)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.84.0 (9fc6b431 2025-01-07)

Ya
    Version: 0.4.2 (Arch Linux 2025-01-12)

Emulator
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Kitty)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(Kitty), light: false, cell_size: Some((10, 22)) }
    Emulator.detect_full: Ok(Emulator { kind: Left(Kitty), light: false, cell_size: Some((10, 22)) })

Adapter
    Adapter.matches: Kgp

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("wayland")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : Some("wayland-1")
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":1")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: Some("0bd541f2fd902dbfa04c3ea2ccf679395e316887_1737704945_297209507")
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

NVIM
    NVIM          : false
    Neovim version: 0.10.3

Variables
    SHELL           : Some("/bin/bash")
    EDITOR          : Some("nvim")
    VISUAL          : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE   : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: None

Text Opener
    default     : Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(Opener { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for_: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : 0
    tmux version       : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.46
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 7.1 / 7.1
    pdftoppm      : 25.01.0
    magick        : 7.1.1-43
    fzf           : 0.57.0
    fd/fdfind     : 10.2.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 14.1.1
    chafa         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    zoxide        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    7z/7zz        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.7.1

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: 2.2.1 / 2.2.1
    xclip        : 0.13
    xsel         : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Describe the question

Is it possible to connect to SMB servers in Yazi just like in Dolphin or Nautilus?

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[sxyazi]

Rust currently doesn't have any available SMB libraries. The only one I found that's maintained, pavao, is under the GPL license, which is incompatible with Yazi's MIT license.

However, you can easily mount an SMB share to a mount point on Linux, and it will behave just like a local file system, so you can use Yazi to manage it as well:

• https://medium.com/@Josh_Rollins/mounting-an-smb-share-on-linux-57d6c2fb18e3
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/1050460/how-to-mount-smb-share-on-ubuntu-18-04