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yazi vs Hoodik
yazi has 43,212 GitHub stars, 1,058 forks, 65 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Hoodik has 1,547 stars, 74 forks, 11 open issues and last shipped yesterday. yazi leads on adoption by 2,693% (43,212 vs 1,547 stars). yazi is written in Rust under MIT; Hoodik is written in Rust under a custom or non-standard licence. yazi has attracted 2% as many forks as stars, Hoodik 5%. Hoodik was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| yazi | Hoodik | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 43K | ★ 1.5K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | Rust | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.1K | ⑂ 74 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick yazi if
- You weight community size — 43K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Hoodik if
- You want the Hoodik feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and Hoodik fits your workflow better
About yazi
Special thanks to: Yazi ⚡️ Blazing Fast Terminal File Manager Yazi (means "duck") is a terminal file manager written in Rust, based on non blocking async I/O. It aims to provide an efficient, user friendly, and customizable file management experience. 💡 A new article explaining its internal workings: Why is Yazi Fast? 🚀 Full Asynchronous Support : All I/O operations are asynchronous, CPU tasks are spread across multiple threads, making the most of available resources. 💪 Powerful Async Task Scheduling and Management : Provides real time progress updates, task cancellation, and internal task priority…
About Hoodik
Hoodik Hoodik is a lightweight, self hosted, end to end encrypted cloud storage server. All encryption and decryption happens in your browser — the server never sees your plaintext data. Built with Rust (Actix web) on the backend and Vue 3 on the frontend. 🌐 hoodik.io — Website ☁️ Hoodik Cloud 📱 Android App 🍎 iOS & macOS App ⚡ Self Hosting Guide Features End to end encryption — files are encrypted in the browser with AEGIS 128L before upload and decrypted after download; file keys are wrapped with a quantum resistant X25519 + ML KEM 768 hybrid (RSA on legacy accounts) Secure search — file metadata is…
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Frequently asked questions
Is yazi or Hoodik more popular?
yazi has 43,212 GitHub stars and Hoodik has 1,547. yazi has the larger community by that measure.
Are yazi and Hoodik free?
Both are open source. yazi is licensed under MIT, and Hoodik has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between yazi and Hoodik?
yazi is written in Rust and Hoodik in Rust. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, yazi or Hoodik?
Choose yazi if you want the larger community (43,212 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Hoodik if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.