How to change default extraction program?;

[careb0t]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux (NixOS) X11

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

wezterm 0-unstable-2025-06-24

yazi --debug output

WARNING: `[manager]` has been deprecated in favor of the new `[mgr]`, see #2803 for more details: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/2803

Trying to migrate your config automatically failed, please edit the file manually, error while writing "/home/careb0t/.config/yazi/keymap.toml": Read-only file system (os error 30)

Yazi
    Version: 25.5.31 (Nixpkgs 2025-05-30)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.88.0 (6b00bc38 2025-06-23)

Ya
    Version: 25.5.31 (Nixpkgs 2025-05-30)

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("wezterm")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : Some("WezTerm")
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: Some("0-unstable-2025-06-24")
    Brand.from_env      : Some(WezTerm)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(WezTerm), light: false, csi_16t: (10, 25), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Iip
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 39, columns: 189, width: 1890, height: 975 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("x11")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : None
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":0")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL           : Some("/run/current-system/sw/bin/zsh")
    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(OpenerRule { run: "nvim \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "", for: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "nvim \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "", for: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "nvim \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "", for: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : 0.42.2

Dependencies
    file          : 5.45
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 7.1.1 / 7.1.1
    pdftoppm      : 25.05.0
    magick        : 7.1.2-0
    fzf           : 0.64.0
    fd/fdfind     : 10.2.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 14.1.1
    chafa         : 1.16.2
    zoxide        : 0.9.8
    7zz/7z        : 25.00 / 17.05
    resvg         : 0.45.1
    jq            : 1.8.1

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

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain


See https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/plugins/overview#debugging on how to enable logging or debug runtime errors.

Describe the question

Is there any way for me to change the program used for all kinds of archive files? Currently I run into issues with .rar files where it gets stuck at 99% and opening the task page shows me an error about 7zip failing when trying to extract .rar files similar to the issue shown on this similar discussion post. I would like to just bypass the issue by having Yazi use unar which ask never given me issues with any kind of archive file and has just been a great experience overall.

Could someone show me how this would be possible within the Yazi configuration file (yazi.toml)? After reading through the docs site, it seems like my only option would be to just make an alternate open entry for every single type of archive file but using unar as the command instead? What if I wanted to unarchive multiple selected files? Basically, is there a simple way I could just change the program/command used for all types of archive files within Yazi?

EDIT: I should mention that the issue about being unable to migrate my configuration is because I use home-manager on NixOS to control my Yazi configuration so I can use it on multiple different systems so that is why it is showing it as being read-only.

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[sxyazi]

You can just override the extract opener to achieve that:

yazi/yazi-config/preset/yazi-default.toml

Lines 50 to 53 in 98a5828

	extract = [
	{ run = 'ya pub extract --list "$@"', desc = "Extract here", for = "unix" },
	{ run = 'ya pub extract --list %*', desc = "Extract here", for = "windows" },
	]

Here's an example with ouch, but you should be able to change the command to unar accordingly:

[opener]
extract = [
  { run = 'ouch d "$@"', desc = "Extract here", for = "unix" },
  { run = 'ouch d %*',   desc = "Extract here", for = "windows" }
]