How to view images and documents in alacritty

[babubhai01]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux Wayland

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

alacritty

yazi --debug output

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("alacritty")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : None
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: None
    Brand.from_env      : None
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Right(Unknown { kgp: false, sixel: true }), light: false, csi_16t: (12, 24), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Sixel
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 42, columns: 159, width: 1908, height: 1008 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("wayland")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : Some("wayland-1")
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":0")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: Some("4e242d086e20b32951fdc0ebcbfb4d41b5be8dcc_1755184920_689192383")
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL           : Some("/run/current-system/sw/bin/nu")
    EDITOR          : Some("hx")
    VISUAL          : Some("hx")
    YAZI_FILE_ONE   : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: None

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", 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: Some("chess")
    Zellij version     : 0.43.0

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           : 0.65.1
    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 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    resvg         : 0.45.1
    jq            : 1.8.1

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

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

Describe the question

In alacritty, image viewing doesn't work properly with timg or chafa. In ghostty it does work but, it doesn't show in the preview section. How can I configure everything for each and every type of preview that yazi supports with both of the terminals?

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

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

[babubhai01]

I restarted my computer and image and document previews does work in ghostty.
But I still don't know about alacritty.

[sxyazi]

Alacritty itself doesn't support any image protocols, there's an unmerged fork you might be interested in alacritty/alacritty#4763

Closing as not something Yazi can do, needs Alacritty to support some image protocol.