can we use other git platforms then github.com for plugin packages

[farangkao]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux Wayland

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

alacritty 0.17.0

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version  : 26.5.6 (Arch Linux 2026-05-09)
    Debug    : false
    Triple   : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc    : 1.95.0 (59807616 2026-04-14)
    Backtrace: None

Ya
    Version: 26.5.6 (Arch Linux 2026-05-09)

Config
    Init             : /home/markus/.config/yazi/init.lua (3126 chars)
    Yazi             : /home/markus/.config/yazi/yazi.toml (308 chars)
    Keymap           : /home/markus/.config/yazi/keymap.toml (13123 chars)
    Theme            : /home/markus/.config/yazi/theme.toml (26 chars)
    VFS              : /home/markus/.config/yazi/vfs.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Package          : /home/markus/.config/yazi/package.toml (311 chars)
    Dark/light flavor: ArcSwapAny("dracula") / ArcSwapAny("")

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("xterm-kitty")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : None
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: None
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Kitty)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(Kitty), version: "kitty(0.46.2)", light: false, csi_16t: (16, 31), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Kgp
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 42, columns: 113, width: 1808, height: 1302 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("wayland")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : Some("wayland-1")
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":0")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: Some("521ece463c4a9d3d128670688a34756805a4328f_1779168859_753626103")
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL              : Some("/usr/bin/fish")
    EDITOR             : Some("nvim")
    VISUAL             : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE      : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME   : None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS   : None
    SSH_AUTH_SOCK      : Some("/home/markus/.ssh/agent/s.wxk7yESmm4.agent.RU11EXGj9T")
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND: None

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRule { id: Id(3), run: NonEmptyString("${EDITOR:-vi} %s"), block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: Unix, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { id: Id(3), run: NonEmptyString("${EDITOR:-vi} %s"), block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: Unix, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { id: Id(3), run: NonEmptyString("${EDITOR:-vi} %s"), block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: Unix, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : tmux 3.6a
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Supported
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.47
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 8.1.1 / 8.1.1
    pdftoppm      : 26.04.0
    magick        : 7.1.2-21
    fzf           : 0.72.0
    fd/fdfind     : 10.4.2 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 15.1.0
    chafa         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    zoxide        : 0.9.9
    7zz/7z        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / 26.01
    resvg         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.8.1

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: 2.3.0 / 2.3.0
    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

I'm working on some plugins for myself (not of interest to the public), since i have my Homelab with a gitea instance.
I wondered if i can use ya pkg add using my own instance like git.homelab.net for certain plugins.
It looks like the default is only supporting github.com, which is fine for public facing plugins (even i think support for other code hosting platforms would be beneficial in general)

I can work around this, but it would be cooler if ya pkg would be able to handle all plugins i have installed on my Yazi (especially if i want to sync them on my different machines)

I would like to thank you for providing such a cool Terminal File Manager, it's the only way i handle files on Omarchy since i found it.

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

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

[wellkilo]

Not through ya pkg today. The package reference grammar is owner/repository[:child], and the current implementation hardcodes the remote as https://github.com/{owner}/{repository}.git. It even contains a “Support more Git hosting services in the future” comment: dependency.rs.

Therefore a Gitea hostname cannot be encoded in the current use field. For private/self-hosted plugins, manage them outside ya pkg for now:

git clone https://git.homelab.net/owner/plugin.yazi.git \
  ~/.config/yazi/plugins/plugin.yazi

Or keep the private plugin checkouts in your dotfiles/bootstrap repository and symlink/copy them into $YAZI_CONFIG_HOME/plugins. Pin a commit in that script if you need reproducibility across machines.

Do not also list the manually managed plugin in package.toml, because ya pkg install/upgrade assumes GitHub and may reconcile its target. Use the normal Git credential helper or SSH for the private host rather than embedding a token in the URL.

Arbitrary hosting needs a package-format extension (full source URL plus update/identity semantics); it is a feature request rather than an undocumented syntax.

[farangkao]

Thanks, yes i was aware that i can clone them manually, that's how i started until i found the much easier 'ya pkg' method ;)
the nice thing of 'ya pkg' is that i can easily restore all plugins on a new machine.

But this is a "nice to have" feature.