Command-line tool

yek

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Fast Rust based tool to serialize text-based files for LLM consumption

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/yek
cargo install yek

macOS

brew install yek
cargo install yek

Linux

brew install yek
cargo install yek

Serialize the current directory and write the output to a temp file (prints path)

yek

Serialize specific directories and write output to a directory

yek path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ... --output-dir path/to/output_directory

Process multiple files or use `glob` patterns (quote `glob`s to avoid shell expansion)

yek "path/to/directory/**/*.rs" "path/to/directory/**/*.md"

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