less Alternatives

less is described as 'Less is a free, open-source file pager. It can be found on most versions of Linux, Unix and Mac OS, as well as on many other operating systems' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to less for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, BSD, Windows and FreeBSD apps. The best less alternative is GNU nano, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like less are Bat, Moor, ov and most.

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  1. GNU nano icon

    GNU nano

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    GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.

    152 GNU nano alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    • GNU nano is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to less.

    • GNU nano is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to less.

    • GNU nano is Free and Open Sourceless is also Free and Open Source
  2. Bat icon

    Bat

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    File viewing and concatenation tool featuring syntax highlighting for numerous languages, Git integration to display code modifications, configurable paging, non-printable character visibility, fast performance, and compatibility with major Unix systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • OpenBSD
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  4. Moor icon

    Moor

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    Moor is a pager. It's designed to be easy to use and just do the right thing without any configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Go (Programming Language)
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  5. ov

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    Feature-rich terminal-based text viewer. It is a so-called terminal pager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • FreeBSD
    • Homebrew
    • MacPorts
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  6. most icon

    most

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    MOST is a powerful paging program for Unix, VMS, MSDOS, and win32 systems. Unlike other well-known paging programs most supports multiple windows and can scroll left and right. Why settle for less?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. slit

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    A modern pager for viewing logs, get more than most in less time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Much faster and great filtering capabilities

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    • slit is Free and Open Sourceless is also Free and Open Source

  9. tail

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    A command line tool to output the last part of files.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     

  10. Rich-CLI

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    Rich-CLI is a command line toolbox for fancy output in the terminal, built with Rich.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  11. lv File Viewer

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    lv - a Powerful Multilingual File Viewer / Grep.

    Feature

    Multilingual file viewer lv is a powerful multilingual file viewer. Apparently, lv looks like less (1), a representative file viewer on UNIX as you know, so UNIX people (and less.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  12. macOS Console icon

    macOS Console

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    An application to view live log files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     

  13. more

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    More is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time. This version is especially primitve. Users should realize that less(1) provides more(1) emulation and extensive enhancements.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  14. Log Transformer icon

    Log Transformer

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    Monitor log files in real time using customized filter and formatting rules. Use regular expressions to apply color and formatting. Go even further by filtering out unwanted text or lines. https://logtransformer.com.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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