nnn Alternatives

nnn is described as 'Initially forked from noice file browser, nnn is a super fast and resource-sensitive, terminal-based file browser' and is a File Manager in the file management category. There are more than 10 alternatives to nnn for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, Windows and Cygwin apps. The best nnn alternative is Midnight Commander, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like nnn are ranger, lf (file manager), Broot and Vifm.

nnn alternatives are mainly File Managers but may also be FTP Clients or Terminal Emulators. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of nnn.

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Midnight Commander
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Free • Open Source
File Manager
FTP Client
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Cygwin
MacPorts
103 Midnight Commander alternatives
GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License and therefore qualifies as Free Software. Its a feature rich full-screen text mode application that allows you to copy, move and delete files and whole directory trees, search for files...
- - Midnight Commander is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to nnn.
- - Midnight Commander is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to nnn.
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Midnight Commander Features
1. LightweightMidnight Commander consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Console-based
Support for FTP
Dual Pane Support
Two panels
Support for SFTP
SSH
Mounting drives
Minimalistic
ranger
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Free • Open Source
File Manager
File Renamer
Mac
Linux
BSD
Cygwin
34 ranger alternatives
ranger is a file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy. The secondary task of ranger is to psychically guess which program you want to use for opening particular files.
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ranger Features
1. Command line interfaceranger either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Console-based
Multi Column View
Vim key mapping
Vim
Miller columns
Tui
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lf (file manager)
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Free • Open Source
File Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
FreeBSD
DragonFly BSD
NetBSD
19 lf (file manager) alternatives
Terminal file manager written in Go (programming language).
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lf (file manager) Features
1. Lightweightlf (file manager) consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Portablelf (file manager) can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Run in console
Console-based
Tui
Broot
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Free • Open Source
File Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
Rust
9 Broot alternatives
Broot offers a better way to navigate directories. Different from the typical 'tree' command, it summarizes directory contents so more fits on screen. Broot uses a keyboard focused workflow and provides a fast, non-blocking search that works as smoothly with large...
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Broot Features
1. LightweightBroot consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Command line interfaceBroot either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Console-based
Keyboard focused
Vifm
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Free • Open Source
File Manager
Windows
Linux
80 Vifm alternatives
Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vi[m]-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.
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Vifm Features
Terminal-based
Vim key mapping
noice file browser
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Free • Open Source
File Manager
Mac
Linux
BSD
Cygwin
11 noice file browser alternatives
noice, a blazing-fast lightweight terminal file browser with easy keyboard shortcuts for navigation, opening files and running tasks. noice is developed considering terminal based systems. There is no config file and mime associations are hard-coded.
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CLEX
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Free • Open Source
File Manager
Mac
Linux
BSD
28 CLEX alternatives
CLEX is a free lightweight file manager with a full-screen user interface. It runs on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and other Unix and Unix-like systems. CLEX is open-source software licensed under the GNU General Public License.
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CLEX Features
1. LightweightCLEX consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Console-based
xplr
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Free • Open Source
File Manager
Terminal Emulator
Mac
Linux
BSD
11 xplr alternatives
xplr is a terminal UI based file explorer that aims to increase our terminal productivity by being a flexible, interactive orchestrator for the ever growing awesome command-line utilities that work with the file-system.
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xplr Features
1. Lightweightxplr consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Support for scriptingxplr supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensionsxplr can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Console-based
Llama File Manager
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
9 Llama File Manager alternatives
Terminal file manager.
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Llama File Manager Features
Terminal-based
CliFM
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Free • Open Source
File Manager
Mac
Linux
BSD
Haiku
10 CliFM alternatives
A shell-like, command line terminal file manager written in C: simple, fast, extensible, and lightweight as hell
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CliFM Features
1. Command line interfaceCliFM either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. LightweightCliFM consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Privacy focusedCliFM is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
Customizable
Text-based
exa
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Linux
5 exa alternatives
exa is a modern replacement for the command-line program ls that ships with Unix and Linux operating systems. This command is used by terminal users, administrators, and developers hundreds of times daily, as well as being useful when writing automated scripts.
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exa Features
1. Command line interfaceexa either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Rust
Customizable
User friendly
joshuto
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Free • Open Source
File Manager
Linux
10 joshuto alternatives
Joshito is a ranger like terminal file manager written in Rust.
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joshuto Features
1. Lightweightjoshuto consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Console-based