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<h1 align="center">nnn - <i>supercharge your productivity!</i></h1>
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<p align="center"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2n5aGqou9E"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/MPWpmos.png" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><i>navigate-as-you-type & du (click to see demo video)</i></p>
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## Introduction
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`nnn` is a full-featured terminal file manager. It's tiny and nearly 0-config with an [incredible performance](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Performance).
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`nnn` is also a du analyzer, an app launcher, a batch renamer and a file picker. The [plugin repository](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/tree/master/plugins#nnn-plugins) has tons of plugins and documentation to extend the capabilities further. You can _plug_ new functionality _and play_ with a hotkey. There's an independent [(neo)vim plugin](https://github.com/mcchrish/nnn.vim).
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It runs smoothly on the Pi, [Termux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbaauM7gUJw) (Android), Linux, macOS, BSD, Haiku, Cygwin, WSL, across DEs and GUI utilities or a strictly CLI environment.
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## Black magic! :dark_sunglasses:
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1. Load and filter thousands of files instantly
2. Turbo navigate with automatic dir selection
3. Select files from anywhere (not just a single dir)
4. Run custom commands with custom hotkeys
5. Edit and preview markdown, man page, html
6. Open a file and auto-proceed to the next
7. Export (filtered) list of visible files
8. Find files by mime-type and list in `nnn`
9. Write a plugin in any language you know
10. Configure the middle mouse click to do anything
11. Fuzzy search subtree and open the dir of a file
12. Load four dirs with custom settings at once
13. Show notifications on cp, mv completion
14. Auto-sync selection to system clipboard
15. Open text files detached in another pane/tab/window
16. Create files/dirs/duplicates with parents (like `mkdir -p`)
17. Toggle hidden with <kbd>.</kbd>, go HOME with <kbd>~</kbd> or to the last dir with <kbd>-</kbd>
18. Pin a frequently visited dir at runtime
19. Mount any cloud storage service in a few keypresses
20. Mount and modify archives
21. Filter filtered entries
22. Sort files by access time and inode change time
23. Access selection from another instance of `nnn`
24. Compile out features you don't need
25. Watch matrix text fly or read fortune messages
26. Configure it in 5 minutes!
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Once installed (instructions below), _**read the fine [manual](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki)**_.
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## Features
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- Resource sensitive
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- Typically needs less than 3.5MB resident memory
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- Works with 8-bit colors
- Disk-IO sensitive (few disk reads and writes)
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- No FPU usage (all integer maths, even for file size)
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- Minimizes screen refresh with fast line redraws
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- Tiny binary (typically less than 100KB)
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- Portable
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- Statically-linked binary available
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- Language-agnostic plugins
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- Minimal library deps, easy to compile
- Compile in/out features with make variables
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- No config file, minimal config with sensible defaults
- Widely available on many packagers
- Unicode support
- Quality
- Privacy-aware (no unconfirmed user data collection)
- POSIX-compliant, follows Linux kernel coding style
- Highly optimized, static analysis integrated code
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- Modes
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- Light (default), detail
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- Disk usage analyzer (block/apparent)
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- File picker, (neo)vim plugin
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- Navigation
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- *Navigate-as-you-type* with dir auto-select
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- Contexts (_aka_ tabs/workspaces) with custom colors
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- Sessions, bookmarks with hotkeys; pin and visit a dir
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- Remote mounts (needs sshfs, rclone)
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- Familiar shortcuts (arrows, <kbd>~</kbd>, <kbd>-</kbd>, <kbd>@</kbd>), quick reference
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- CD on quit (*easy* shell integration)
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- Auto-proceed on opening files
- Search
- Instant filtering with *search-as-you-type*
- Regex (POSIX/PCRE) and string (default) filters
- Subtree search plugin to open or edit files
- Sort
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- Ordered pure numeric names by default (visit _/proc_)
- Case-insensitive version (_aka_ natural) sort
- By file name, access/change/mod (default) time, size, extension
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- Reverse sort
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- Mimes
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- Open with desktop opener or specify a custom app
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- Create, list, extract, mount (FUSE based) archives
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- Option to open all text files in EDITOR
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- Information
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- Detailed file information
- Media information plugin
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- Convenience
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- Run plugins and custom commands with hotkeys
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- FreeDesktop compliant trash (needs trash-cli)
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- Cross-dir file/all/range selection
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- Batch renamer for selection or dir
- Display a list of files from stdin
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- Copy (as), move (as), delete, archive, link selection
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- Dir updates, notification on cp, mv, rm completion
- Copy file paths to system clipboard on select
- Create (with parents), rename, duplicate (anywhere) files and dirs
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- Launch GUI apps, run commands, spawn a shell, toggle executable
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- Hovered file set as `$nnn` at prompt and spawned shell
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- Lock terminal after configurable idle timeout
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## Quickstart
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1. Install optional [deps](https://github.com/jarun/nnn#utility-dependencies) (if you need any).
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2. Configure [cd on quit](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#configure-cd-on-quit).
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3. Use option `-e` in your alias to open text files in `$VISUAL`/`$EDITOR`/ vi. [Open detached](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#detached-text) if you wish.
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4. [Install plugins](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/tree/master/plugins#installing-plugins).
5. Use option `-x` to copy selected file paths to system clipboard and show notis on cp, mv, rm completion.
6. For a CLI-only environment, customize and use plugin [`nuke`](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/blob/master/plugins/nuke) with option `-c` (overrides `-e`).
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Don't memorize! Arrows (or <kbd>h</kbd> <kbd>j</kbd> <kbd>k</kbd> <kbd>l</kbd>), <kbd>/</kbd>, <kbd>q</kbd> suffice. <kbd>Tab</kbd> creates, cycles contexts. <kbd>?</kbd> lists shortcuts.
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## Installation
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No permission to install packages? Get the statically linked binary from the latest release.
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#### Library dependencies
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A curses library with wide char support (e.g. ncursesw), libreadline (optional) and standard libc.
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#### Utility dependencies
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| Dependency | Installation | Operation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xdg-open (Linux), open(1) (macOS), cygstart<br>(Cygwin), open (Haiku) | base | desktop opener |
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| file, coreutils (cp, mv, rm), xargs | base | file type, copy, move and remove |
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| tar, (un)zip [atool/bsdtar for more formats] | base | create, list, extract bzip2, (g)zip, tar |
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| archivemount, fusermount(3)/umount (macOS) | optional | mount, unmount archives |
| sshfs, [rclone](https://rclone.org/), fusermount(3)/umount (macOS) | optional | mount, unmount remotes |
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| trash-cli | optional | trash files (default action: rm) |
| vlock (Linux), bashlock (macOS), lock(1) (BSD),<br>peaclock (Haiku) | optional | terminal locker (fallback: [cmatrix](https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix)) |
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| advcpmv (Linux) ([integration](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Advanced-use-cases#cp-mv-progress)) | optional | copy, move progress |
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| fortune | optional | random quotes in help screen |
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| `$VISUAL` (else `$EDITOR`), `$PAGER`, `$SHELL` | optional | fallback vi, less, sh |
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#### From a package manager
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Install `nnn` from your package manager. If the version available is dated try an alternative installation method.
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<details><summary>Packaging status (expand)</summary>
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<a href="https://repology.org/project/nnn/versions"><img src="https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/nnn.svg" alt="Packaging status"></a>
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Unlisted packagers:
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● CentOS (<code>yum --enablerepo=epel install nnn</code>)<br>
<a href="https://notabug.org/milislinux/milis/src/master/talimatname/genel/n/nnn/talimat">Milis Linux</a> (<code>mps kur nnn</code>)<br>
<a href="https://www.nutyx.org/en/?type=pkg&branch=rolling&arch=x86_64&searchpkg=nnn">NuTyX</a> (<code>cards install nnn</code>)<br>
<a href="http://codex.sourcemage.org/test/shell-term-fm/nnn/">Source Mage</a> (<code>cast nnn</code>)<br>
</p>
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</details>
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#### Release packages
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Packages for Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu are auto-generated with the [latest stable release](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/releases/latest).
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#### From source
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Download the [latest stable release](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/releases/latest) or clone this repository (*risky*), install deps and compile. On Ubuntu 18.04:
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```sh
sudo apt-get install pkg-config libncursesw5-dev libreadline-dev
sudo make strip install
```
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`PREFIX` is supported, in case you want to install to a different location.
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See the [developer guides](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Developer-guides) for source verification, compilation notes on the Pi, Cygwin and other tips.
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#### Shell completion
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Completion scripts for Bash, Fish and Zsh are [available](misc/auto-completion). Refer to your shell's manual for installation instructions.
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## Elsewhere
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- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnn_(file_manager))
- [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nnn)
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- [FOSSMint](https://www.fossmint.com/nnn-linux-terminal-file-browser/)
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- [gHacks Tech News](https://www.ghacks.net/2019/11/01/nnn-is-an-excellent-command-line-based-file-manager-for-linux-macos-and-bsds/)
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- Hacker News [[1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18520898)] [[2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19850656)]
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- [It's FOSS](https://itsfoss.com/nnn-file-browser-linux/)
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- LinuxLinks [[1](https://www.linuxlinks.com/nnn-fast-and-flexible-file-manager/)] [[2](https://www.linuxlinks.com/bestconsolefilemanagers/)] [[3](https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-system-tools-nnn-portable-terminal-file-manager/)]
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- [Suckless Rocks](https://suckless.org/rocks/)
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- [Ubuntu Full Circle Magazine - Issue 135](https://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-135/)
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## Developers
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- [Arun Prakash Jana](https://github.com/jarun) (Copyright © 2016-2020)
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- [0xACE](https://github.com/0xACE)
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- [Anna Arad](https://github.com/annagrram)
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- [KlzXS](https://github.com/KlzXS)
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- [Maxim Baz](https://github.com/maximbaz)
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- and other contributors
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`nnn` is actively developed. Visit the to the [ToDo list](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/issues/506) to contribute or see the features in progress.