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< h1 align = "center" > nnn - < i > supercharge your productivity!< / i > < / h1 >
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< p align = "center" > < i > type-to-nav & du (click to see demo video)< / i > < / p >
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## Introduction
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< img align = "left" src = "misc/logo/logo-128x128.png" >
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`nnn` (or `n³` ) 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` can analyze disk usage, batch rename, launch apps and pick files. The [plugin repository ](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/tree/master/plugins#nnn-plugins ) has tons of plugins and documentation to extend the capabilities further e.g. preview hovered, (un)mount disks, find & list, file/dir diff, upload files. 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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- Instantly load, sort, filter thousands of files
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- Type to navigate with automatic dir selection
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- Never lose context - start where you quit
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- find/fd/grep/ripgrep/fzf from `nnn` and list in `nnn`
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- Mount any cloud storage service in a few keypresses
- Select files from anywhere (not just a single dir)
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- Unlimited bookmarks, plugins, cmds with custom hotkeys
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- Write a plugin in any language you know
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- Edit and preview markdown, man page, html
- Open a file and auto-advance to the next
- Filter filtered entries
- Export (filtered) list of visible files
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- Configure the middle mouse click to do anything
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- Fuzzy search subtree and open a file (or its parent dir)
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- Load four dirs with custom settings at once
- Notifications on cp, mv, rm completion
- Auto-sync selection to system clipboard
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- Access selection from another instance of `nnn`
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- Open text files detached in another pane/tab/window
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- Mount and modify archives
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- Create files/dirs/duplicates with parents (like `mkdir -p` )
- Toggle hidden with < kbd > .</ kbd > , visit HOME with < kbd > ~</ kbd > , last dir with < kbd > -</ kbd >
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- Mark a frequently visited dir at runtime
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- Sort by modification, access and inode change time
- Compile out/in features with make options
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- Watch matrix text fly or read fortune messages
- Configure in 5 minutes!
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## Features
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- Frugal
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- Typically needs less than 3.5MB resident memory
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- Works with 8 colors (and xterm 256 colors)
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- 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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- Static binary available (no need to install)
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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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- *Type-to-nav* mode with dir auto-select
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- Contexts (_aka_ tabs/workspaces) with custom colors
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- Sessions, bookmarks with hotkeys; mark 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-advance on opening files
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- Search
- Instant filtering with *search-as-you-type*
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- Regex (POSIX/PCRE) and string (default) filters
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- Subtree search plugin to open or edit files
- Sort
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- Ordered pure numeric names by default (visit _/proc_ )
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- Case-insensitive version (_aka_ natural) sort
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- 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 opener
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- Preview hovered files in FIFO-based previewer
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Copy file paths to system clipboard on select
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- 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 `$nnn` at prompt and spawned shell
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- Lock terminal after configurable idle timeout
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- Basic support for screen readers and braille displays
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## Quickstart
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1. [Install ](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Usage#installation ) `nnn` and deps (if you need any). All files are opened with the desktop opener by default.
2. Add option `-e` to your alias to open text files in `$VISUAL` /`$EDITOR` / vi. [Open detached ](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#detached-text ) if you wish.
3. Configure [cd on quit ](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#configure-cd-on-quit ).
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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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[](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki)
## Developers
- [Arun Prakash Jana ](https://github.com/jarun ) (Copyright © 2016-2020)
- [0xACE ](https://github.com/0xACE )
- [Anna Arad ](https://github.com/annagrram )
- [KlzXS ](https://github.com/KlzXS )
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- [Léo Villeveygoux ](https://github.com/leovilok )
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- [Maxim Baz ](https://github.com/maximbaz )
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- [Todd Yamakawa ](https://github.com/toddyamakawa )
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- and other contributors
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Visit the [ToDo list ](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/issues/629 ) to contribute or see the features in progress.
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## Elsewhere
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- [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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- [Open Source For You ](https://www.opensourceforu.com/2019/12/nnn-this-feature-rich-terminal-file-manager-will-enhance-your-productivity/ )
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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/ )
