type-to-nav & du (click to see demo video)
## Introduction `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). `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). 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. ## Black magic! :dark_sunglasses: 1. Load, sort, filter thousands of files instantly 2. Type to navigate with automatic dir selection 3. Select files from anywhere (not just a single dir) 4. Edit and preview markdown, man page, html 5. Open a file and auto-advance to the next 6. Export (filtered) list of visible files 7. Find files by mime-type and list in `nnn` 8. Unlimited bookmarks, plugins, commands with custom hotkeys 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. Notifications on cp, mv, rm 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 ., visit HOME with ~, last dir with - 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 in 5 minutes! ## Features - Resource sensitive - Typically needs less than 3.5MB resident memory - Works with 8-bit colors - Disk-IO sensitive (few disk reads and writes) - No FPU usage (all integer maths, even for file size) - Minimizes screen refresh with fast line redraws - Tiny binary (typically less than 100KB) - Portable - Statically-linked binary available - Language-agnostic plugins - Minimal library deps, easy to compile - Compile in/out features with make variables - 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 - Modes - Light (default), detail - Disk usage analyzer (block/apparent) - File picker, (neo)vim plugin - Navigation - *Type-to-nav* mode with dir auto-select - Contexts (_aka_ tabs/workspaces) with custom colors - Sessions, bookmarks with hotkeys; pin and visit a dir - Remote mounts (needs sshfs, rclone) - Familiar shortcuts (arrows, ~, -, @), quick reference - CD on quit (*easy* shell integration) - Auto-advance 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 - Ordered pure numeric names by default (visit _/proc_) - Case-insensitive version (_aka_ natural) sort - By file name, access/change/mod (default) time, size, extension - Reverse sort - Mimes - Open with desktop opener or specify a custom app - Create, list, extract, mount (FUSE based) archives - Option to open all text files in EDITOR - Information - Detailed file information - Media information plugin - Convenience - Run plugins and custom commands with hotkeys - FreeDesktop compliant trash (needs trash-cli) - Cross-dir file/all/range selection - Batch renamer for selection or dir - Display a list of files from stdin - Copy (as), move (as), delete, archive, link selection - 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 - Launch GUI apps, run commands, spawn a shell, toggle executable - Hovered file set as `$nnn` at prompt and spawned shell - Lock terminal after configurable idle timeout ## Quickstart 1. [Install](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Usage#installation) `nnn`. 2. Configure [cd on quit](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#configure-cd-on-quit). 3. Use option `-e` in your alias to open text files in `$VISUAL`/`$EDITOR`/ vi. [Open detached](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#detached-text) if you wish. 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`). Don't memorize! Arrows (or h j k l), /, q suffice. Tab creates, cycles contexts. ? lists shortcuts. _**Read the fine manual**_. [](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki) ## Elsewhere - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnn_(file_manager)) - [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nnn) - [FOSSMint](https://www.fossmint.com/nnn-linux-terminal-file-browser/) - [gHacks Tech News](https://www.ghacks.net/2019/11/01/nnn-is-an-excellent-command-line-based-file-manager-for-linux-macos-and-bsds/) - Hacker News [[1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18520898)] [[2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19850656)] - [It's FOSS](https://itsfoss.com/nnn-file-browser-linux/) - 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/)] - [Suckless Rocks](https://suckless.org/rocks/) - [Ubuntu Full Circle Magazine - Issue 135](https://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-135/) ## 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) - [Maxim Baz](https://github.com/maximbaz) - and other contributors `nnn` is actively developed. Visit the [ToDo list](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/issues/506) to contribute or see the features in progress.