nnn - Supercharge your productivity!

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`nnn` (_n³_) is a full-featured terminal file manager. It's tiny and nearly 0-config with an incredible speed. It is designed to be unobtrusive with smart workflows to match the trains of thought. `nnn` can analyze disk usage, batch rename, launch apps and pick files. The plugin repository has tons of plugins and documentation to extend the capabilities further e.g. [preview](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Live-previews), (un)mount disks, find & list, file/dir diff, upload files. There are 2 independent (neo)vim plugins - [nnn.vim](https://github.com/mcchrish/nnn.vim) and [vim-floaterm nnn wrapper](https://github.com/voldikss/vim-floaterm#nnn). 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: - Instantly load, sort, filter thousands of files - Type to navigate with automatic dir selection - find/fd/grep/ripgrep/fzf from `nnn` and list in `nnn` - Never lose context - start where you quit - Mount any cloud storage service in a few keypresses - Select files from anywhere (not just a single dir) - Unlimited bookmarks, plugins, cmds with custom hotkeys - Write a plugin in any language you know - 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 - Configure the middle mouse click to do anything - Fuzzy search subtree and open a file (or its parent dir) - Load four dirs with custom settings at once - Notifications on cp, mv, rm completion - Auto-sync selection to system clipboard - Access selection from another instance of `nnn` - Open text files detached in another pane/tab/window - Mount and modify archives - Create files/dirs/duplicates with parents (like `mkdir -p`) - Toggle hidden with ., visit HOME with ~, last dir with - - Mark a frequently visited dir at runtime - Sort by modification, access and inode change time - Compile out/in features with make variables - Watch matrix text fly or read fortune messages - Configure in 5 minutes! ## Features - Frugal - Typically needs less than 3.5MB resident memory - Works with 8 colors (and xterm 256 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 around 100KB) - 1-column mode for smaller terminals and form factors - Hackable - compile in/out features and dependencies - Portable - Language-agnostic plugins - Static binary available (no need to install) - Minimal library deps, easy to compile - No config file, minimal config with sensible defaults - Plugin to backup configuration - Widely available on many packagers - Touch enabled, comfortable on handhelds too! - 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; mark and visit a dir - Remote mounts (needs sshfs, rclone) - Familiar shortcuts (arrows, ~, -, @), quick look-up - 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 name, access/change/mod (default) time, size, extn - Reverse sort - Mimes - Preview hovered files in FIFO-based previewer - Open with desktop opener or specify a custom opener - File-specific colors (or minimal _dirs in context color_) - Icons (customize and compile-in) - Plugins for image and video thumbnails - 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 file list from stdin or plugin - 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 files and dirs - Launch apps, run commands, spawn a shell, toggle exe - Hovered file set as `$nnn` at prompt and spawned shell - Lock terminal after configurable idle timeout - Basic support for screen readers and braille displays ## Quickstart 1. [Install](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Usage#installation) `nnn` and deps (if you need any). All files are opened with the desktop opener by default. 2. Add option `-e` to your alias to open text files in `$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). 4. [Install plugins](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/tree/master/plugins#installation). 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. [![Wiki](https://img.shields.io/badge/RTFM-nnn%20Wiki-important?maxAge=2592000)](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) - [Léo Villeveygoux](https://github.com/leovilok) - [Maxim Baz](https://github.com/maximbaz) - [Todd Yamakawa](https://github.com/toddyamakawa) - and other contributors Visit the [ToDo list](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/issues/719) to contribute or see the features in progress. ## Elsewhere - [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/)] - [Open Source For You](https://www.opensourceforu.com/2019/12/nnn-this-feature-rich-terminal-file-manager-will-enhance-your-productivity/) - [Suckless Rocks](https://suckless.org/rocks/) - [Ubuntu Full Circle Magazine - Issue 135](https://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-135/)