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…that lets you write software without being on a treadmill to update the code every few months. [0] https://github.com/jarun/nnn/

comment by skydhash · 2026-08-20 · in Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload

…support for images on the terminal with sixel is pretty neat! https://github.com/ranger/ranger https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by sellmesoap · 2026-02-15 · in Building a TUI is easy now

I use https://github.com/jarun/nnn/ with `cd` on quit if I need to scan around manually. Otherwise, zoxide.

comment by kayson · 2025-01-27 · in Shunpo: Minimalist bash tool to make directory navigation a little bit faster

…type TUI work for you? https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc https://github.com/ranger/ranger https://github.com/jarun/nnn There's also superfile and broot. Personally I feel like they try to do a little too much, but that doesn't mean…

comment by tovej · 2024-10-01 · in Show HN: Facad – A colorful directory listing tool for the command line

…features and is pretty much a standalone binary. edit: an even more minimal alteranative is nnn https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by thworp · 2024-05-08 · in Ask HN: Interesting TUIs (text user interfaces), maybe forgotten ones?

…more advanced tool (directory management, copying, renaming, packing/unpacking) and pluggable. [1] https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by toppy · 2023-08-22 · in Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager

https://github.com/ranger/ranger https://github.com/jarun/nnn https://github.com/gokcehan/lf https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc

comment by genpfault · 2023-08-13 · in Ytree; a Unix Filemanager

For file managers, I'd also recommend nnn: https://github.com/jarun/nnn I found it much faster than ranger (matters especially for large folders), and the UI is pretty intuitive.

comment by sundarurfriend · 2023-05-08 · in Vim Keybindings Everywhere – The Ultimate List

…is terrible for me. So I prefer to do everything through the terminal or use some TUI like https://github.com/jarun/nnn The only time that I have to interact with the UI is when I have to do something on System Settings, which is also…

comment by jpcrs · 2022-12-28 · in More developers use Linux than Mac, according to 2022 StackOverflow survey

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story by tosh · 2022-12-03 · 0 comments

…directly drag and drop from the terminal list somehow. Or better yet, a full keyboard workflow. 0: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/ 1: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/tree/master/plugins

comment by kretaceous · 2022-12-03 · in Drag and Drop from Terminal

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N³ The fast unorthodox terminal file manager

story by behnamoh · 2022-11-08 · 0 comments

…plugin which make use cases like yours very easy to solve. 0: https://github.com/atanunq/viu 1: https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by kretaceous · 2022-09-16 · in Building the Future of the Command Line

You should also check out nnn ( https://github.com/jarun/nnn ) if you're looking for terminal-based file manager.

comment by akrifari · 2022-07-19 · in Ask HN: Is there other software similar to Vim and Emacs?

…`nnn` search-as-you-type and cd-on-quit features. I think its similar in scope to this project. https://github.com/jarun/nnn https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#configure-...

comment by ducktective · 2022-07-15 · in Show HN: tere – A Faster Alternative to cd+ls

…nnn is also my go to file tree navigation / file moving tool these days too: https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by res0nat0r · 2022-05-20 · in A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to ‘find’

…file manager, so I’m keen to try out broot. Does anyone have other recommendations I should try? https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by quag · 2022-04-13 · in New(ish) command line tools

Alternatives for terminal are: lf ( https://github.com/gokcehan/lf ) nnn ( https://github.com/jarun/nnn ) lfm ( https://github.com/langner/lfm ) vifm ( https://vifm.info/ ) ranger ( https://github.com/ranger/ranger ) With UI (cross…

comment by sandreas · 2022-01-30 · in Midnight Commander Tips and Tricks

Appears to be a file manager https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by b0afc375b5 · 2021-10-21 · in DuckDuckGo as a TTY

Yeah it comes in the base distribution https://github.com/jarun/nnn/blob/master/plugins/autojump But - if you're happy with ranger, i'm not sure it's worth the switch - they're very similar. nnn is quite a bit faster than ranger but other…

comment by CraigJPerry · 2021-07-29 · in Command line tools for productive programmers

Recently i’ve taken to using nnn for anything like this: https://github.com/jarun/nnn - i never used cli file managers but now, it’s up there with my shell, vim & tmux as a core productivity tool. Show me files in this dir: $ n Show/hide…

comment by CraigJPerry · 2021-07-29 · in Command line tools for productive programmers

I can vouch for ncdu...does one thing and does it well. Also see: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/ https://github.com/bootandy/dust > There is, after all, nothing more annoying than having to get re-acquainted with every piece of software…

comment by ducktective · 2021-07-25 · in Ncdu 2: Less hungry and more Ziggy

No mentions of https://github.com/jarun/nnn yet? I've really taken a shine to using a real file manager with lots of nifty features without any bloat.

comment by Oddskar · 2021-04-22 · in How to navigate directories faster with Bash (2015)

> lots of extra features https://github.com/jarun/nnn#features

comment by apjana · 2020-11-19 · in Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager

Please head here: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Performance

comment by apjana · 2020-11-18 · in Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager

…batch-renamer as well as a more powerful POSIX-compliant plugin to do that. List of features: https://github.com/jarun/nnn#features

comment by apjana · 2020-11-17 · in Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager

…present on the system. nnn also has an option to make the process simpler. Additional details - https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Advanced-use-cases#custom-...

comment by apjana · 2020-11-17 · in Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager

…see this issue thread [1]. Also mentioned in this thread, lf a ranger clone written in go [2]. [0]: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Advanced-use-cases#custom-... [1]: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/issues/422 [2]:…

comment by minimalist · 2020-11-17 · in Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager

Thanks for pointing this out - here's the link, for anyone interested: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#configure-...

comment by vngzs · 2020-11-17 · in Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager

You are looking for the benchmarks: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/pull/84

comment by apjana · 2020-11-17 · in Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager

If your scripts do all of the following, you are already using a file manager: https://github.com/jarun/nnn#features

comment by apjana · 2020-11-17 · in Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager

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story by apjana · 2020-11-17 · 103 comments

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nnn: The Unorthodox Terminal File Manager

story by salutonmundo · 2020-10-09 · 0 comments

It's here - https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Usage#configuration If that's not enough, can you be more specific?

comment by apjana · 2020-08-30 · in Ranger: A console file manager with VI key bindings

…it feels more intuitive than ranger. Although I find the documentation on configuration lacking. https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by rjzzleep · 2020-08-30 · in Ranger: A console file manager with VI key bindings

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Terminal file manager nnn adds more colors and icons

story by apjana · 2020-08-18 · 0 comments

…[1]: https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k [2]: https://github.com/dandavison/delta [3]: https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by Seirdy · 2020-06-23 · in Favorite CLI Tools

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Terminal file manager nnn brings previews, find and list, persistent session

story by apjana · 2020-05-26 · 1 comment

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N³: a full-featured 100-KB terminal file manager for Unix systems

story by mmoez · 2020-05-04 · 0 comments

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Happy Birthday nnn – a fast and minimal terminal file manager

story by apjana · 2020-04-13 · 1 comment

In my experiments for a good multiplexer to go with nnn https://github.com/jarun/nnn , I have tried dvtm and tmux. dvtm is extremely light but it appears there's no way to open a new command in a new pane from within a session. This is…

comment by apjana · 2020-04-12 · in Show HN: Terminal Multiplexer Inspired by I3

Adding nnn: https://github.com/jarun/nnn A terminal file manager. It takes advantage of SIMD at -O3 level of optimization in it's custom string copy function: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/blob/bc7a81921ed974a408d4de2cbf... The function is…

comment by apjana · 2020-04-10 · in SIMD instructions

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Power features in file manager nnn (Part 2)

story by apjana · 2020-03-30 · 1 comment

A video demonstrating file manager nnn ( https://github.com/jarun/nnn ) running in the Termux ( https://termux.com/ ) environment on Android and integrates with native Android apps.

comment by apjana · 2020-03-03 · in Nnn file manager on Termux (Android)

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File manager nnn v3.0 is released

story by apjana · 2020-02-12 · 1 comment

A new version of nnn is released - https://github.com/jarun/nnn/releases/tag/v2.9 It simplifies a lot of workflows and reduces the number of keys.

comment by apjana · 2020-01-16 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees

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File manager nnn v2.9 – simpler controls, smarter workflows

story by apjana · 2020-01-15 · 3 comments

Check out nnn - https://github.com/jarun/nnn To install - brew install nnn

comment by apjana · 2020-01-10 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees

…is resource-intensive. nnn development is driven by minimum resource availability and usage. [1] https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by apjana · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees

…is a key differentiator. I am happy with nnn [1] so far but it really looks interesting. [1] https://github.com/jarun/nnn

comment by smartmic · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees