ranger
A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console (by ranger)
nnn
nĀ³ The unorthodox terminal file manager (by jarun)
| ranger | nnn | |
|---|---|---|
| 168 | 202 | |
| 15,996 | 19,849 | |
| 0.9% | 1.1% | |
| 8.1 | 8.7 | |
| 8 days ago | 6 days ago | |
| Python | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ranger
Posts with mentions or reviews of ranger.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-11-20.
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Preview images, videos, fonts, PDFs ... in Vifm.
As a Vim enthusiast, I always wanted to replicate my daily workflow based on keymappings and completely avoid using the mouse. I missed the functionality offered by tools like ranger or lf in Vifm, but I didn't want to learn a whole new set of keyboard shortcuts. I watched several YouTube videos trying to recreate this setup, but none quite hit the mark. The project that inspired this work didn't fully meet its intended functionality.
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Command Line Tools I Like (2022)
[2] https://github.com/ranger/ranger/blob/bd9b37faee9748798f3970...
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Show HN: Facad. The ls alternative making terminals cooler than GUIs
Would a commander 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, but personally I feel like they try to do a little too much, might work for you though:
https://github.com/yorukot/superfile
https://github.com/Canop/broot
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Z ā Jump Around
Came to post zoxide. Also if you use `ranger`[1] (vim inspired file manager) then you might like to add the `ranger-zoxide` plugin[2].
1. https://github.com/ranger/ranger
2. https://github.com/jchook/ranger-zoxide
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Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager
This looks cool, though I already use https://github.com/ranger/ranger for this.
- Ytree; a Unix Filemanager
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How to have column view like macOS finder ?
This feature is rarely seen in Linux file managers. I would recommend the CLI file manager ranger. If you need a GUI tool, you should have a look at pantheon files, the file manager of ElementaryOS.
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rename triggering on focus
Someone opened an issue about this. Might want to follow that.
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Ranger neovim plugin bindings clash with NeoVim bindings when used as a plugin
Hi! I am using ranger file manager terminal as its best through all i had used, but i have a weird problem and i want to ask you maybe you know how to solve it because my knowledge have limits on this topic even though i researched a bit.
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View images when SSH
How about ranger
nnn
Posts with mentions or reviews of nnn.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-01-26.
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Shunpo: Minimalist bash tool to make directory navigation a little bit faster
I use https://github.com/jarun/nnn/ with `cd` on quit if I need to scan around manually. Otherwise, zoxide.
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Show HN: Facad. The ls alternative making terminals cooler than GUIs
Would a commander 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, but personally I feel like they try to do a little too much, might work for you though:
https://github.com/yorukot/superfile
https://github.com/Canop/broot
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Directory navigation on Helix
If you want a file full browser experience choose nnn: https://github.com/jarun/nnn . If you have a desktop file for Helix you can use the Gnome Files program to make all your programming language files open in Helix.
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Help compiling a package with a compiler flag from an official Debian source
The other option is to just download the static version https://github.com/jarun/nnn/releases/download/v4.9/nnn-nerd-static-4.9.x86_64.tar.gz and overwrite the Debian executable at /usr/bin/nnn, but this seems a bit hacky, agreed?
- Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager
- Ytree; a Unix Filemanager
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How do I change default image and video interpreter program through environment variables for nnn file manager ? (Asking herre bc r/linuxquestions doesnt allow posts)
You can get the 'default' nuke plugin script from https://github.com/jarun/nnn/blob/master/plugins/nuke and customize it if you need to. You define files by extension or mime type and set default and fallback apps to be opened with.
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What are the best open source tools to easily navigate directories from the command line?
I like nnn ( n3 ).
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Can't figure out how to change icon theme in nnn
The icon-theme seems to be driven by your terminal font as detailed in `src/icons-in-terminal.h & icons.h, and the choice of "terminal-icon vs nerd-fonts vs emoji" appear to be hard-wired at compile-time rather than at run-time.
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What's a really niche tool you use that you can't live without?
nnn
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ranger and nnn you can also consider the following projects:
lf - Terminal file manager
fff - š A simple file manager written in bash.
vifm - Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vim-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.
fzf - :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
mc - Midnight Commander's repository