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Midnight Commander vs nnn: catalog facts
Midnight Commander	nnn
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under a BSD 2-clause licence.
macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Works over any terminal, including a plain SSH session on a server Browses archives and remote filesystems as if they were local folders	About 150 KB and typically under 3.5 MB of memory in use Analyses disk usage, batch renames, launches apps and picks files
Text interface with function-key bindings takes getting used to Windows needs Cygwin or WSL	No Windows build outside Cygwin or WSL Previews and many conveniences need plugins and external programs
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: BSD-2-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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