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nnn vs clifm: catalog facts
nnn	clifm
Free Free and open source under a BSD 2-clause licence.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
About 150 KB and typically under 3.5 MB of memory in use Analyses disk usage, batch renames, launches apps and picks files	Works inside the shell prompt with no full-screen interface Plugin support
No Windows build outside Cygwin or WSL Previews and many conveniences need plugins and external programs	Command-driven approach takes time to learn No visual panes, unlike ranger or nnn
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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