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nnn vs Yazi: catalog facts
nnn	Yazi
Free Free and open source under a BSD 2-clause licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, 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	Fully asynchronous, so nothing blocks while a directory or preview loads Image previews in the terminal through several protocols
No Windows build outside Cygwin or WSL Previews and many conveniences need plugins and external programs	Terminal only, with keyboard bindings to learn Image previews depend on terminal support and helper programs
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: MIT
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 21, 2026

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