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Yazi vs nnn: catalog facts
Yazi	nnn
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under a BSD 2-clause licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Fully asynchronous, so nothing blocks while a directory or preview loads Image previews in the terminal through several protocols	About 150 KB and typically under 3.5 MB of memory in use Analyses disk usage, batch renames, launches apps and picks files
Terminal only, with keyboard bindings to learn Image previews depend on terminal support and helper programs	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: MIT	License: BSD-2-Clause
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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