Discover the super-charged file manager

Credit: https://github.com/jarun/nnn

Back in LXF249 (simpler, happier times – Ed), we discussed the FFF file manager, which scoffs at traditional file managers in its appearance and functionality. Our tool of choice this issue, nnn, is cut from the same cloth. The project was originally forked from Noice, which is a small ncurses-based file manager, hence the name Noice is Not Noice (nnn), but the project has since dropped the acronym and now prefers to be known only as nnn, or n³

Many distributions carry in their software repositories and the project’s GitHub page () provides a list of these, and the version of on offer. Unfortunately, many distributions carry older versions of in their repositories, but if utilises openSUSE’s build service to provide installable binaries for distributions such as Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu. If you’re either unwilling or unsure about installing it from source, the project also provides a portable static binary, which enables you to use without installation.