From noice to nnn

Why fork?

nnn was initially forked from noice but is significantly different today. I chose to fork because:

• one can argue my approach deviates from the goal of the original project - keep the utility suckless. noice was rudimentary. In my opinion evolution is the taste of time.
• I would like to have a bit of control on what features are added in the name of desktop integration. A feature-bloat is the last thing in my mind. See the design notes for more details.

v1.0 was released on 13 Apr, 2017.

nnn vs. noice

Original (noice) features

• Super-easy navigation
• Pre-defined associations for different file types
• Jump to home directory
• Filter contents in current directory
• Show/hide hidden files
• Sort entries by modification time (newest to oldest)
• Spawn a SHELL in current directory (fallback sh)
• Run top
• Edit a file with EDITOR (fallback vi)
• Page through a file in PAGER (fallback less)

nnn is under active development and new capabilities are being added continuously. To have a more recent overview of the current features in nnn please visit the features list in the project homepage and the ToDo list.