AnExplorer vs nnn
AnExplorer
anexplorer.ionnn
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| Figure | AnExplorer | nnn |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.83/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · File Manager Software | 8.1 (#37) | 8.7 (#6) |
| Archive support | Yes | Yes |
| Dual-pane view | No | No |
| File operations | It can browse, create, rename, move, delete, compress, and extract files. | It can analyze disk usage, batch rename, launch apps, pick files, and copy, move, delete, archive, and link selections. |
| Supported platforms | Android; web browser | The project says nnn runs on Linux, macOS, Android through Termux, Cygwin, and WSL, among other environments. |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says purchase and subscription data may be collected to manage entitlements and transactions, and says personal data is not stored on DWorkS servers. | The project describes nnn as privacy-aware, with no unconfirmed user data collection. |
| Purpose | AnExplorer is an Android file manager and file-transfer app made by DWorkS. | nnn is a full-featured terminal file manager. |
| Search | Its file search supports filtering by name, extension, size, and date. | It supports search-as-you-type and fuzzy, regex, and string filters. |
| Support | The About page directs users to the Help page or FAQ for support, feature requests, and bug reports. | The project invites users to discuss new ideas or enhancement requests in GitHub Discussions. |
Plans
AnExplorer
- Yearly$9.99 a year
- Lifetime$29.99 a month
- AnExplorer Pro Yearly$9.99 a year
- AnExplorer Pro Lifetime$29.99, paid once
In their own words
AnExplorer
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nnn
nnn is a terminal file manager designed to be small, fast and nearly zero-configuration. It handles copying, moving, deleting, archiving and linking selections, alongside batch renaming, disk-usage analysis, app launching and file picking. Navigation includes contexts, sessions, bookmarks and directory marks, while search options include instant filtering, fuzzy matching, regular expressions and string filters. It provides directory and text previews, and can create, list, extract and mount archives. Plugins can add functions such as live previews, disk mounting, file comparison and uploads. Remote mounts require optional sshfs or rclone dependencies. The project says nnn typically needs less than 3.5 MB of resident memory; it has no configuration file and uses defaults, with optional environment-variable settings. It is free and open source under the BSD-2-Clause license, and is listed for Android, Linux, macOS and Windows. The project offers packages and a statically linked binary, or users can compile it from source.