nnn vs Smb4K
nnn
github.comSmb4K
smb4k.sourceforge.ioSide by side
| Figure | nnn | Smb4K |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · File Manager Software | 8.7 (#6) | 7.3 (#86) |
| Integrations | Remote mounts can use sshfs or rclone, and nnn supports desktop openers, shell integration, and FreeDesktop-compliant trash utilities. | Smb4K is based on KDE Frameworks, QtKeychain, Samba’s libsmbclient, and optionally the KDSoap WS-Discovery client. |
| License | The GitHub repository identifies the project license as BSD-2-Clause. | Smb4K is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL v2+). |
| Platforms | The project says nnn runs on Linux, macOS, Android through Termux, Cygwin, and WSL, among other environments. | Linux,FreeBSD and derivatives,NetBSD,DragonFly BSD |
| Purpose | nnn is a full-featured terminal file manager. | Smb4K is a network neighborhood browser and Samba share mounting utility. |
| Support | The project invites users to discuss new ideas or enhancement requests in GitHub Discussions. | Users can request help or discuss Smb4K in the project’s forums, and report bugs through its bug tracker. |
Plans
In their own words
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.