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We've compiled a list of 9 free and paid alternatives to less. The primary competitors include Lynx, macOS Console. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between less and most, lv File Viewer, Moar. Also you can look at other similar options here: OS and Utilities.


Lynx
Free

Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) browser for users on Unix, VMS, and other platforms...

most
Free Open Source

MOST is a powerful paging program for Unix, VMS, MSDOS, and win32 systems.

lv File Viewer
Free Open Source

lv - a Powerful Multilingual File Viewer / Grep. Feature Multilingual file viewer

Moar
Free Open Source

Moar is a pager. It's designed to be easy to use and just do the right thing without any...

more
Free Open Source

More is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time.

Browsh
Free Open Source

A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers

tail
Free Open Source

A command line tool to output the last part of files.

slit
Free Open Source

A modern pager for viewing logs, get more than most in less time.

Less is a free, open-source file pager.

less Platforms

tick-square Linux
tick-square Mac

less Video and Screenshots

less Overview

Less is a free, open-source file pager. It can be found on most versions of Linux, Unix and Mac OS, as well as on many other operating systems.

less Features

tick-square Command line interface
tick-square Lightweight

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