Nemo (file manager)

Nemo file manager
Screenshot of Nemo v6.0.2
Developer	Linux Mint
Initial release	September 2012 (2012-09)
Stable release	6.6.41  / 23 February 2026
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix-like
Platform	Cinnamon
Available in	Multilingual
Type	File manager
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	github.com/linuxmint/nemo
Repository	github.com/linuxmint/nemo

Nemo is a free and open-source software and official file manager of the Cinnamon desktop environment. It is a fork of GNOME Files (formerly named Nautilus).

Nemo version 1.0.0 was released in July 2012 along with version 1.6 of Cinnamon,³ reaching version 1.1.2 in November 2012.⁴ It started as a fork of the GNOME file manager Nautilus v3.4⁵⁶⁷ after the developers of the operating system Linux Mint considered that "Nautilus 3.6 is a catastrophe".⁸⁹¹⁰ Developer Gwendal Le Bihan named the project "nemo" after Jules Verne's famous character Captain Nemo, who is the captain of the Nautilus.¹⁰

Nemo v1.0.0 had the following features as described by the developers:¹⁰

• Uses GVfs and GIO
• All the features Nautilus 3.4 had and which are missing in Nautilus 3.6 (all desktop icons, compact view, etc.)
• Open in terminal (integral part of Nemo)
• Open as root (integral part of Nemo)
• File operations progress information (when copying or moving files, one can see the percentage and information about the operation on the window title and so also in the window list)
• Proper GTK bookmarks management
• Full navigation options (back, forward, up, refresh)
• Ability to toggle between the path entry and the path breadcrumb widgets
• Many more configuration options
• Ability to SSH into remote servers
• Native support for FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)