---
name: "nfoview"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nfoview"
version: "2.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nfoview"
---

# nfoview(1)

viewer for NFO files

## NAME

nfoview - viewer for NFO files

## SYNOPSIS

**nfoview** \[*FILE...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**nfoview** is a simple viewer for NFO files, which are "ASCII" art in the CP437 codepage.  The advantages of using **nfoview** instead of a text editor are preset font and encoding settings, automatic window size and clickable hyperlinks.

## AUTHOR

Written by Osmo Salomaa \<otsaloma@iki.fi\>.