Vimium Alternatives

Vimium is described as 'The Hacker's Browser. Vimium provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of Vim . Vimium helps you navigate the web without touching the mouse' and is a keyboard navigation utility in the web browsers category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Vimium for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best Vimium alternative is Tridactyl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vimium are Mousio, cVim, Vimium-C and Shortcat.

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    Vim-inspired lightweight browser with webkit engine, designed for efficient keyboard navigation. Offers vim-like keybindings, hinting, SSL validation, shortcut customization, and a read-it-later feature. Ideal for users seeking low memory usage and fast browsing.

    35 Vimb alternatives

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    • Linux
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Slackware
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  2. Firenvim icon
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    This webExtension lets you use Neovim directly from your browser. Contrary to other extensions, it does not open a new OS window.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Google Chrome
    • Neovim
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  3. Experience mouse control through keyboard-driven input, enabling rapid clicks in less than two seconds with an on-screen overlay for effortless navigation. It's ideal for enhancing productivity, reducing strain from prolonged trackpad use, and providing accessibility for those who cannot use traditional mice.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. VimMotion icon
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    Brings vim-easymotion to macOS, where most UI elements can be accessed with your fingers on the keyboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. Upon pressing G, Keys for Safari generates & renders shortcuts for every clickable element on the page. It's a much more beautiful and simple alternative to apps that just display a little yellow tag anywhere without much thought to user experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. win-vind icon
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    You can operate Windows with key bindings like Vim.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Vimac icon
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    Stop using your clunky trackpad/mouse now. Vimac is a productivity application that revolutionizes the way you navigate macOS.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Neru icon
     4 likes

    Enables comprehensive keyboard navigation on macOS using recursive grid, grid, and hints modes available in all apps, mouse actions via keybindings, Vim-style scrolling, customizable behaviors, exclusion for specific apps, fast CLI automation, and scriptable workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
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  9. sVim icon
     1 like

    sVim is a Safari extension with shortcuts similar to Vim. The functionality of sVim will mostly follow the Chrome extension cVim.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Safari
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  10. kindaVim icon
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    Bring Vim moves to macOS input fields. And non input fields. Is that everywhere yet?

    33 kindaVim alternatives

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    • Mac
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  11. Mouseless Browsing (MLB) enables you to browse the web entirely with the keyboard. The basic principle is to add small boxes with unique ids behind every link and/or form element. You just have to type in the id to trigger the corresponding action i.e.

    27 Mouseless Browsing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
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