cVim Alternatives

    cVim is described as 'Vim bindings for Google Chrome' and is an app in the Web Browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to cVim for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Firefox and Google Chrome. The best alternative is Vimium, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like cVim are Vim Vixen (Free, Open Source), Surfingkeys (Free, Open Source), Vimac (Free, Open Source) and Vieb (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Jun 6, 2020

    1. Vimium

      • Free • Open Source
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Google Chrome
      • Firefox
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      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.
    2. Vim Vixen is a Firefox add-on which allows you to navigate with the keyboard on the browser. Firefox started to support WebExtensions API and will stop supporting add-ons using legacy APIs from version 57. For this reason, many legacy add-ons do not work on Firefox 57.
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    4. Surfingkeys

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Chrome OS
      • Vivaldi Browser
      • Google Chrome
      • Chromium
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      Overview Rich shortcuts to click links/switch tabs/scroll pages or capture full page, use Chrome like vim for productivity. A Chrome extension for Vim users, but EMACS users would also love it, as it is much extendable with javascript.
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    5. Stop using your clunky trackpad/mouse now. Vimac is a productivity application that revolutionizes the way you navigate macOS. Click on buttons with hints. Activate Hint-mode and type the hint-text to perform a click. Trackpad-smooth keyboard scrolling.
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    6. Vieb

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
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      Vieb - Vim Inspired Electron Browser - Free, open source, fast and secure - Local first adblocking, auto-complete, AMP protection, custom redirects and more, all without web requests - Privacy with strict permission system, navigator overrides, firefox mode, custom WebRTC...
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    8. hunt-n-peck

      • Free • Open Source
      • Windows
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        Simple vimium/vimperator style navigation for Windows applications based on the UI Automation framework. In essence, it works the same as screen readers or accessibility programs but with the goal of making any Windows program faster to use.
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      • Shortcat is a keyboard tool for Mac OS X that lets you "click" buttons and control your apps with a few keystrokes. Think of it as Spotlight for the user interface.

      • Tridactyl

        • Free • Open Source
        • Mac
        • Windows
        • Linux
        • Firefox
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        Replace Firefox's default control mechanism with one modelled on the one true editor, Vim. tridactyl - Implementing Vimperator/Pentadactyl as a WebExtension.
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      • Vimperator

        • Free • Open Source
        • Mac
        • Windows
        • Linux
        • Online
        • Firefox
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        Vimperator is a Firefox browser extension with strong inspiration from the Vim text editor, with a mind towards faster and more efficient browsing. It has similar key bindings and you could call it a modal web browser, as key bindings differ according to which mode you are in.

        Discontinued

        Didn't make it a WebExtension

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      • 4vbc

        • Free • Open Source
        • Mac
        • Windows
        • Linux
        • Chrome OS
        • Google Chrome
        • Google Chrome to Phone
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        Vim bindings for Chrome. This is a fork of cVim.
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