Mousio AlternativesKeyboard Navigation Utilities and other similar apps like Mousio

Mousio is described as 'No need to touch the mouse — everything at your fingertips!' and is a keyboard navigation utility in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Mousio for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best Mousio alternative is Vimium, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mousio are Vieb, hunt-n-peck, Shortcat and Tridactyl.

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Mousio alternatives page was last updated Jun 5, 2025
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  1. Vimium icon
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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.

    31 Vimium alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Vimium Features

    1.  Vim Key Mapping
    2.  Browser extension

    Vimium VS Mousio

     
    • Vimium is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Mousio.

    • Vimium is Free and Open SourceMousio is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Vieb icon
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    Vim is the Vim Inspired Electron Browser: Vim bindings for the web by design.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Vieb Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Vim Key Mapping
    4.  Specific for 64-Bit
    5.  Electron based

    Vieb VS Mousio

     
    • Vieb is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Mousio.

    • Vieb is Free and Open SourceMousio is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. hunt-n-peck icon
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    hunt-n-peck VS Mousio

     
  4. Shortcat icon
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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.

    23 Shortcat alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Shortcat Features

    1.  Mouseless
    2.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    3.  Keyboard Shortcuts

    Shortcat VS Mousio

     
  5. Tridactyl icon
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    Replace Firefox's default control mechanism with one modelled on the one true editor, Vim. Implementing Vimperator/Pentadactyl as a WebExtension.

    22 Tridactyl alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox

    Tridactyl Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Tridactyl VS Mousio

     
  6. Vimperator icon
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Firefox
    Discontinued

    Didn't make it a WebExtension

    Vimperator Features

    1.  Browser extension

    Vimperator VS Mousio

     
    • Vimperator is the most popular Web-based alternative to Mousio.

    • Vimperator is Free and Open SourceMousio is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. cVim icon
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    An extension adding Vim-like bindings to Google Chrome.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    Discontinued

    As of April 23, 2020, the last update to GitHub was January 29, 2019, over a year ago. The most similar alternative is Surfingkeys (https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys) or a fork of cVim, vb4c (https://github.com/dcchambers/vb4c).

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  8. Surfingkeys icon
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    Web browser extension adding rich shortcuts to click links/switch tabs/scroll pages or capture full page, use Chrome like vim for productivity.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Surfingkeys Features

    1.  Vim Key Mapping
    2.  Bookmark search
    3.  Tab search
    4.  Browser extension

    Surfingkeys VS Mousio

     
  9. 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.

    23 Firenvim alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Google Chrome
    • Neovim
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Firenvim Features

    1.  Vim Key Mapping

    Firenvim VS Mousio

     
  10. Vimium-C icon
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    A Customized Vimium (to click web page content and manipulate browser windows using only keyboard) having Chinese support, global Commands and injection functionality, in C-style code for quicker action and less resource cost.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox

    Vimium-C VS Mousio

     
  11. Superkey icon
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    Simple and powerful keyboard enhancement on macOS.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Superkey Features

    1.  Portable

    Superkey VS Mousio

     
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    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.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    mouseless - mouse control Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Mouseless

    mouseless - mouse control VS Mousio

     
    • mouseless - mouse control is the most popular commercial alternative to Mousio.

    • mouseless - mouse control is Paid and ProprietaryMousio is Freemium and Proprietary
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