Pentadactyl Alternatives

Pentadactyl is described as 'Free browser add-on for Firefox, designed to make browsing more efficient and especially more keyboard accessible. Largely inspired by the Vim text editor, the appearance and finger feel of Pentadactyl should be familiar to Vim users' and is an app in the web browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Pentadactyl for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome apps. The best Pentadactyl alternative is Vimium, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pentadactyl are Vieb, hunt-n-peck, Shortcat and Tridactyl.

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  1. vrome

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    Vrome is a Vim keybindings extension for Chrome. Designed to provide a more efficient browsing experience, Vrome comes with its own additions that will surprise you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
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  2. Vimac icon

    Vimac

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

    25 Vimac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     

  4. conkeror

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    Conkeror is a keyboard-oriented, highly-customizable, highly-extensible web browser based on Mozilla XULRunner, written mainly in JavaScript, and inspired by exceptional software such as Emacs and vi. Conkeror features a sophisticated keyboard system, allowing users to run...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Vim Vixen icon

    Vim Vixen

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Firefox
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  6. kindaVim icon

    kindaVim

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    Bring Vim moves to macOS input fields. And non input fields. Is that everywhere yet?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Keys for Safari icon

    Keys for Safari

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    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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  10. sVim icon

    sVim

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    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
     

  11. Mouseless Browsing

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
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