Vimium AlternativesKeyboard Navigation Utilities and other similar apps like Vimium

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 Mousio, which is free. Other great apps like Vimium are cVim, Vimium-C, Tridactyl and Vieb.

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  1. Mousio icon
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    No need to touch the mouse — everything at your fingertips!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Mousio is the most popular Mac alternative to Vimium.

    • Mousio is the most popular free alternative to Vimium.

    • Mousio is Freemium and ProprietaryVimium is Free and Open Source
    • Mousio is Lightweight and Privacy focusedVimium is not according to our users
  2. cVim icon
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    An extension adding Vim-like bindings to Google Chrome.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
     
    • cVim is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Vimium.

    • cVim is the most popular Open Source alternative to Vimium.

    • cVim is Free and Open SourceVimium is also Free and Open Source
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  4. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
  5. Vieb icon
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    Vim is the Vim Inspired Electron Browser: Vim bindings for the web by design.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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    It has much more features. It is much faster when using Visual Mode

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Surfingkeys is Free and Open SourceVimium is also Free and Open Source
  7. VimFx icon
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    VimFx is a Mozilla Firefox extension which introduces Vim-style keyboard shortcuts for browsing and navigation, significantly reducing the use of mouse, and allowing your hands to rest on the home row.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
  8. Vim Vixen icon
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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
     
    • Vim Vixen is the most popular Web-based alternative to Vimium.

    • Vim Vixen is Free and Open SourceVimium is also Free and Open Source
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Firefox
     
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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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