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

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  1. hunt-n-peck icon

    hunt-n-peck

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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.

    32 hunt-n-peck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. V

    Vimb

     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Slackware
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  4. Firenvim icon

    Firenvim

     2 likes

    This webExtension lets you use Neovim directly from your browser. Contrary to other extensions, it does not open a new OS window.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Google Chrome
    • Neovim
    • Mozilla Firefox
    With the dark mode.
     
  5. VimMotion icon

    VimMotion

     1 like

    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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  7. win-vind icon

    win-vind

     1 like

    You can operate Windows with key bindings like Vim.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Keys for Safari icon

    Keys for Safari

     1 like

    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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  9. Vimac icon

    Vimac

     9 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. sVim icon

    sVim

     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
     
  12. kindaVim icon

    kindaVim

     Like

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. M

    Mouseless Browsing

     1 like

    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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  14. Neru icon

    Neru

     3 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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    Hints mode
     
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