Vimium
The Hacker's Browser. Vimium provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of Vim.
Vimium: The Hacker's Browser Firefox Add-on
"Vimium" is a Firefox add-on designed for those who favor keyboard shortcuts over mouse clicks. It borrows its inspiration from the Vim text editor, thus offering a slew of command prompts that let you navigate and control your browser with ease. Popular commands include scrolling, reloading, opening links, and manipulating tabs. Further refined search, history traversal, and tab management is also possible. It even supports command repetition and has a 'help' feature for beginners.
Add-on stats
Weekly download count: 1,561
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very high risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- tabs
- bookmarks
- history
- storage
- sessions
- notifications
- scripting
- webNavigation
- clipboardRead
- clipboardWrite
Host permissions:
- <all_urls>
Size: 281.58K
Email: vi*****@googlegroups.com
URLs: Website
Ranking
# 350 ▲ 3
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Add-on summary
Keyboard Bindings
Modifier keys are specified as <c-x>, <m-x>, and <a-x> for ctrl+x, meta+x, and alt+x respectively. See the next section for how to customize these bindings.
Once you have Vimium installed, you can see this list of key bindings at any time by typing ?.
Navigating the current page:
? show the help dialog for a list of all available keys h scroll left j scroll down k scroll up l scroll right gg scroll to top of the page G scroll to bottom of the page
See moreUser reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Highly customizable with options for personalization
- Great for Vim users and those who prefer keyboard navigation
- Increases productivity and efficiency in browsing
- Includes useful features like regex search and tab/bookmark navigation
- Works well with muscle memory from command line tools
Cons
- Occasionally does not work well with modern web designs
- Some keybindings may interfere with certain websites
- Initial learning curve for new users not familiar with Vim
Most mentioned
- Customizability and personalization options
- Integration with Vim-style navigation
- Issues with modern web compatibility and fake buttons
- Significant boost to productivity
- Default key mappings and usability
User reviews
by Firefox user 18780718, 2025-01-18
I don't know how people live without this. I have been using this for quite a while, and I continue to discover new things. I spent about an hour looking for a decent extension that adds regex search to firefox, only to discover that the Vimium search has the option to use regex. And I discovered the tab (T) and bookmark (B) searches. Incredible. Absolutely love this thing.
by voskresenie, 2025-01-16
by Aliaksandr, 2025-01-11
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Vimium requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Vimium has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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