Vimium

The Hacker's Browser. Vimium provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of Vim.

What is Vimium?

Vimium is a Chrome extension designed for power users and web developers. It imparts new dimensions to your browsing experience by offering Vim-style keyboard shortcuts, helping to accomplish various tasks without needing to use the mouse. With feature-rich commands for navigation, manipulating tabs, using 'find', and even navigating history, Vimium truly is 'The Hacker's Browser'. Another important aspect to note is that it respects user privacy, with its open-source code that never interacts with any servers or user data.

Download

Extension stats

By: Ilya Sukhar, Phil Crosby, Stephen Blott

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 500,000+

Rating: 4.82 (4,454) ▲ 3 new ratings

Version: 2.1.2 (Last updated: 2024-04-04)

Creation date: 2020-03-02

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
bookmarks
history
storage
sessions
notifications
scripting
favicon
webNavigation

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 278.53K

Email: vi*****@googlegroups.com

Ranking

# 773 ▼ 11

Other rankings

#1076 in Tools ▼ 8

#20 in commands keyword 20 ▼ 1

#33 in command keyword 20 ▲ 2

#45 in source code keyword 11 ▼ 2

#48 in insert keyword 6 ▲ 1

Upgrade to see more rankings

Other platforms

Vimium (v2.1.2)

4.81 (500) 38,290+

Vimium (v2.1.2)

5.00 (2) 7,098+

Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.

Extension summary

Analyze keywords

NOTE Google does not allow Vimium to run on this Chrome Web Store page and the Chrome New Tab page, by design. Sorry about that!

NOTE Chrome has some alarmist messaging around the permissions that Vimium needs to run. Really all it's asking for is that Vimium's javascript be loaded into every page. Don't be alarmed. Vimium never talks to any servers and does absolutely nothing with your data. Read the open source code if you're curious.

For more information about rebinding your keys and how to use many of Vimium's features, see here: https://github.com/philc/vimium/blob/master/README.md

Modifier keys are specified as <c-x>, <m-x>, <a-x> for ctrl+x, meta+x, and alt+x respectively.

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

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Significantly speeds up workflow and improves productivity.
Eliminates the need for a mouse on many tasks.
Responsive and functional keyboard shortcuts.
Useful features like tab switching and bookmark finding.
User-friendly for those familiar with Vim.

Cons

Some features do not work on certain pages.
New tabs cannot be modified.
Issues reported with functionality on specific OS (e.g., Chrome on Ubuntu).
Limited customization for focusing on input areas.

Most mentioned

Improves productivity.
Saves time by reducing mouse usage.
Responsive and effective keyboard shortcuts.
Desire for additional features like input unfocus command.
Interest in investing in user base expansions.

Recent reviews

Kamil Renczewski, 2024-09-06

Emre Soysüren, 2024-09-02

I love this program and its derivatives. The basic key-maps really speed up my workflow. The app is a little rough around the edges with new tabs tho. New tabs aren't able to be modified and I would love an extension that changes the new tab to a html page in order to fix this.

Bear, 2024-09-02

View all user reviews

Extension safety

Risk impact

Vimium is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Vimium if you trust the publisher.