# Keyboard Navigator

> Vim-style modal navigation for the browser with directional spatial search and animated focus indicators

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/keyboard-navigator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/keyboard-navigator)

## Overview

- **ID:** `keyboard-navigator`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Adam Yung
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,appearance
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 3.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-04
- **First published:** 2026-06-15
- **Size:** 4.86 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/keyboard-navigator/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Adam-Yung/Navigator.git](https://github.com/Adam-Yung/Navigator.git)

## Description

Vim-style keyboard navigation for any webpage 🌍

Navigator lets you browse the web without ever touching a mouse 🤮 Hold Alt to reveal interactive elements on any page. Pick one with a two-key label, search for it by text, or drop a cursor to read and copy — all without leaving the keyboard.

A glowing aura ✨ tracks where you land. Zone-based picker with spotlight 🔦, inline text search 🔍, vim-like caret mode for reading/selecting ✂, momentum scrolling, quick actions palette, tab switching, page marks — everything lives behind Alt.

Modeless Alt-layer architecture, fully configurable, ~14 KB, zero dependencies. Your mouse can finally rest.

Guarantees: ✅ you won't reach for your mouse anymore 🐁 ✅ no bloat or AI "integration" 😂 ✅ open-source, check the source code anytime 😉

## Rankings

- #42,167 — Overall
- #64 — keyboard
- #83 — navigation
- #168 — momentum

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/keyboard-navigator)