Vimium

Name: Vimium
Rating: 4.8245 (587 reviews)
Author: Phil Crosby

By: Phil Crosby

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

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Features & Capabilities

Vimium is a powerful Chrome extension designed for users who love Vim-like keyboard shortcuts for seamless browser navigation and control. Its extensive set of customizable bindings allows for scrolling, tab manipulation, searching, and quick URL access, all without using a mouse. Users can open, close, and switch between tabs, jump to specific page locations, and utilize find mode for rapid searching within pages.

The extension supports advanced commands like setting marks, editing URLs directly, and opening multiple links in new tabs. Vimium also includes modes such as insert and visual mode, enhancing flexibility. Perfect for hackers and keyboard enthusiasts, Vimium dramatically increases browsing efficiency by minimizing reliance on graphical controls.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

2.4.2 Last updated: 2026-03-25

Version code:

6173320

Creation date:

2017-04-22

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

195.66KB

Email:

vi*****@googlegroups.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-14

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 345 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#33 in Search Tools

#61 in navigation keyword 13 ▲ 1

#61 in provide keyword 50 ▼ 1

#84 in commands keyword 13 ▲ 1

#101 in command keyword 5 ▲ 1

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Other platforms

Vimium (v2.4.2)

500,000 4.82

(4,567)

Vimium (v2.4.0)

16,781 5.00

(11)

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Developed by:

Phil Crosby

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/

Email:

vi*****@googlegroups.com

Website:

https://github.com/philc/vimium/issues

Permission Change History

2025-03-31: Version 2.1.2 → 2.2.1

Add Permissions: search

2023-10-26: Version 1.67.7 → 2.0.4

Add Host permissions: <all_urls>

Add Permissions: scripting

Remove Permissions: <all_urls>

2023-01-05: Version 1.67.4 → 1.67.6

Add Permissions: clipboardRead clipboardWrite

2022-12-01: Version 1.67.3 → 1.67.4

Remove Permissions: clipboardRead clipboardWrite

User Reviews

Users consistently call Vimium a must-have for Vim enthusiasts, praising its Vim-style keyboard navigation, productivity gains, and overall reliability. Multiple reviews rave about how it changes browsing. The main repeated downside is that some features/commands can be buggy or fail on certain pages (e.g., find or selecting specific elements).

Pros

Provides Vim-style keyboard navigation (appeals to Vim users)
Widely praised as essential/must-have by users
Greatly increases productivity and changes browsing workflow
Generally works well and is considered reliable by multiple reviewers

Cons

Some features or commands are broken or incompatible on certain sites (examples cited: performFind; trouble selecting some elements/spoilers)

Recent reviews

by Ni*****, 2026-06-07

by Fi*****, 2026-05-24

Made an account just to share how much I love this add on. The only thing I'd ask for is maybe a way to click stuff that is not a link for these (tbf rare) occasions where you need the mouse to click on something.

by ff*****, 2026-05-18

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Is Vimium Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Vimium requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Vimium is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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