# Vimium

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

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/vimium-ff](https://chrome-stats.com/d/vimium-ff)

## Overview

- **ID:** `vimium-ff`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Phil Crosby
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 41,398
- **Weekly downloads:** 1,676
- **Rating:** 4.82 / 5 (592 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.4.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-25
- **First published:** 2017-04-22
- **Size:** 196 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/philc/vimium/issues](https://github.com/philc/vimium/issues)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #353 — Overall
- #34 — Search Tools
- #60 — navigation
- #61 — provide
- #91 — commands
- #116 — command

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `bookmarks`
- `history`
- `storage`
- `sessions`
- `notifications`
- `scripting`
- `webNavigation`
- `search`
- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`
- ``

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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 has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

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)

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