alternatives.md

Alternatives

Status

• Active
  • ⚓ Link Hints (Chrome, Firefox)
  • ⚓ Vim Vixen (Firefox)
  • ⚓ Tridactyl (Firefox)
  • ⚓ Next (WebKit or Blink)
  • ⚓ Surfingkeys (Chrome, Firefox)
  • ⚓ Vimium C (Chrome, Firefox)
  • ⚓ qutebrowser (Blink or WebKit)
  • ⚓ Vimb (WebKit)
  • ⚓ Vimari (Safari)
  • ⚓ Luakit (WebKit)
  • ⚓ Vimium (Chrome, Firefox)
  • ⚓ surf (WebKit)
• Inactive
  • ⚓ Saka Key (Chrome, Firefox)
  • ⚓ cVim (Chrome)
  • ⚓ VimFx (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)
  • ⚓ dwb (WebKit)
  • ⚓ jumanji (WebKit)
  • ⚓ xombrero (WebKit)
  • ⚓ Uzbl (WebKit)
  • ⚓ gleeBox (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
  • ⚓ Vrome (Chrome)
  • ⚓ Cream-Browser (WebKit)
  • ⚓ Vimprobable (WebKit)
  • ⚓ Pentadactyl (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)
  • ⚓ Vimperator (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)
  • ⚓ Conkeror (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)

Type

• WebExtensions
  • ⚓ Link Hints (Active) (Chrome, Firefox)
  • ⚓ Vim Vixen (Active) (Firefox)
  • ⚓ Saka Key (Inactive) (Chrome, Firefox)
  • ⚓ Tridactyl (Active) (Firefox)
  • ⚓ Surfingkeys (Active) (Chrome, Firefox)
  • ⚓ Vimium C (Active) (Chrome, Firefox)
  • ⚓ cVim (Inactive) (Chrome)
  • ⚓ gleeBox (Inactive) (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
  • ⚓ Vrome (Inactive) (Chrome)
  • ⚓ Vimium (Active) (Chrome, Firefox)
• Safari App Extensions
  • ⚓ Vimari (Active) (Safari)
• Browser
  • ⚓ Next (Active) (WebKit or Blink)
  • ⚓ qutebrowser (Active) (Blink or WebKit)
  • ⚓ Vimb (Active) (WebKit)
  • ⚓ dwb (Inactive) (WebKit)
  • ⚓ jumanji (Inactive) (WebKit)
  • ⚓ Luakit (Active) (WebKit)
  • ⚓ xombrero (Inactive) (WebKit)
  • ⚓ Uzbl (Inactive) (WebKit)
  • ⚓ Cream-Browser (Inactive) (WebKit)
  • ⚓ surf (Active) (WebKit)
  • ⚓ Vimprobable (Inactive) (WebKit)
• XUL
  • ⚓ VimFx (Inactive) (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)
  • ⚓ Pentadactyl (Inactive) (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)
  • ⚓ Vimperator (Inactive) (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)
• XULRunner
  • ⚓ Conkeror (Inactive) (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)

History

• 2018
  • May
    • ⚓ Link Hints (Active) (Chrome, Firefox)
• 2017
  • August
    • ⚓ Vim Vixen (Active) (Firefox)
  • February
    • ⚓ Saka Key (Inactive) (Chrome, Firefox)
    • ⚓ Tridactyl (Active) (Firefox)
  • January
    • ⚓ Next (Active) (WebKit or Blink)
• 2015
  • September
    • ⚓ Surfingkeys (Active) (Chrome, Firefox)
• 2014
  • May
    • ⚓ Vimium C (Active) (Chrome, Firefox)
  • March
    • ⚓ cVim (Inactive) (Chrome)
• 2013
  • December
    • ⚓ qutebrowser (Active) (Blink or WebKit)
• 2012
  • September
    • ⚓ Vimb (Active) (WebKit)
  • July
    • ⚓ VimFx (Inactive) (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)
• 2010
  • November
    • ⚓ Vimari (Active) (Safari)
  • July
    • ⚓ dwb (Inactive) (WebKit)
  • June
    • ⚓ jumanji (Inactive) (WebKit)
  • April
    • ⚓ Luakit (Active) (WebKit)
  • February
    • ⚓ xombrero (Inactive) (WebKit)
• 2009
  • December
    • ⚓ Uzbl (Inactive) (WebKit)
  • November
    • ⚓ gleeBox (Inactive) (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
  • September
    • ⚓ Vrome (Inactive) (Chrome)
    • ⚓ Vimium (Active) (Chrome, Firefox)
  • July
    • ⚓ Cream-Browser (Inactive) (WebKit)
  • June
    • ⚓ surf (Active) (WebKit)
  • April
    • ⚓ Vimprobable (Inactive) (WebKit)
• 2007
  • April
    • ⚓ Pentadactyl (Inactive) (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)
    • ⚓ Vimperator (Inactive) (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)
• 2004
  • October
    • ⚓ Conkeror (Inactive) (Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk)

Link Hints

• Description: A browser extension that lets you click with your keyboard.
• Aired: 2018-05-10 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: WebExtensions
• Browsers: Chrome, Firefox
• Languages: JavaScript
• License: MIT
• Website: https://lydell.github.io/LinkHints/
• Repository: https://github.com/lydell/LinkHints

Vim Vixen

• Description: Vim-like Firefox extension.
• Aired: 2017-08-11 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: WebExtensions
• Browsers: Firefox
• Languages: TypeScript
• License: MIT
• Website: https://ueokande.github.io/vim-vixen/
• Repository: https://github.com/ueokande/vim-vixen

Saka Key

• Description: A keyboard interface to the web.
• Aired: 2017-02-18 → 2019-09-30
• Status: Inactive
• Type: WebExtensions
• Browsers: Chrome, Firefox
• Languages: JavaScript
• Libraries: Preact
• License: MIT
• Website: https://key.saka.io
• Repository: https://github.com/lusakasa/saka-key
• Notes:
  • Good docs.
  • Clean code.
  • Nice GUI.
  • Saka integration for tab search.

Tridactyl

• Description: Firefox extension, inspired by Vimperator and Pentadactyl.
• Aired: 2017-02-09 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: WebExtensions
• Browsers: Firefox
• Languages: TypeScript, Python (for the application (native messaging) part)
• License: Apache-2.0
• Website: https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl
• Repository: https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl

Next

• Description: Emacs-like browser, extensible with Common Lisp.
• Aired: 2017-01-14 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: Browser
• Engine: WebKit or Blink
• Languages: Common Lisp, Parenscript
• License: BSD-3-Clause
• Website: https://next.atlas.engineer
• Repository: https://github.com/atlas-engineer/next
• Notes:
  • Emacs and vi key-bindings.

Surfingkeys

• Description: Vim-like browser extension.
• Aired: 2015-09-04 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: WebExtensions
• Browsers: Chrome, Firefox
• Languages: JavaScript
• License: MIT
• Website: https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys
• Repository: https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys
• Notes:
  • 100% JavaScript.
  • Has unique features, such as copying table columns.
  • Is not just a navigation tool (editor integration, emoji completion).

Vimium C

• Description: Chrome extension with Chinese support, forked from Vimium.
• Aired: 2014-05-14 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: WebExtensions
• Browsers: Chrome, Firefox
• Languages: TypeScript
• License: MIT
• Website: https://github.com/gdh1995/vimium-c
• Repository: https://github.com/gdh1995/vimium-c
• Notes:
  • Formerly known as Vimium++ (2018-08-21).
  • Has been ported to Firefox.

cVim

• Description: Vim-like Chrome extension.
• Aired: 2014-03-12 → 2019-01-29
• Status: Inactive
• Type: WebExtensions
• Browsers: Chrome
• Languages: JavaScript
• License: MIT
• Website: https://github.com/1995eaton/chromium-vim
• Repository: https://github.com/1995eaton/chromium-vim

qutebrowser

• Description: Web browser, inspired by dwb.
• Aired: 2013-12-14 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: Browser
• Engine: Blink or WebKit
• Languages: Python
• License: GPL-3.0
• Website: https://qutebrowser.org
• Repository: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser

Vimb

• Description: Web browser, inspired by Pentadactyl.
• Aired: 2012-09-19 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: Browser
• Engine: WebKit
• Languages: C
• License: GPL-3.0
• Website: https://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/
• Repository: https://github.com/fanglingsu/vimb

VimFx

• Description: Firefox extension, inspired by Vimium.
• Aired: 2012-07-04 → 2019-12-05
• Status: Inactive
• Type: XUL
• Browsers: Firefox (Originally), Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk
• Languages: CoffeeScript
• License: MIT
• Website: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
• Repository: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
• Notes:
  • When VimFx has been declared dead, a relicense occurred (from GPL-3.0 to MIT) to facilitate the reuse of its source code (#860).

Vimari

• Description: Safari port of Vimium.
• Aired: 2010-11-13 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: Safari App Extensions
• Browsers: Safari
• Languages: JavaScript, Swift
• License: MIT
• Website: https://televator.net/vimari/
• Repository: https://github.com/televator-apps/vimari

dwb

• Description: Vim-like browser.
• Aired: 2010-07-12 → 2016-12-13
• Status: Inactive
• Type: Browser
• Engine: WebKit
• Languages: C, JavaScript, sh
• License: GPL-3.0
• Website: https://portix.bitbucket.org/dwb/
• Repository: https://bitbucket.org/portix/dwb
• Notes:
  • Had a nice API, allowing to execute external commands from JavaScript.
  • Communication done with environment variables and FIFOs.

jumanji

• Description: Web browser, inspired by Vimperator.
• Aired: 2010-06-23 → 2016-02-04
• Status: Inactive
• Type: Browser
• Engine: WebKit
• Languages: C
• License: zlib
• Website: https://pwmt.org/projects/jumanji/
• Repository: https://git.pwmt.org/pwmt/jumanji

Luakit

• Description: A browser framework extensible with Lua.
• Aired: 2010-04-30 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: Browser
• Engine: WebKit
• Languages: C, Lua
• License: GPL-3.0
• Website: https://luakit.github.io
• Repository: https://github.com/luakit/luakit

xombrero

• Description: Vim-like browser.
• Aired: 2010-02-10 → 2016-05-06
• Status: Inactive
• Type: Browser
• Engine: WebKit
• Languages: C
• License: ISC
• Website: https://github.com/conformal/xombrero
• Repository: https://github.com/conformal/xombrero
• Notes:
  • Formerly known as xxxterm.

Uzbl

• Description: Web interface tools which adhere to the Unix philosophy.
• Aired: 2009-12-15 → 2018-12-28
• Status: Inactive
• Type: Browser
• Engine: WebKit
• Languages: C, Python, sh
• License: GPL-3.0
• Website: https://uzbl.org
• Repository: https://github.com/uzbl/uzbl
• Notes:
  • Communication done with environment variables, FIFOs and sockets.

gleeBox

• Description: A keyboard-centric approach to navigating the web.
• Aired: 2009-11-26 → 2017-02-07
• Status: Inactive
• Type: WebExtensions
• Browsers: Chrome, Firefox (Outdated), Safari (Deprecated)
• Languages: JavaScript
• Libraries: jQuery
• License: GPL-3.0
• Website: https://glee.github.io
• Repository: https://github.com/glee/glee
• Notes:
  • The extension is dead and jQuery, but it is worth to mention for its approach to navigating the web in another form than the Vi(m) way.
  • The extension still works.

Vrome

• Description: Vim-like Chrome extension.
• Aired: 2009-09-29 → 2016-10-24
• Status: Inactive
• Type: WebExtensions
• Browsers: Chrome
• Languages: CoffeeScript
• License: GPL-3.0
• Website: https://github.com/jinzhu/vrome
• Repository: https://github.com/jinzhu/vrome

Vimium

• Description: Vim-like Chrome extension.
• Aired: 2009-09-20 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: WebExtensions
• Browsers: Chrome, Firefox
• Languages: CoffeeScript
• License: MIT
• Website: https://github.com/philc/vimium
• Repository: https://github.com/philc/vimium
• Notes:
  • Polished UI.
  • Vimium has been ported to Firefox and Safari.

Cream-Browser

• Description: Web browser, inspired by Vimperator.
• Aired: 2009-07-13 → 2012-02-07
• Status: Inactive
• Type: Browser
• Engine: WebKit
• Languages: C
• License: MIT
• Website: https://cream-browser.net
• Repository: https://github.com/linkdd/cream-browser
• Notes:
  • Cannot find the initial commit, because the initial commit is an import from SourceForge.

surf

• Description: A simple web browser that is able to display websites and follow links.
• Aired: 2009-06-05 → Present
• Status: Active
• Type: Browser
• Engine: WebKit
• Languages: C
• License: MIT
• Website: https://surf.suckless.org
• Repository: https://git.suckless.org/surf/
• Notes:
  • Configuration at compile-time.

Vimprobable

• Description: Web browser, inspired by Vimperator.
• Aired: 2009-04-26 → 2015-11-22
• Status: Inactive
• Type: Browser
• Engine: WebKit
• Languages: C
• License: MIT
• Website: https://vimprobable.org
• Repository: https://sourceforge.net/p/vimprobable/code/

Pentadactyl

• Description: Firefox extension, forked from Vimperator.
• Aired: 2007-04-10 → 2017-03-08
• Status: Inactive
• Type: XUL
• Browsers: Firefox (Originally), Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk
• Languages: JavaScript
• License: MIT
• Website: https://5digits.org/pentadactyl/
• Repository: https://github.com/5digits/dactyl

Vimperator

• Description: Vim-like Firefox extension.
• Aired: 2007-04-10 → 2017-11-21
• Status: Inactive
• Type: XUL
• Browsers: Firefox (Originally), Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk
• Languages: JavaScript
• License: MIT
• Website: https://vimperator.org
• Repository: https://github.com/vimperator/vimperator-labs

Conkeror

• Description: Emacs-like Mozilla-based browser.
• Aired: 2004-10-21 → 2019-03-02
• Status: Inactive
• Type: XULRunner
• Browsers: Mozilla (Originally), Waterfox, Pale Moon, Basilisk
• Languages: JavaScript
• License: MPL-1.1, GPL-2.0, LGPL-2.1
• Website: https://conkeror.org
• Repository: https://repo.or.cz/w/conkeror.git

Resources

• Big Pile of Vim-like