Vimium

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

As of June 2026, Vimium has 500,000 users and a 4.82/5 rating from 4,566 reviews in the Productivity category.

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500,000
Ratingno change0%
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4.6K reviews
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4.6K
Version
2.4.2
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Permissions & access

Permissions
tabsbookmarkshistorystoragesessionsnotificationsscriptingfaviconwebNavigationsearch
Host access
<all_urls>

Screenshots

Vimium screenshot 1

About

*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
    gg      scroll to top of the page
    G       scroll to bottom of the page
    d       scroll down half a page
    u       scroll up half a page
    f       open a link in the current tab
    F       open a link in a new tab
    r       reload
    gs      view source
    i       enter insert mode -- all commands will be ignored until you hit esc to exit
    yy      copy the current url to the clipboard
    yf      copy a link url to the clipboard
    gf      cycle forward to the next frame

Navigating to new pages:

    o       Open URL, bookmark, or history entry
    O       Open URL, bookmark, history entry in a new tab
    b       Open bookmark
    B       Open bookmark in a new tab

Using find:

    /       enter find mode -- type your search query and hit enter to search or esc to cancel
    n       cycle forward to the next find match
    N       cycle backward to the previous find match

Navigating your history:

    H       go back in history
    L       go forward in history

Manipulating tabs:

    J, gT      go one tab left
    K, gt      go one tab right
    g0         go to the first tab
    g$         go to the last tab
    t          create tab
    x          close current tab
    X          restore closed tab (i.e. unwind the 'x' command)
    T          search through your open tabs

Additional advanced browsing commands:

    ]]      Follow the link labeled 'next' or '>'. Helpful for browsing paginated sites.
    [[      Follow the link labeled 'previous' or '<'. Helpful for browsing paginated sites.
    <a-f>   open multiple links in a new tab
    gi      focus the first (or n-th) text input box on the page
    gu      go up one level in the URL hierarchy

Vimium supports command repetition so, for example, hitting '5t' will open 5 tabs in rapid succession. ESC (or <c-[>) will clear any partial commands in the queue and will also exit insert and find modes.

Release notes, see:

- https://github.com/philc/vimium/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Technical

Version
2.4.2
Manifest
V3
Size
204KiB
Min Chrome
117.0
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb
Developer ID
u34a1666b1f24a0d12f9b9f83ea4977a7
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Dec 29, 2009
Last Updated (Store)
Mar 10, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 10, 2026
Website
Privacy Policy

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