nav

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

Changelog

• May 26, 2026
  description

  the better way to navigate the web
  
  🪝 nav - vim style keyboard navigation for the web
  
  NOTE: Google does not allow nav to run on the Chrome Web Store page or the Chrome New Tab page by design. Unfortunately, this restriction is enforced by Chrome and cannot be bypassed.
  
  NOTE: Chrome may display strong or alarming permission warnings when installing nav. These permissions are required so nav’s JavaScript can run on web pages and provide keyboard navigation features. nav does not collect, store, or transmit any of your data, and it does not communicate with external servers. Everything runs locally in your browser. If you're curious, the source code is fully open and available to review.
  
  Take full control of your browser with nav — a fast, fully configurable extension that transforms the way you move through the web.
  Stop reaching for your mouse. Scroll, switch tabs, open links, search pages, copy URLs, and navigate history — all from your keyboard. nav is built for speed, precision, and flow, giving you a smoother and more focused browsing experience.
  Designed to stay lightweight yet powerful, nav adapts to your workflow with customizable hotkeys, URL-based rules, and fully adjustable hint styling.
  
  Key Features:
  ⚡️ Fast & Lightweight
  ⌨️ Vim-Style Keyboard Navigation
  🔎 In-Page Find Mode
  🔗 Smart Link Hints
  🖼️ Image Hints & Yank Actions
  📋 Clipboard Actions (Links, Images, Tab URLs)
  🗂️ Tab & History Navigation
  🧩 URL-Based Site Rules
  🎨 Customizable Hint Styling
  🛠️ Fully Configurable Hotkeys
  
  Keyboard-First Browsing, Reimagined
  nav brings Vim-inspired navigation to your browser — without getting in your way. Every interaction is designed to be fast, predictable, and repeatable.
  You can repeat most actions by prepending a number before the command.
  5j scroll down 5 times
  3d scroll down half a page 3 times
  2J move left two tabs
  
  All bindings are fully configurable in the options page.
  Modifier keys are specified as `<c-x>`, `<m-x>`, and `<a-x>` for ctrl+x, meta+x, and alt+x respectively. For shift+x and ctrl-shift-x, just type `X` and `<c-X>`.
  
  Navigating the Current Page:
  h scroll left
  j scroll down
  k scroll up
  l scroll right
  gg scroll to top of page
  G scroll to bottom of page
  d scroll down half a page
  u scroll up half a page
  
  Using Hints:
  f open hinted target in current tab
  F open hinted target in new tab
  
  Tab Actions:
  t create new tab
  x close current tab
  r reload page
  R hard reload page
  J focus tab to the left
  K focus tab to the right
  yt duplicate current tab
  W move current tab to a new window
  
  Clipboard Actions:
  yl copy hinted link URL
  yi copy hinted image
  yI copy hinted image URL
  yy copy current tab URL
  
  History and Pagination:
  H go back in history
  L go forward in history
  [ follow previous page link
  ] follow next page link
  
  Find Mode:
  / enter find mode
  n next match
  N previous match
  
  Watch Mode:
  w enter watch mode
  f toggle fullscreen
  e toggle play/pause
  l toggle loop
  m toggle mute
  c toggle captions

  the better way to navigate the web
  
  🪝 nav - vim style keyboard navigation for the web
  
  NOTE: Google does not allow nav to run on the Chrome Web Store page or the Chrome New Tab page by design. Unfortunately, this restriction is enforced by Chrome and cannot be bypassed.
  
  NOTE: Chrome may display strong or alarming permission warnings when installing nav. These permissions are required so nav’s JavaScript can run on web pages and provide keyboard navigation features. nav does not collect, store, or transmit any of your data, and it does not communicate with external servers. Everything runs locally in your browser. If you're curious, the source code is fully open and available to review.
  
  Take full control of your browser with nav — a fast, fully configurable extension that transforms the way you move through the web.
  Stop reaching for your mouse. Scroll, switch tabs, open links, search pages, copy URLs, and navigate history — all from your keyboard. nav is built for speed, precision, and flow, giving you a smoother and more focused browsing experience.
  Designed to stay lightweight yet powerful, nav adapts to your workflow with customizable hotkeys, URL-based rules, and fully adjustable hint styling.
  
  Key Features:
  ⚡️ Fast & Lightweight
  ⌨️ Vim-Style Keyboard Navigation
  🔎 In-Page Find Mode
  🔗 Smart Link Hints
  🖼️ Image Hints & Yank Actions
  📋 Clipboard Actions (Links, Images, Tab URLs)
  🗂️ Tab & History Navigation
  🧩 URL-Based Site Rules
  🎨 Customizable Hint Styling
  🛠️ Fully Configurable Hotkeys
  
  Keyboard-First Browsing, Reimagined
  nav brings Vim-inspired navigation to your browser — without getting in your way. Every interaction is designed to be fast, predictable, and repeatable.
  You can repeat most actions by prepending a number before the command.
  5j scroll down 5 times
  3d scroll down half a page 3 times
  2J move left two tabs
  
  All bindings are fully configurable in the options page.
  Modifier keys are specified as `<c-x>`, `<m-x>`, and `<a-x>` for ctrl+x, meta+x, and alt+x respectively. For shift+x and ctrl-shift-x, just type `X` and `<c-X>`.
  
  Navigating the Current Page:
  h scroll left
  j scroll down
  k scroll up
  l scroll right
  gg scroll to top of page
  G scroll to bottom of page
  d scroll down half a page
  u scroll up half a page
  
  Using Hints:
  f open hinted target in current tab
  F open hinted target in new tab
  <a-f> right click hinted target
  
  Tab Actions:
  t create new tab
  x close current tab
  r reload page
  R hard reload page
  J focus previous tab
  K focus next tab
  g0 go to first tab
  g$ go to last tab
  << move current tab left
  >> move current tab right
  X restore closed tab
  ^ visit previous tab
  yt duplicate current tab
  yo duplicate current tab from origin
  W move current tab to a new window
  
  Unbound Tab Actions:
  close other tabs
  close tabs to the left
  close tabs to the right
  
  Clipboard Actions:
  yl copy hinted link URL
  yi copy hinted image
  yI copy hinted image URL
  yy copy current tab URL
  yc copy clean current tab URL
  
  History and Pagination:
  H go back in history
  L go forward in history
  [ follow previous page link
  ] follow next page link
  
  Address Bar:
  o open bar for current tab
  O open bar for new tab
  ge edit current tab URL in bar
  
  Find Mode:
  / enter find mode
  n next match
  N previous match
  
  Watch Mode:
  w enter watch mode
  f toggle fullscreen
  e toggle play/pause
  l toggle loop
  m toggle mute
  c toggle captions

• May 19, 2026
  permissions

  storage, tabs, sessions

  storage, tabs, sessions, history

• Apr 9, 2026
  permissions

  storage, tabs

  storage, tabs, sessions

Permissions & access

Permissions

storagetabssessionshistory

Host access

<all_urls>

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