VimDF

Navigate PDFs with Vim keybindings

As of June 2026, VimDF has 19 users and a 4.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Productivity category.

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19
Ratingno change0%
4.00
1 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
1
Version
0.4.3
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 2 version updates, changed permissions.

History

8 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 21, 2026.

20.211.52.8000000000000007Apr 21, 2026Jun 8, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 21, 20260.2.0
Apr 26, 20260.2.0
May 9, 202640.2.0
May 14, 202674.0010.2.0
May 20, 2026114.0010.2.0
May 26, 2026144.0010.2.0
Jun 2, 2026154.0010.4.2
Jun 8, 2026194.0010.4.2
Now194.0010.4.3

Changelog

  • May 26, 2026
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Permissions & access

Permissions
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Host access
<all_urls>

Screenshots

VimDF screenshot 1

About

VimDF replaces Chrome's built-in PDF viewer with a modal, keyboard-driven one. Read papers, specs, and books without ever
touching the mouse.                                                                                                           
 
— FEATURES —                                                                                                                  
                                                       
• Vim-style navigation — j/k/h/l, gg/G/{n}G, Ctrl-d/Ctrl-u/Ctrl-f/Ctrl-b                                                      
• Search — / to query, n/N to cycle matches; Ctrl-F for native find
• Marks — m{a-z} to set, '{a-z} to jump back                                                                                  
• Link hints — f to show yellow hint labels on every link, F to open in new tab                                               
• Jump list — Ctrl-O / Ctrl-I / Tab to traverse your navigation history                                                       
• Outline sidebar — o toggles the table of contents, auto-focuses the section you're currently in; j/k to move, Enter to jump 
• Caret mode — i enters a Vim-modal caret over the text:                                                                      
  · h/l/w/b/e for char/word motion                                                                                            
  · j/k column-aware line motion                                                                                              
  · v / V / Ctrl-V for char / line / block VISUAL selection                                                                   
  · y to yank to clipboard, H to save a persistent highlight                                                                  
• Remembers last page per document                                                                                            
• Auto / Dark / Light themes; customizable hint and status-bar colors                                                         
• Custom keymap aliases for page-scroll commands                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
Press ? inside the viewer for the full keybinding reference.                                                                  
                                                                                                                              
Works on any .pdf URL — http(s), extension pages, and local file:// PDFs (requires enabling "Allow access to file URLs" in    
chrome://extensions).                                  
                                                                                                                              
Open-source (MIT). Built on Mozilla's PDF.js.

Technical

Version
0.4.3
Manifest
V3
Size
1.63MiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u79301c6c0067524f119ccd58d203e363
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Apr 20, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
Jun 5, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 8, 2026
Website
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 8, 2026.