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Surfingkeys

FeaturedEstablished publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Rich shortcuts to click links/switch tabs/scroll, capture pages, use your browser like vim for productivity.

Users
30K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.4 / 5
−0.28 in 30 days
Ratings
291
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#4,429
#3,825 among extensions
Version
1.19.2
updated 19 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
3,00016K30KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 30,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
80186291Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 291 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Surfingkeys

A Chrome extension for Vim users, but EMACS users would also love it, as it is much extendable with javascript. # to click links f Open a link, press SHIFT to flip hints if they are overlapped. C Open a link in non-active new tab cf Open multiple links in a new tab gf Open a link in non-active new tab af Open a link in new tab # to switch tabs E Go one tab left R Go one tab right x Close current tab X Restore closed tab W New window with current tab J Move current tab to left K Move current tab to right yt Duplicate current tab << Move current tab to left >> Move current tab to right g0 Go to the first tab g$ Go to the last tab gx0 Close all tabs on left gxt Close tab on left gxT Close tab on right gx$ Close all tabs on right # to scroll pages / DIVs 0 Scroll all the way to the left e Scroll a page up d Scroll a page down gg Scroll to the top of the page G Scroll to the bottom of the page j Scroll down k Scroll up h Scroll left l Scroll right $ Scroll all the way to the right % Scroll to percentage of current page cS Reset scroll target cs Change scroll target # to capture full pages / DIV yG Capture current full page yS Capture scrolling element # to search seleted with kinds of search engines sg Search selected with google sw Search selected with bing sy Search selected with youtube sb Search selected with baidu # to edit input with vim editor Ctrl-i Go to edit box with vim editor # to edit URL with vim editor su Edit current URL with vim editor

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0−0.28
30 days0+0.0%0−0.28
6 months0+0.0%0−0.28
1 year+10K+50.0%+7−0.28

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Surfingkeys appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
target#52+4

Version history

37 versions recorded
1.19.219 Sep 2026
1.19.111 Sep 2026
1.19.09 Sep 2026
1.18.03 Mar 2026
1.17.1118 Aug 2025
1.17.94 Jun 2025
1.17.87 May 2025
1.17.728 Feb 2025

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
2 Jun 2020
Size
2.5 MB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
brookhong.github.io
Support
github.com
Extension ID
gfbliohnnapiefjpjlpjnehglfpaknnc

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 4, likelihood 1
Permissions
nativeMessagingtabshistorybookmarksscriptingstoragesessionsdownloadstopSitesclipboardReadclipboardWriteproxyttsdownloads.shelffaviconuserScriptstabGroups
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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