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Vimium

by Phil Crosby, Ilya Sukhar · Tools
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

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

Users
600K
+100K in 30 days
Rating
4.8 / 5
−0.03 in 30 days
Ratings
4,586
+2 in 30 days
Store rank
#579
#537 among extensions
Version
2.4.2
updated 10 Mar 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
100K350K600KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 600,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
1,0002,7934,586Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 4,586 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 Vimium

*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

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+100K+20.0%0−0.03
30 days+100K+20.0%+2−0.03
6 months+100K+20.0%+21−0.03
1 year+100K+20.0%+52−0.03

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Vimium appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
commands#16+5
command#33+15
source code#56new
browsing#85new
insert#91+8
will#98new
browser#98new
chrome extension#98new
google search#100new

Version history

20 versions recorded
2.4.210 Mar 2026
2.4.030 Jan 2026
2.3.114 Nov 2025
2.31 Jul 2025
2.2.121 Mar 2025
2.2.012 Mar 2025
2.1.24 Apr 2024
2.1.130 Mar 2024

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
2 Mar 2020
Size
204 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 3, likelihood 0
Permissions
tabsbookmarkshistorystoragesessionsnotificationsscriptingfaviconwebNavigationsearch
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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