Why developers like Vieb

What is Vieb?

It is an Electron-based web browser inspired by Vim. You operate the Vieb browser in the same way you use Vim. It is minimalistic, lightweight, and easy to use.

Vieb is a tool in the Web Browser category of a tech stack.

Vieb is an open source tool with 1.3K GitHub stars and 60 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Vieb's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Vieb?

Developers

My Stack

Vieb Integrations

Vim

Electron

Vieb's Features

Free, open source, fast and secure
Local first adblocking, auto-complete, AMP protection, custom redirects and more, all without web requests
Privacy with strict permission system, navigator overrides, firefox mode, custom WebRTC policy and more
Accessible with custom themes, full interface & fontsize scaling, page zooming, spellcheck and mouse support
Security settings with permissions, cache usage, cookie management, (auto-)download settings and more
Window splitting with buffer, split, Vexplore and Ctrl-w bindings, for multi-window browsing
Map commands for completely custom keyboard sequences, keystrokes, commands and actions
Viebrc config file for all custom/Vim/Vieb commands to configure settings permanently
Set command for runtime setting configuration exactly like Vim
Vim-compatible options: showcmd, timeout, colorscheme, maxmapdepth, spelllang, splitright, smartcase etc
Container tabs with colored grouping, auto-clearing, individual cookies and tab restore from containers
Ad-blocker with optional updater and custom list support, default to: easylist and easyprivacy
Tabs including audio indicator, a toggle for multi-line tabs, pinned tabs, muted tabs and suspended tabs
Offline help documentation always available upon pressing F1

Vieb Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Vieb?

JavaScript

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Git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

GitHub

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Python

Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.

jQuery

jQuery is a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML.

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