# nchudleigh/homerow

Keyboard navigation for all of macOS. Click, scroll, and perform tasks with your keyboard.

Repository: https://github.com/nchudleigh/homerow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/homerow
Homepage: https://homerow.app
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-06-11T19:48:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1443, "days_push": 813, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1038, forks 17 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.380930+00:00)

## What it is
Homerow is a macOS application that provides keyboard navigation for the entire operating system, letting users click buttons, links, and UI elements and scroll using keyboard shortcuts instead of a mouse. It overlays searchable labels on UI elements via the macOS accessibility API, inspired by Vimium and Vimperator.

## Use cases
- click buttons on macos without a mouse
- keyboard navigation for mac apps
- vimium-style hints for the whole desktop
- scroll web pages with hjkl keys
- avoid using trackpad for clicking
- keyboard-only workflow on mac

## When to choose
- you want mouse-free clicking and scrolling across all macOS apps
- you are a Vimium/Vimperator fan wanting system-wide keyboard hints
- you prefer keyboard-centric interaction and accessibility tooling

## When to avoid
- you are not on macOS 12.3 or later
- you need an open-source tool (the app is a paid closed-source product despite the public repo)
- you mainly need browser-only keyboard hints (a browser extension like Vimium suffices)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, accessibility, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, accessibility
- platform: -
- tags: keyboard-navigation, mouse-free, vimium-inspired, accessibility-api, closed-source-app, macos

## Member repositories
- nchudleigh/homerow (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.380930+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:04:17.842489+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nchudleigh/homerow (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.380930+00:00, sha 728599a60c64)
  - homepage: https://homerow.app (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:23.999655+00:00, sha 4c25d35ffa50)
  - site_page: https://homerow.app/user-guide (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:24.003148+00:00, sha 6482a7c9f5ea)
  - site_page: https://homerow.app/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:24.005067+00:00, sha 8f3e92953976)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.