# crittermike/shortkeys

A browser extension for custom keyboard shortcuts

Repository: https://github.com/crittermike/shortkeys
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shortkeys
Homepage: https://www.shortkeys.app/
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: chrome, javascript, webextension
Last push: 2026-08-22T01:26:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5243, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 170, "gap_med": 11.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1240, forks 178 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.228451+00:00)

## What it is
Shortkeys is a cross-browser extension (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera) for creating custom keyboard shortcuts with 125+ built-in actions like tab management, scrolling, and running custom JavaScript. It supports multi-key sequences, macro chaining, site filtering, shortcut packs, cloud sync, and a command palette.

## Use cases
- create custom keyboard shortcuts in chrome
- run javascript on a page with a hotkey
- vim keybindings for the browser
- control youtube playback with keyboard shortcuts
- chain multiple browser actions into one shortcut
- disable shortcuts on specific websites
- sync browser shortcuts across devices

## When to choose
- you want keyboard-driven browser navigation without leaving the browser
- you need per-site shortcut allowlists or blocklists
- you want to run custom JS or userscripts from a keypress
- you use multiple Chromium/Firefox browsers and want synced shortcuts

## When to avoid
- you need OS-wide shortcuts outside the browser
- you need deep automation like full browser automation frameworks (Playwright/Puppeteer)
- you only need the few shortcuts your browser already supports natively

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: browser-extension, developer-tools, workflow-automation
- domain: browser-extensions, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: browser-extension, browser, cross-platform
- tags: keyboard-shortcuts, chrome-extension, firefox-extension, userscripts, vim-keybindings, macro-chaining, command-palette, automation

## Member repositories
- crittermike/shortkeys (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.228451+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 2026-08-30T05:09:51.975908+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/crittermike/shortkeys (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.228451+00:00, sha 661c3a86ac20)
  - homepage: https://www.shortkeys.app/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:31.770052+00:00, sha 5867b6ac1aa6)
  - site_page: https://www.shortkeys.app/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:31.779228+00:00, sha 946ff3437618)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.