# fanglingsu/vimb

Vimb - the vim like browser is a webkit based web browser that behaves like the vimperator plugin for the firefox and usage paradigms from the great editor vim. The goal of vimb is to build a completely keyboard-driven, efficient and pleasurable browsing-experience.

Repository: https://github.com/fanglingsu/vimb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vimb
Homepage: https://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: browser, vim, webkit2gtk, webkit2
Last push: 2026-08-12T13:42:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 73, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5044, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": 23, "gap_med": 172, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1472, forks 101 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.434589+00:00)

## What it is
Vimb is a lightweight, modal web browser built on WebKitGTK that behaves like the Vimperator plugin for Firefox, offering Vim-style keybindings and keyboard-driven browsing. It is written in C, uses GTK4, and is designed for efficient, low-resource browsing familiar to Vim users.

## Use cases
- browse the web entirely with the keyboard using vim keybindings
- use a vim-like browser on linux similar to vimperator or pentadactyl
- run a lightweight low-memory web browser based on webkit
- navigate tabs and links with modal vim commands like gt and hinting
- configure browser settings at runtime with vim-style set syntax
- use a minimal browser with url shortcuts and a read-it-later queue

## When to choose
- you are a vim user who wants fully keyboard-driven, modal browsing
- you want a fast, lightweight browser with low memory and CPU usage
- you liked vimperator or pentadactyl and want a standalone equivalent
- you prefer runtime-configurable browsers with vim-like ex commands and completions

## When to avoid
- you need full extension/add-on ecosystem support like Firefox or Chrome
- you rely on mouse-driven browsing or a rich graphical UI
- you need features like built-in sync, devtools parity, or DRM-heavy streaming
- you are not on Linux or a platform with GTK4 and WebKitGTK 6.0 available

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: browser-extension, developer-tools, cli
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cpp
- tags: vim-like-browser, webkitgtk, keyboard-driven, modal-browsing, gtk4, minimal-browser, vim-keybindings, hinting, command-line, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- fanglingsu/vimb (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.434589+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 2026-08-30T04:34:40.954255+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fanglingsu/vimb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.434589+00:00, sha b59f67f7dd61)
  - homepage: https://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:42:18.981591+00:00, sha 333b85b0b1ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.