pit-ray/win-vind

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

win-vind is a lightweight Windows application that lets you control the Windows GUI with Vim-style key bindings, providing a hybrid CUI/GUI interface. It is a small dependency-free single binary configurable via a .vimrc-style file, with built-in commands for mouse emulation, window switching, and app launching.

Use cases

• operate windows entirely from the keyboard like vim
• emulate mouse clicks and cursor movement with keybindings
• remap keys and define vim-style macros system-wide on windows
• switch and arrange windows using vim-like commands
• launch applications and urls with custom hotkeys
• run ui automation commands from the command line like win-vind -c

When to choose

• you are a vim user who wants vim-style control over the windows gui
• you want a portable single-binary keybinding tool with no dependencies
• you prefer .vimrc-style configuration over scripting in autohotkey
• you want to reduce mouse usage for accessibility or speed

When to avoid

• you are on linux or macos rather than windows
• you need complex scripting logic beyond combining built-in commands
• you want cross-platform keybinding behavior shared with other operating systems

Facets

application · maturity active

gui developer-tools cli developer-tools windows windows vim-keybindings keyboard-driven-ui hotkeys window-management mouse-emulation accessibility command-line

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