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## qutebrowser

[Qutebrowser](https://www.qutebrowser.org/) is a small, independent project that is not a fork of any major browser. It is notable in being designed for keyboard-only navigation, inspired by the Vimium extension, which is in turn inspired by the Vi text editor.

The keyboard navigation is a very useful feature for ergonomics. It helps with wrist pain if you have a good ergonomic keyboard. Since everything is done through key presses or the command console, its UI is much more minimal than Firefox, Chrome, etc. It is also more lightweight and responsive.

One issue is that not all keys are the same as in Vimium, there are quite a few changes. Probably, it can be argued that Qutebrowser's keymap is *better* than Vimium, except that you're probably already used to Vimium's keymap. On the flipside, Qutebrowser's link hinter deals with many sites (eg. frames causing the wrong part to scroll) better than Vimium.

There is little telemetry and the project generally serves the interests of its technically advanced users. On the flipside, there are currently not extensive privacy enhancing features, although these are planned for development. It does include a builtin ad blocker. The keyboard-based UX also makes it easy to deal with annoyances like popup dialogs (which can consistently be dismissed with N or Esc).

Being independent, it is not compatible with either Firefox or Chrome style extensions.

It is not possible to reach the same level of privacy and tracking countermeasures in Qutebrowser as in a well-configured Firefox, but it is already in a decent state by default, and its usability can be much better than Firefox with extensions if you like keyboard navigation.