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Vimium

500,000 users Rated 4.79 from 4,591 ratings Last updated 10 Mar 2026

By Phil Crosby, Ilya Sukhar Live in the Chrome Web Store dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb Search Google ↗ Last checked 12 Nov 2026, 02:18 UTC

The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check

The Hacker's Browser. Vimium provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of Vim.Summary from the listing
Developer
Phil Crosby, Ilya Sukhar
Enhanced Safe Browsing
Trusted. What this means →
Category
Productivity › Tools
First published
29 Dec 2009
Last updated
10 Mar 2026
Version
2.4.2
Size
204 KiB
Minimum Chrome
117
Languages
1 language

English

Support page
https://github.com/philc/vimium/issues
See Chrome Web Store page ↗ View its code or download CRX ↗
Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store
500K550K600KTracking began 26 Sep 202626 Sep3 Oct10 Oct17 Oct24 Oct31 Oct7 Nov2026-09-26: 500,000 users2026-10-02: 500,000 users2026-10-09: 500,000 users2026-10-15: 600,000 users2026-10-22: 600,000 users2026-10-29: 500,000 users2026-11-05: 500,000 users2026-11-12: 500,000 users500,000500K550K600KTracking began26 Sep17 Oct7 Nov2026-09-26: 500,000 users2026-10-02: 500,000 users2026-10-09: 500,000 users2026-10-15: 600,000 users2026-10-22: 600,000 users2026-10-29: 500,000 users2026-11-05: 500,000 users2026-11-12: 500,000 users500K
Average rating
4.804.9026 Sep10 Oct24 Oct7 Nov4.794.804.9026 Sep17 Oct7 Nov4.79
Number of ratings
4,5004,60026 Sep10 Oct24 Oct7 Nov4,5914,5004,60026 Sep17 Oct7 Nov4,591
New version One point per check. Source: the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing.
Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-11-12500,0004.794,591
2026-11-05500,0004.794,590
2026-10-29500,0004.794,589
2026-10-22600,0004.794,586
2026-10-15600,0004.794,587
2026-10-09500,0004.824,586
2026-10-02500,0004.824,586
2026-09-26500,0004.824,586
Users, 7 days
No change
since a week ago
Users, 30 days
No change
+0.0%
Rank
#448
by users, of 292,131 extensions
In its category
#78
of 115,641 in Tools

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

No changes found since tracking began on 26 Sep 2026.

Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 26 Sep 2026.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent account and contact changes →

What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language

Every websiteIt can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.
Sites
  • <all_urls>Every website
Sites where it runs scripts
  • <all_urls>Every website
  • file:///Files on your computer
  • file:///*/Files on your computer
Browser features
  • bookmarksRead and change your bookmarks
  • faviconRead the icons of sites you visit
  • historyRead and change your browsing history
  • notificationsShow notifications
  • scriptingRun scripts on sites it can reach
  • searchSearch with your default search engine
  • sessionsRead recently closed tabs, and tabs on your other devices
  • storageSave settings and data in your browser
  • tabsRead the addresses and titles of your tabs
  • webNavigationFollow your browsing, page by page

More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account

ExtensionUsersRatingRatingsCategory
Vimium New Tab Page– 4.004 Tools
All 2 extensions by Phil Crosby, Ilya Sukhar →

About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 12 Nov 2026, 02:18 UTC; next check around 18 Nov 2026.

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Citation
Extension Tracker. “Vimium” (dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb. Accessed 2026-11-13.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb,
  title   = {Vimium (dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}

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