Alternatives to Glide
A keyboard-focused, extensible web browser configured in TypeScript, currently in alpha. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Glide
A keyboard-focused, extensible web browser configured in TypeScript, currently in alpha.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Glide.
qutebrowser
A keyboard-driven browser with vim-style bindings and almost no interface to click on.
qutebrowser offers vim-style bindings and link hints with Python configuration and mature packaging on Debian, Fedora, Arch and Homebrew, but has no web extension support.
Vieb
A Vim-inspired Electron desktop browser built for keyboard navigation, with local ad blocking and strict permissions.
Vieb gives Vim-style keybindings, a built-in ad blocker and container tabs, configured through a viebrc file rather than TypeScript, and is built on Electron.
Nyxt
Keyboard-first browser configured and extended in Common Lisp.
Nyxt is keyboard-first with a fuzzy command prompt and live configuration in Common Lisp instead of TypeScript, but it has no Windows build.
Luakit
A keyboard-driven web browser built on WebKitGTK and GTK, configured and extended with Lua.
Luakit is a keyboard-driven WebKitGTK browser with link hints, Lua configuration and a built-in ad blocker, but it is Linux-only.
vimb
A lightweight, keyboard-driven web browser with Vim-style modes, built on WebKitGTK and GTK4.
vimb is a lightweight Vim-style browser on WebKitGTK and GTK4 with runtime settings, aimed at Linux-style desktops rather than Windows or macOS.
surf
A minimal WebKit2GTK web browser from the suckless project, without tabs and configured at compile time.
surf is a minimal WebKit2GTK browser from suckless with no built-in tabs, configured by editing and recompiling the source, and it targets Linux.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Min
Browse with a minimal interface and grouped tabs.
Browsh
Browse modern web pages through a terminal interface.
BadWolf
A minimalist, privacy-oriented web browser built on WebKitGTK with JavaScript off by default.
Zen Browser
A Firefox build with vertical tabs, workspaces and split view, aimed at people who found Arc appealing.
Floorp
A Firefox build from Japan with vertical tabs, workspaces, split view and web panels already wired in.
Firefox
The main browser not built on Chromium, with tracking protection turned on by default.
