Browse at the speed of Vim.
Kit is a browser built around Vim keys. Scroll with j and k, follow any link with f and find anything with o. And it follows you to every computer, readable only by you.
Free and open source. Sync with a NeoWorks account.
Your browser, on every computer.
Sign in with your NeoWorks account and your tabs, workspaces, bookmarks, history and passwords follow you, like Chrome does with Google. Except Kit locks everything before it leaves your computer, so only you can read it.
At home
- Tabs and workspaces
- Bookmarks
- History
- Passwords
- Settings
On the go
- Tabs and workspaces
- Bookmarks
- History
- Passwords
- Settings
Every key does something.
Kit’s keys work on every page, and when a key starts a sequence, Kit shows you what can come next.
Search any site directly.
Type !w Matterhorn and you’re on Wikipedia’s results. Kit knows over 10,000 of these bangs, before or after your search, and on their own they open the site.
- !g Google
- !yt YouTube
- !gh GitHub
- !r Reddit
- !mdn MDN
- !a Amazon
- !ddg DuckDuckGo
- !osm OpenStreetMap
- and 10,000 more
All the keys.
You don't have to learn them up front. Press g or Space and Kit lists everything that can follow.
Reading
- Scroll down and up
- jk
- Half a page down and up
- du
- Top and bottom of the page
- ggG
- Reader view
- gr
- Find on the page
- /
Going places
- Follow a link
- f
- Open a link in a new tab
- F
- Spotlight: tabs, history and the web
- o
- In Spotlight: search a site directly
- !w
- Back and forward
- HL
- Copy the address
- yy
Tabs
- New tab
- t
- Close the tab
- x
- Next and previous tab
- JK
- Move the tab up and down
- <<>>
- Show or hide the sidebar
- Alt c
Workspaces
- Next and previous workspace
- gwgW
- Go to workspace 1, 2, 3…
- g1
- Mark this page as a
- ma
- Jump back to mark a
- 'a
Space, then…
- Spotlight
- Space Space
- Split side by side
- Space w v
- Split top and bottom
- Space w s
- Close the split
- Space w q
- Web panel
- Space p
Typing
- Let the page have the keys
- i
- Take them back
- Shift Esc
Get Kit.
Free and open source, for 64-bit Linux. Windows and macOS come later.
Questions.
Is Kit based on Firefox?
Kit runs on Gecko, the engine inside Firefox, so pages look and behave as they do there. Everything around the page, from the sidebar to Spotlight and the keys, is Kit’s own.
Do my extensions still work?
Firefox add-ons install as usual. On its first start Kit offers to bring over your tabs, bookmarks, history, passwords and extensions from Chrome, Firefox, Zen, Brave, Edge and most other browsers.
Can NeoWorks see what I sync?
No. Kit locks your profile on your computer before it’s synced, and only your own devices can open it again. NeoWorks keeps it for you without being able to read it.
Can I search a site directly?
Yes, with bangs. Type !w Matterhorn in Spotlight to search Wikipedia, or !gh, !yt, !r and over 10,000 more. A bang works before or after your search, and on its own it opens the site.
What if a site uses the same keys?
Kit leaves the keys alone while you type in a text field. On sites with shortcuts of their own, like a mail app, press i to hand all keys to the page and Shift+Esc to take them back.
How do I make Kit my default browser?
Install it from the archive with ./kit/install.sh --default, or choose Kit in your desktop’s settings for default apps.
Where does Kit keep my data?
On your computer, in ~/.local/share/kit, and in your NeoWorks account if you turn on sync. Kit works without an account too. Uninstalling keeps your profile, so you can come back to it.
Is there a version for Windows or macOS?
Not yet. Kit runs on Linux for now. Watch the project on GitHub to hear when that changes.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Kit is free and open source under the Mozilla Public License.