# Glide Browser

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Glide Browser and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A Firefox fork that people recommend for keyboard-driven browsing, Vim or Emacs-style keybindings, and a TypeScript config. The most common caveat is that one commenter found it not ready for daily use yet.

## Why people recommend it

- Keyboard-driven vim and Emacs keybindings (6 comments): "I like it for its extensibility, commandline, keymaps, hints, and the ability to configure everything through a ts file." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296656)) "I've switched to Glide (Firefox fork?) and configured it to implement Emacs keybindings." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588716)) "Keyboard control in it is so so much better than the extensions for Chrome or Firefox" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558760))
- Scriptable via TypeScript config (4 comments): "I like it for its extensibility, commandline, keymaps, hints, and the ability to configure everything through a ts file." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296656)) "glide fixes all of those problems, supports firefox extensions and has a really powerful and approachable scripting API" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47253019)) "less UI fluff and the keyboard shortcuts and scriptability are excellent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46317275))

## What people warn about

- Not ready for daily use (1 comments): "Sadly, it doesn't seem ready for daily use yet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48570820))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Arc browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arc-browser.md): 78 recommend
- [Helium browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helium-browser.md): 51 recommend
- [Dillo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dillo.md): 49 recommend
- [Pale Moon](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pale-moon.md): 18 recommend
- [MacSurf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macsurf.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Glide Browser", https://hackerapproved.com/p/glide-browser/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).