Glide Browser
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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.
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.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 85%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Keyboard-driven vim and Emacs keybindings
“I like it for its extensibility, commandline, keymaps, hints, and the ability to configure everything through a ts file.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: What browser do you use?” “I've switched to Glide (Firefox fork?) and configured it to implement Emacs keybindings.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I'm Daily Driving” “Keyboard control in it is so so much better than the extensions for Chrome or Firefox”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers” - Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features”
- Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “Twelve Days of Shell”
- Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features”
Scriptable via TypeScript config
“I like it for its extensibility, commandline, keymaps, hints, and the ability to configure everything through a ts file.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: What browser do you use?” “glide fixes all of those problems, supports firefox extensions and has a really powerful and approachable scripting API”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Making Firefox's right-click not suck with about:config” “less UI fluff and the keyboard shortcuts and scriptability are excellent”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Firefox will have an option to disable all AI features” - Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “Twelve Days of Shell”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Not ready for daily use
“Sadly, it doesn't seem ready for daily use yet”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers”
Other web browsers people recommend
The four most recommended other web browsers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | 1,572 | 1,371 | 53% | 12 | 16 yrs125 owners | — |
| Google Chrome | 503 | 1,086 | 32% | 12 | 10 yrs11 owners | — |
| Brave | 397 | 248 | 62% | 12 | 4.9 yrs16 owners | — |
| Safari | 307 | 577 | 35% | 12 | 13 yrs27 owners | — |
| Glide BrowserThis page | 11 | 2 | 85% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
All 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“that 3dfx driver on WinNT was unstable and crashed the machine every 3rd-5th start of the game”
“several hobbyists did and 3dfx shut them down with legal threats”
“I like it for its extensibility, commandline, keymaps, hints, and the ability to configure everything through a ts file.”
“I've switched to Glide (Firefox fork?) and configured it to implement Emacs keybindings.”
“Sadly, it doesn't seem ready for daily use yet”
“Keyboard control in it is so so much better than the extensions for Chrome or Firefox”
“Tribes 1 looked so good thanks to Glide”
“It's a transparent proxy that tracks rolling p95 TTFT per model and cascades to a faster model before you ever hit a timeout.”
“glide fixes all of those problems, supports firefox extensions and has a really powerful and approachable scripting API”
“with sane defaults and keyboard centric”
“Glide is precisely what made me hate 3dfx and was glad they died.”
“less UI fluff and the keyboard shortcuts and scriptability are excellent”
“Glide helps businesses drive qualified organic traffic and enhance their online visibility by up to 50% within 30 days.”
“a fork of Firefox with (some) vim motions and a TypeScript based config”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.