# Homerow

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/homerow/

8 people recommended Homerow in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 8 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows”.

**Verdict:** Lets you click and move through your whole Mac with the keyboard, much like Vimium does in a browser. Long-time users say it is worth paying for. Some apps have poor accessibility support, so it does not always work.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Works like Vimium across the whole Mac (3 comments in the sample): "Homerow is like vimium but for your entire mac." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412547)) "it's Vimium for the OS! that's pretty cool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412932)) "It's like vimium but for your entire mac." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412539))
- Happy long-term users (3 comments in the sample): "It does have some rough edges but overall I've been very happy with it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48758900)) "just a happy user for years now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412578)) "Been using this for years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412566))

## What people warn about

- Doesn't support horizontal sliders (1 comment in the sample): "Homerow doesn't support horizontal slider elements like this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414677))

## Other keyboard navigation apps people recommend

- [Mouseless](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mouseless/): 18 recommend, 3 mixed, 16 criticize
- [Neverclick](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neverclick/): 7 recommend, 0 mixed, 5 criticize
- [Shortcat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shortcat/): 6 recommend, 3 mixed, 2 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://homerow.app/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Homerow", https://hackerapproved.com/p/homerow/ (8 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.