qutebrowser
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 34 of 53 web browsers by recommenders
Keyboard-driven, vim-style web browser that people use daily for fast, mouse-free navigation.
Keyboard-driven, vim-style web browser that people use daily for fast, mouse-free navigation.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 85%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: 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 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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-style browsing
“A tiled window manager with Qutebrowser and it's vimium style shortcuts is the closest I have come to this.”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows” “I've used qutebrowser for years as I feel the keyboard controlled web is much more convenient”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Making Firefox's right-click not suck with about:config” “Qutebrowser was my favorite browser for keyboard navigation”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows” - Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “LibreOffice Writer now supports Markdown”
- Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep”
Pairs well with tiling window managers
“A tiled window manager with Qutebrowser and it's vimium style shortcuts is the closest I have come to this.”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows” “Install a lightweight window manager and use a lightweight browser like qutebrowser.”
Comment from 18 Jul 2026 in “Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux”
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 | — |
| qutebrowserThis page | 11 | 2 | 85% | 8 | — | Approved |
What people said
13 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it doesn't have good enough adblocking”
“In qutebrowser I use them reliably all the time.”
“they all give me endless captchas”
“Qutebrowser's ad blocking got much better than it used to be.”
“It's a really fast and comfortable work flow.”
“Install a lightweight window manager and use a lightweight browser like qutebrowser.”
“Qutebrowser was my favorite browser for keyboard navigation”
“A tiled window manager with Qutebrowser and it's vimium style shortcuts is the closest I have come to this.”
“Qutebrowser is my favorite daily driver”
“qutebrowser which ive been growing fonder of”
“vim-inspired separate programs like ranger and qutebrowser”
“I've used qutebrowser for years as I feel the keyboard controlled web is much more convenient”
“The individual tabs of Qutebrowser become Emacs buffers.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.