Tridactyl
Shares rank 39 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Free Firefox extension for vim-style browser keyboard control. Critics say some sites break or capture keypresses.
Free Firefox extension for vim-style browser keyboard control. Critics say some sites break or capture keypresses.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 82%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 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
Hard to browse without it
“For me the friction always comes when I try to use the internet without it”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “I have officially retired from Emacs” “without which I feel almost helpless in a browser”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Some sites capture keypresses
“A more annoying problem is that some websites capture / presses, making it harder to initiate a page search.”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “I have officially retired from Emacs” Breaks on complex sites
“it does work out of the box however, some sites will break or have too complex of a navigation”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “I have officially retired from Emacs”
Other browser extensions people recommend
The four most recommended other browser extensions, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SponsorBlock | 137 | 4 | 97% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 76 | 13 | 85% | 10 | 7.5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| TridactylThis page | 9 | 2 | 82% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“a vim addon for the browser (e.g. vimperator or tridactyl) likely could've clicked the button via the hints mode”
“without which I feel almost helpless in a browser”
“Really handy feature to bring regexes or text navigation to any Webpage.”
“Vim controls really found their way into my muscle memory through Tridactyl and Vimium”
“A more annoying problem is that some websites capture / presses, making it harder to initiate a page search.”
“it disables the default Ctrl-F search function but its own search function is subpar”
“it does work out of the box however, some sites will break or have too complex of a navigation”
“For me the friction always comes when I try to use the internet without it”
“Tridactyl for Firefox) you can drive your entire OS and browser with keybindings”
“frustratingly limited due to the security restrictions imposed on web extensions”
“Tridactyl does seem nice, I will check this out”
“For Firefox, I use Tridactyl.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.