Software · Internet & communication

Vieb

Vim Inspired Electron Browser.

Completely free
Windows and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: Jelmer van Arnhem
Latest version: 12.11.0 (3 November 2026)
Latest activity: 7 November 2026
Source code: github.com/Jelmerro/Vieb

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: keyboard shortcuts, code completion, themes and dark mode.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Vim Inspired Electron Browser - Vim bindings for the web by design.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
“Local first adblocking, auto-complete, AMP protection, custom redirects and more, all without web requests” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Accessible with custom themes, full interface & fontsize scaling, page zooming, spellcheck and mouse support” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Vieb is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

About

Vim bindings for the web by design. Vieb is the Vim Inspired Electron Browser. Features: Free, open source, fast and secure Local first adblocking, auto-complete, AMP protection, custom redirects and more, all without web requests Privacy with strict permission system, navigator overrides, firefox mode, custom WebRTC policy and more Accessible with custom themes, full interface & fontsize scaling, page zooming, spellcheck and mouse support Security settings with permissions, cache usage, cookie management, (auto-)download settings and more Window splitting with buffer, split, Vexplore and Ctrl-w bindings, for multi-window browsing Map commands for completely custom keyboard sequences, keystrokes, commands and actions Viebrc config file for all custom/Vim/Vieb commands to configure settings permanently Set command for runtime setting configuration exactly like Vim Vim-compatible options: showcmd, timeout, colorscheme, maxmapdepth, spelllang, splitright, smartcase etc. Container tabs with colored grouping, auto-clearing, individual cookies and tab restore from containers Ad-blocker with cosmetic filtering, optional updater, custom lists and uses easylist/easyprivacy by default Tabs including audio indicator, a toggle for multi-line tabs, pinned tabs, muted tabs and suspended tabs Offline help documentation always available upon pressing F1 And much, much more. For more details, visit https://vieb.dev/features

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 8 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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