nyxt vs native_messenger

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nyxt		native_messenger
	Project
150	Mentions	4
9,521	Stars	30
0.7%	Growth	-
9.8	Activity	4.4
7 days ago	Latest Commit	5 months ago
Common Lisp	Language	Nim
-	License	BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

nyxt

Posts with mentions or reviews of nyxt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-16.

Google Common Lisp Style Guide
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Apr 2024

If someone invents another browser, Nyxt will be ready to wrap it with Common Lisp: https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt
Nyxt – The Hacker's Browser
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Jan 2024
Is there a bug in `watch-mode`?
1 project | /r/Nyxt | 13 Oct 2023

I can't reproduce the bug report on flatpak. Bug reports should be reported at https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/issues/new/choose.
Rusty revenant Servo returns to render once more
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Sep 2023

For innovative new browsers, there's Nyxt: https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/
Both are looking for funding and sponsors.
Nyxt browser: The hacker's browser
1 project | /r/planetemacs | 26 Aug 2023
How about having an progress bar at the echo area???
1 project | /r/Nyxt | 12 Aug 2023

good idea. I know there are some plans for this underway.... looks like just planning phase right now. https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/issues/3095
Web Environment Integrity API
15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Jul 2023

I am not a hopeful romantic, but the EU has been investing on vendor neutral web-browsers like Nyxt [0] and the UR Browser [1] through the Horizon Europe program. I doubt that legislators (at least in the EU) will view this as a positive development, assuming EU legislators know what they are doing. On the other hand, lobbying by big tech is still very much a threat.
[0] https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/
[1] https://www.ur-browser.com/en-US
using keyboard
2 projects | /r/hyprland | 3 Jul 2023

There are some keyboard centered browsers like Qutebrowser or Nyxt. For Firefox as well as for Chrome based browsers there exist several extensions to implement vim-like keybindings.
WEBKIT_DISABLE_SANDBOX_THIS_IS_DANGEROUS: Any alternatives?
4 projects | /r/Nyxt | 30 Jun 2023

Am I correct that this is not fixed until this issue is closed (I tried building from source the 3.3.0 release and master branch but both have the exact same issue)?
Dead link at nyxt.atlas.engineer
1 project | /r/Nyxt | 30 Jun 2023

Go to the website -> Download -> Download for GNU/Linux -> Get Nyxt for GNU/Linux!

native_messenger

Posts with mentions or reviews of native_messenger. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-27.

Vimium – The Hacker's Browser
21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Feb 2023

[2] https://github.com/tridactyl/native_messenger
Wasavi – VI editor for any webpage
14 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jan 2023

I think you've misunderstood, "native messaging" allows the tridactyl extension to interact with the filesystem and native applications: https://github.com/tridactyl/native_messenger
Nyxt browser: mouseless copy/paste
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Jan 2021

Hmm, was it opening with a different file encoding before?
You can `:set editorcmd` to something that gives gVim more commands, like is mentioned in this issue: https://github.com/tridactyl/native_messenger/issues/18

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nyxt and native_messenger you can also consider the following projects:

qutebrowser - A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.

vim-vixen - Accelerates your web browsing with Vim power!!

luakit - Fast, small, webkit based browser framework extensible by Lua.

readability - Readability is a library written in Go (golang) to parse, analyze and convert HTML pages into readable content. Originally an Arc90 Experiment, it is now incorporated into Safari’s Reader View.

blockit - WebKitGTK adblock extension with Brave's Rust-based adblock engine for backend.

homerow - Like Raycast or Spotlight for macOS. Click, navigate, and perform tasks with the keyboard and no mouse.

emacs-application-framework - EAF, an extensible framework that revolutionizes the graphical capabilities of Emacs

VimFx - Vim keyboard shortcuts for Firefox

emacs-webkit - An Emacs Dynamic Module for WebKit, aka a fully fledged browser inside emacs

vimium-everywhere - OS-wide Keyboard navigation for Linux and Windows

ungoogled-chromium - Google Chromium, sans integration with Google

wasavi - wasavi is an extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. wasavi changes a textarea element to virtual vi editor which supports almost all the vi/ex commands.