How do you get over wanting to use VIM motions throughout the OS?

1. SketchyVim

   1 15 792 5.1 C

   Adds all vim moves and modes to macOS text fields

   

   I can never reach 100% because somethings just suck without a mouse. I could do more such as switch to mutt, find a slack client or plugin, install sketchyVim, but there comes a point where you are chasing the dragon of diminishing returns.

2. InfluxDB

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3. Amethyst

   2 150 15,270 7.8 Swift

   Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.

   

   I'd suggest having a look at Amethyst instead. It is loosely based on xmonad and requires fewer permissions, while still having plenty of features.

4. fifi_split_keeb

   3 21 293 0.0

   Fifi Keyboard 🐶 ⌨️

   

   I use a custom keyboard with a vim navigation layer. With my previous keyboard I simulated that (on MacOS) with karabiner .

5. yabai

   4 226 25,543 8.7 C

   A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

   

6. vimac

   5 31 3,519 0.0 Swift

   Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation

   

   I'm also mostly a macOS user at the moment, but have been using desktop Linux more since most of my "software toolkit" is FOSS anyway so it's a pretty lateral transition. But I did recently start using Vimac to get Vimium-like hjkl and f-like mouse movement on non-browser windows. It's actually a little more robust than most of the Vim-like browser extensions.

7. vira

   6 2 95 1.3 Vim Script

   Create and update your Jira issues while inside Vim!

   

   Have you tried vira? If that kind of thing excites you, then emacs + evil-mode might be a better fit, since they're more the "build everything into the editor" philosophy.

8. Surfingkeys

   7 41 5,650 7.5 JavaScript

   Map your keys for web surfing, expand your browser with javascript and keyboard.

   

   +1 I came here to say Surfingkeys. So much time is spent in the browser, having vim for it is priceless.

9. CodeRabbit

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10. vim-pastenreplace

    8 1 0 10.0 Vim Script

    Quickly transform pasted text with vim.

    

    I do something similar, but from within vim. With vim-pastenreplace you can do:

11. kindaVim.blahblah

    9 35 693 6.4

    Ultimate Vim Mode for macOS

    

    i've been building an app full-time for the past 1.5 years that does exactly that: https://kindavim.app

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