Qutebrowser fixes the main issue I have with Vimium: you cannot control the browser itself well. Vimium does not work in certain places due to limitations imposed by web extensions and this is incredibly frustrating for me.

Been using Vimium for years too and it's great, but it's really not the same. The late, great Vimperator extension was more comparable to QuteBrowser but it stopped functioning (on Firefox) when they switched from XUL to web extensions.

Vimium mainly gives you keyboard navigation, but QuteBrowser removes the address, tab and bookmark bars and instead gives you keyboard access to everything via the very Vim-like status bar at the bottom. Incidentally this also frees up quite a bit of vertical screen real estate, which is a big deal to me. Browser settings, scripts, etc. are also all accessible via the keyboard — Vim style.

Edit: The lack of a solid Bitwarden integration in QuteBrowser is kind of hurting though.

I’ve used both for many years. I’ve stopped using qutebrowser because it has some limitations due to be a bit behind on the web engine, which leads to problems with some sites. I still think it’s brilliant.

I wouldn’t say they do the same thing exactly. Vimium is similar to a vim-mode in something like VS Code, while qutebrowser is more like Vim itself. The Vim “spirit” is built-in and is the expectation rather than a layer added on top. The qutebrowser UI, already minimalistic, is also very configurable and scriptable.

The flip side to me is that some of the experience will be nicer with Chrome, the same way VS Code can be nicer and easier to manage.