qute2k

The fastest and qutest browser 🌐🩷

qute2k in action

qute2k is a qutebrowser config that aims to make the browser fully keyboard navigable.

✨ Features

• Sane and easily expandable configs
• Logical keybindings, inspired by vim (nvim2k)

⚡ Setup

⚙️ Requirements

• 'qutebrowser' 3.0+

💻 Installation

Installation is as simple as cloning and symlinking

# Clone Repo
git clone https://github.com/2kabhishek/qute2k

# On Linux
ln -sfnv $PWD/qute2k $HOME/.config/qutebrowser

# On Mac
ln -sfnv $PWD/qute2k $HOME/.qutebrowser

# On Windows
New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "$env:APPDATA\qutebrowser\config" -Target "$PWD\qute2k" -Force

🚀 Usage

Launch qutebrowser after finishing installation steps.

Update variables section in config.py according to your needs.

Use vim keybindings and ex (:) commands for various actions.

⌨️ Keybindings

This table contains all the custom keybindings added by qute2k, find default qutebrowser bindings here

Leader is mapped to Space by default

Generic Bindings

Shortcut	Action
H	Switch to the previous tab
J	Go forward in history
K	Go back in history
L	Switch to the next tab
O	Open in new window
P	Open in private window
Q	Close the browser
W	Clone tab in new window
a	Enter insert mode
t	Open in new tab
Ctrl-+	Zoom in
Ctrl--	Zoom out
Meta-+	Zoom in
Meta--	Zoom out
Leader x	Quit the browser

Config Bindings

Shortcut	Action
Leader cb	Toggle status bar visibility
Leader cc	Edit configuration file
Leader ch	Open help page
Leader ci	Open GitHub page in new tab
Leader cr	Reload configuration file
Leader cs	Set command in command mode
Leader ct	Toggle tab bar visibility

Developer Bindings

Shortcut	Action
Leader dd	Open devtools
Leader de	Edit text
Leader dc	Edit command in $EDITOR
Leader df	Focus on devtools
Leader dp	Take a screenshot
Leader ds	View page source in editor

Hints Bindings

Shortcut	Action
Leader fc	Yank link
Leader fd	Download video with youtube-dl
Leader ff	Open link in new background tab
Leader fi	Activate hints for inputs
Leader fo	Open link in new window
Leader fp	Open link in private window
Leader fv	Open link in mpv
Leader fy	Yank link

Quit Bindings

Shortcut	Action
Leader qd	Close current tab
Leader qq	Close the browser
Leader qr	Restart the browser
Leader qt	Close other tabs
Leader qw	Close other windows

Tab Bindings

Shortcut	Action
Leader ta	Add bookmark
Leader tb	List bookmarks
Leader tc	Clone current tab
Leader td	Clone tab in new window
Leader tg	Give tab to another window
Leader th	View history
Leader tm	Move tab to a new position
Leader tp	Pin current tab
Leader tt	Open tab switcher
Leader tu	Undo last action
Leader tw	Take tab from another window

To edit keybindings visit: config.py

🔎 Search Engines

Keybinding	Action
DEFAULT	DuckDuckGo
am	Amazon
aw	Arch Linux
bn	Bing
dd	DuckDuckGo
gg	Google
gh	GitHub
gho	GitHub Open
ghp	GitHub PRs
ghr	GitHub Repo
jr	JIRA Ticket
mp	Google Maps
rd	Reddit
rds	Reddit Sub
rt	Rotten Tomatoes
so	Stack Overflow
sp	Spotify
tw	Twitter
ud	Urban Dictionary
wk	Wikipedia
yt	YouTube
ytm	YouTube Music

🧑‍💻 Behind The Code

🌈 Inspiration

I have always wanted a mouse less workflow, but the browser was always a blocker, qute2k fixes it!!

💡 Challenges/Learnings

• The initial configuration process involved a lot of docs, but was worth it.

🧰 Tooling

• dots2k — Dev Environment
• nvim2k — Personalized Editor
• sway2k — Desktop Environment

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