godbout/kindaVim.blahblah

Ultimate Vim Mode for macOS

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582 commits

updated Sep 3, 2026

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README

kindaVim brings Vim motions to macOS Text Fields, Text Areas, Dropdowns, Lists, Menus... 🥱️ basically everywhere.

awesome stuff happening in there


The Site

kindavim.app for all the fancy stuff.

The License

Without a coffee a month kindaVim sleeps in the mornings. (It will scold you from the Menu Bar when you'll try to use it.) You're still able to use it fully-featured the afternoons. (Until 5am the next day. Those are long afternoons, yes.) So if you're like me and spend your mornings reading, swimming in the open sea or climbing rocks, then kV is basically free.

The Docs

The Docs have been moved here. Updates ongoing!

Open Source

Testing the Vim moves when using the macOS Accessibility requires building an external app. This app, as well as all the Unit and UI Tests of each move in the context of the Accessibility Strategy, are open source and available here: AccessibilityStrategyTestApp

The Roadmap

The Alternatives

accessibility
bindings
input
keyboard
kindavim
macos
macos-app
motions
moves
swift
swiftui
vim

godbout/kindaVim.blahblah

Ultimate Vim Mode for macOS

1,006

582 commits

updated Sep 3, 2026

See the code

README

kindaVim brings Vim motions to macOS Text Fields, Text Areas, Dropdowns, Lists, Menus... 🥱️ basically everywhere.

awesome stuff happening in there


The Site

kindavim.app for all the fancy stuff.

The License

Without a coffee a month kindaVim sleeps in the mornings. (It will scold you from the Menu Bar when you'll try to use it.) You're still able to use it fully-featured the afternoons. (Until 5am the next day. Those are long afternoons, yes.) So if you're like me and spend your mornings reading, swimming in the open sea or climbing rocks, then kV is basically free.

The Docs

The Docs have been moved here. Updates ongoing!

Open Source

Testing the Vim moves when using the macOS Accessibility requires building an external app. This app, as well as all the Unit and UI Tests of each move in the context of the Accessibility Strategy, are open source and available here: AccessibilityStrategyTestApp

The Roadmap

The Alternatives

accessibility
bindings
input
keyboard
kindavim
macos
macos-app
motions
moves
swift
swiftui
vim

Significant stargazers

Hiroaki Hayashi

112 followers · starred Jun 2022

Maximilian Roos

1,930 followers · starred Mar 2022

Marco Munizaga

253 followers · starred Sep 2025

Ivan Trubach

58 followers · starred Dec 2021