Nyxt Browser 2.0.0
Productivity
web browser
SHOW HN2021
359points
121comments
#90of 2,533 in 2021
Top 4%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
15 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 51 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 7 for, 3 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fully customizable and hackable in Lisp, Emacs-like experience
From 3 comments
Congrats to the Atlas team on the release! Nyxt truly delivers on the Emacs experience in the browser, and the addition of data-profiles to give a Firefox-container-like…
jtmoulia on HNThis is a cool project that I have tried a few times in the past. To me, the big draw is that it is written in Common Lisp. I was a patron contributor for a while, but when I had…
mark_l_watson on HNI'm tab addicted. Reduce-to-buffer is so cool, and I like being able to save tabs to a file.
Sleepytime on HN
Keyboard-centric workflow with vi or emacs modes
From 2 comments
Congrats to the Atlas team on the release! Nyxt truly delivers on the Emacs experience in the browser, and the addition of data-profiles to give a Firefox-container-like…
jtmoulia on HNPretty cool, definitely going to look more deep into this. Been using vi which is supported just not sure till what extend, will be messing around with it for a bit.
Bladestorm1011 on HN
Objections
No uBlock Origin or Firefox/Chromium extension support
From 2 comments
Security, privacy considerations aside, can I use ublock origin? No? Then forget it.
creamytaco on HNIt seems it only has host-based blocking: https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/blob/master/source/blocker-mode.lisp Is uBlock Origin style blocking a priority? NoScript?
msla on HN
No dark mode
From 1 comment
For a long time I have been willing to write a personalized bookmark manager with a custom way to store and recall them. Nyxt looks like ideal platform to get started. A major…
JanisErdmanis on HN
No Windows build yet
From 1 comment
It doesn't seem to have Windows version/binary installer. Help me?
philonoist on HN
Requests
Windows binary installer
From 1 comment
It doesn't seem to have Windows version/binary installer. Help me?
philonoist on HN
uBlock Origin style blocking
From 1 comment
It seems it only has host-based blocking: https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/blob/master/source/blocker-mode.lisp Is uBlock Origin style blocking a priority? NoScript?
msla on HN
Yubikey support
From 1 comment
Congrats to the Atlas team on the release! Nyxt truly delivers on the Emacs experience in the browser, and the addition of data-profiles to give a Firefox-container-like…
jtmoulia on HN
Questions
How does it compare to qutebrowser or Vimium
From 2 comments
I've been using qutebrowser for few years now - how does Nyxt compare to it? I love seeing more keyboard driven software!
wraptile on HNhow does it compare with something like qutebrowser? or using chromium with a extension like vimium?
theSealedTanker on HN
Which rendering engine is default and what JS engine is used
From 1 comment
One question I had, which is partly answered in the FAQ, is what rendering and JS engines are used. The FAQ says it can run on either WebKit/WebEngine (Blink) – how does it…
rattray on HN
Learning curve for keyboard-driven use
From 1 comment
I think this is the second or third time that I've seen this browser hit the front page. Each time I get a little more interested. The concern that I have is that there's going…
mdip on HN
Alternatives named
qutebrowser
From 1 comment
I've been using qutebrowser for few years now - how does Nyxt compare to it? I love seeing more keyboard driven software!
wraptile on HN
Vimium
From 1 comment
I really like the way Nyxt generates keyboard combos for clickable links (like this image [0]). Does anyone know if there's a program that creates something similar for Windows?…
conscion on HN
Conkeror
From 1 comment
Conkeror (basically Nyxt on xulrunner…exactly what the upper comment is asking about) used to be my browser of choice. It was baffling to me when they deprecated xulrunner. Like,…
smazga on HN
eww
From 1 comment
How does this compare to eww? Also does this fit as an emacs package?
math-dev on HN