Commands

BrowserShell ships 105 commands organized by category. Every command includes help text, a man page, tab completion, and examples.

Quick reference by category

Category	Commands	Guide
Navigation	`go`, `open`, `back`, `forward`, `reload`, `close`, `search`, `bang`, `cd`, `here`, `pwd`	Superuser
Tabs	`tabs`, `tab`, `pin`, `unpin`, `discard`, `domain`, `title`, `detach`, `find`, `qf`	Superuser
Windows	`windows`, `window`, `recent`, `sessions`	Workspaces
Workspace	`layout`, `split`, `workspace`, `workview`	Workspaces
Process	`ps`, `top`, `kill`, `pkill`, `renice`	Workspaces
Bookmarks	`bookmarks`, `bookmark`	VFS
History	`history`	Privacy tools
Downloads	`downloads`	Superuser
Page	`links`, `click`, `fill`, `read`, `shot`, `inputs`, `meta`, `tech`, `hints`, …	Page commands
Page hotkeys	(rc `bind` actions, not separate commands)	Page hotkeys
Config	`config`, `bind`, `edit-bind`, `import-vimium-keys`	Keybindings & bangs
Privacy	`forget`, `siteinfo`, `permissions`	Privacy tools
Dev	`cookies`, `reqs`, `frames`, `audit`, `perf`, `env`, `storage`	Page commands
AI	`ai summarize`, `ai explain`	Superuser
Builtin	`ls`, `cd`, `cat`, `grep`, `alias`, `rm`, `touch`, `export`, `clear`, `man`, `help`	VFS, Shell features
Utility	`edit`, `watch`, `notify`, `overlay`, `clip`, `session`, `options`, `seek`, `scroll`, …	Shell features

New in 2.0

Command	What it does
`bind` / `edit-bind`	Add or remove keyboard bindings in rc
`import-vimium-keys`	Import common Vimium-style page binds
`bang`	Manage `!name` URL search shortcuts
`edit`	In-terminal file editor (beta)
`touch` / `rm`	Create or delete writable VFS files
`hints`	Link hints from the shell (same as `f` hotkey)
`layout` / `split`	Tile windows and split views
`workspace` / `workview`	Save and restore multi-window layouts
`ps` / `kill` / `pkill` / `top` / `renice`	Unix-style tab process management

Discover commands

help                  # categorized list
apropos tab            # search by keyword
search bookmark        # fuzzy suggestions
man downloads          # full manual

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