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Clarified description of Dumber and its layout model.
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bnema · · 2026-05-28 03:38 UTC
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33 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/bnema/dumber)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/bnema/dumber)
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5-Dumber is a keyboard-driven web browser for Wayland compositors, built around panes, workspaces, and modal controls.
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7-The page is the interface. There are no permanent tab bars, bookmark bars, or browser chrome around the content. Navigation and browser commands appear when you ask for them with the keyboard.
5+Dumber is a keyboard-driven web browser, built around panes, workspaces, and modal controls.
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97 Tabs contain workspaces. Workspaces contain panes. Panes can be split, stacked, moved, resized, and closed from the keyboard.
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11-The layout model is inspired by terminal multiplexers such as Zellij and tmux, but applied to browsing on tiling Wayland compositors.
9+The layout model is inspired by terminal multiplexers such as Zellij and tmux, but applied to web browsing this is particularly suited for Wayland compositors such as Niri or Hyprland.
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1311 [Website](https://dumber.bnema.dev) · [Documentation](https://dumber.bnema.dev/docs) · [Keybindings](https://dumber.bnema.dev/docs/reference/keybindings)
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3 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/bnema/dumber)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/bnema/dumber)3 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/bnema/dumber)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/bnema/dumber)
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5-Dumber is a keyboard-driven web browser for Wayland compositors, built around panes, workspaces, and modal controls.5+Dumber is a keyboard-driven web browser, built around panes, workspaces, and modal controls.
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7-The page is the interface. There are no permanent tab bars, bookmark bars, or browser chrome around the content. Navigation and browser commands appear when you ask for them with the keyboard.
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9 Tabs contain workspaces. Workspaces contain panes. Panes can be split, stacked, moved, resized, and closed from the keyboard.7 Tabs contain workspaces. Workspaces contain panes. Panes can be split, stacked, moved, resized, and closed from the keyboard.
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11-The layout model is inspired by terminal multiplexers such as Zellij and tmux, but applied to browsing on tiling Wayland compositors.9+The layout model is inspired by terminal multiplexers such as Zellij and tmux, but applied to web browsing this is particularly suited for Wayland compositors such as Niri or Hyprland.
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13 [Website](https://dumber.bnema.dev) · [Documentation](https://dumber.bnema.dev/docs) · [Keybindings](https://dumber.bnema.dev/docs/reference/keybindings)11 [Website](https://dumber.bnema.dev) · [Documentation](https://dumber.bnema.dev/docs) · [Keybindings](https://dumber.bnema.dev/docs/reference/keybindings)
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Keyboard shortcuts

Single-key shortcuts are on. ctrl k and esc work whatever this says.

ctrl k :
go to a section, branch, tag, file or repository
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this list
j k
move the row cursor down / up
enter
open the row under the cursor; on Files, a directory opens or closes in place
↑ ↓ ← → home end
in the file tree (focus on a row): previous / next row, close / open a directory or go to its parent / first entry, first / last row. They never open a file
l h
on Files: open a directory or a file / close a directory or go up to its parent, then to the parent page. Elsewhere: into the side panel (on a merge request, its files) / back to the content; there j k move between its controls
g g G
first / last row
/
filter the list; on Files, find a file anywhere in the repository (esc clears, enter opens the best match)
b
switch branch or tag
g s g f g c g b g m g i g r g a
tabs: summary, files, commits, branches & tags, merge requests, issues, releases, actions (when available)
g h
home
w
wide mode: use the whole width of the screen, or not (remembered)
y
copy a permalink pinned to the commit
d u x
diff: split / unified / collapse or expand all
e E
diff: the whole file in view / every file, with the lines the hunks hide
n
merge request: next note in the diff
esc
close a dialog, leave a field

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