Shortkeys

Custom keyboard shortcuts for your browser

A cross-browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera with 200,000+ Chrome users.

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Features

• ⚡ 125+ built-in actions across 11 categories: scrolling, tabs, navigation, video controls, search, bookmarks, windows, zooming, page tools, page scripts, and more
• 🔍 Command palette - click the icon or set a shortcut to search and trigger any action
• 📦 9 curated shortcut packs - one-click install for Vim, Emacs, YouTube, Productivity, Developer, Reading, Tab Manager, Keyboard Power, and Media Control
• ☁️ Cloud sync with automatic local fallback when data exceeds sync quota
• 📁 Groups - organize shortcuts into collapsible, renamable sections with bulk enable/disable
• 🔗 Macro chaining - chain multiple actions into a single shortcut
• 🌐 Site filtering - all sites, blocklist, or allowlist per shortcut
• 🎬 Live reload - shortcuts update in all tabs instantly, no page refresh needed
• 🔗 Shareable links - generate a URL to share shortcuts or groups with anyone
• ⌨️ Shortcut recorder with multi-key sequence support (e.g. g i, g h)
• ⚠️ Conflict detection - platform-aware warnings for browser default clashes
• 🌙 Dark mode following system preference
• 📜 Userscript import from Greasyfork and OpenUserJS
• 🧙 Guided onboarding wizard for new users
• ↩️ Undo/redo in the settings page

More screenshots

Custom JavaScript editor

Macro chaining

Dark mode

Install

Chrome

Firefox

Edge

Opera

Or build from source:

npm install
npm run build          # Chrome → .output/chrome-mv3/
npm run build:firefox  # Firefox → .output/firefox-mv2/

Development

npm run dev            # Chrome dev mode with hot reload
npm run dev:firefox    # Firefox dev mode
npm test               # Run all tests (722 tests across 25 files)
npm run test:watch     # Watch mode
npm run test:coverage  # With coverage report

Project structure

src/
├── entrypoints/
│   ├── background.ts        # Service worker: messaging, action dispatch, storage sync
│   ├── content.ts           # Content script: Mousetrap key bindings, cheat sheet, dark mode
│   ├── options/             # Options page (Vue 3 SPA)
│   └── popup/               # Command palette popup
├── actions/                 # Action handlers and helpers
├── components/              # Vue components (CodeEditor, SearchSelect, ShortcutRecorder)
├── composables/             # Vue composables (useShortcuts)
├── packs/                   # 9 curated shortcut pack collections
└── utils/                   # Storage, URL matching, conflict detection, JS snippets

site/                        # shortkeys.app (Astro SSG, deployed to Netlify)
tests/                       # 722 tests across 25 files
marketing/                   # Store listing copy, screenshot plans, promo assets

Tech stack

• WXT - Vite-based browser extension framework
• Vue 3 - Composition API with <script setup>
• TypeScript throughout
• Vitest - 722 tests across 25 files
• Mousetrap - keyboard shortcut detection
• CodeMirror 6 - JavaScript editor with syntax highlighting
• Astro - community website (shortkeys.app)

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. Please ensure all tests pass (npm test) before submitting. For bugs and feature requests, open a GitHub issue.

Support

Shortkeys is free and open source. If you find it useful, consider supporting development:

• ⭐ Star this repo
• 💛 Sponsor on GitHub
• ☕ Buy me a coffee
• 📝 Leave a review

Credits and license

Icon by Freepik from Flaticon.

Licensed under the MIT License.