These browsers are plenty fast since they are mostly just using lua/python for the UI and webkit/chromium for the browser component. The things that keep me coming back to luakit and qutebrowser are:
1. Way better vim binding support. Especially that the vim mode doesn't break when the extensions aren't loaded (ie a page fails to load or dev tools are focused or on settings pages)
2. Way more scriptable and customizable.(luakit is much more mature in this regard)
Love to hear more about exactly what is more scriptable and customizable.
The user scripts (not to be confused with Greasemonkey-like userscripts) gives me all the scriptability I need. What could more could I do with luakit?
A quick glance at the luakit and qutebowser documentation should give an idea. The difference can be summed up by pointing out that the python and lua code you write for these browsers is trusted and can even modify the UI of the browser. For example in luakit you can add new “chrome pages” so if you don’t like the bookmark manager for example you could write your own.
User scripts only run when a page is loaded afaik.
I was thinking about specifically the different of luakit and qutebrowser, not luakit/qutebrowser and other browsers. As mentioned above, I already use qutebrowser daily.
User scripts (again, in the qutebrowser sense, not greasemonkey as it seems you're thinking about) is launched when the user wants them to launch. See more details here: https://qutebrowser.org/doc/userscripts.html
1. Way better vim binding support. Especially that the vim mode doesn't break when the extensions aren't loaded (ie a page fails to load or dev tools are focused or on settings pages)
2. Way more scriptable and customizable.(luakit is much more mature in this regard)