Turn your own source code into typing challenges.
Show your AI who's boss — just you, your keyboard, and your coding sins.
Features ✨
- 🦀🐍⚡🐹💎🍎🎯☕🐘#️⃣🔧➕🎭🎯⚡💧📡 Multi-language: Rust, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Swift, Kotlin, Java, PHP, C#, C, C++, Haskell, Dart, Scala, Clojure, Elixir, Erlang, Zig (more languages incoming!)
- 📊 Real-time metrics: Live WPM, accuracy, and consistency tracking as you type
- 🏆 Ranking system: Unlock developer titles from “Hello World Newbie” to “Quantum Computer” with ASCII art
- 🎮 Multiple game modes: Normal, Time Attack, and custom difficulty levels (Easy to Zen)
- ⏸️ Pause/resume: Take breaks without ruining your stats
- 🎯 Your own code: Type functions from your actual projects, not boring examples
- 🔥 Trending repositories: Practice with hot GitHub repositories updated daily
- 🎨 15+ Themes: Built-in themes with Dark/Light modes + custom theme support
Installation 📦
Quick Install (Recommended)
One-liner installation (Linux/macOS/Windows)
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unhappychoice/gittype/main/install.sh | bash
Or with specific version
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unhappychoice/gittype/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --version v0.5.0
Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
brew install gittype
Cargo (Universal)
cargo install gittype
Nix (NixOS/Nix)
If you have Nix installed, you can run GitType directly:
# Stable version (recommended)
nix run github:unhappychoice/gittype
# Development version (latest from main branch)
nix run github:unhappychoice/gittype#unstable
Binary Downloads
Get pre-compiled binaries for your platform from our releases page.
Available platforms:
x86_64-apple-darwin (Intel Mac)aarch64-apple-darwin (Apple Silicon Mac)x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (Linux x64)aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu (Linux ARM64)x86_64-pc-windows-msvc (Windows)
Quick Start 🚀
# cd into your messy codebase
cd ~/that-project-you-never-finished
# Start typing your own spaghetti code (uses current directory by default)
gittype
# Or specify a specific repository path
gittype /path/to/another/repo
# Clone and play with any GitHub repository
gittype --repo clap-rs/clap
gittype --repo https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui
gittype --repo [email protected]:dtolnay/anyhow.git
# Discover and practice with trending GitHub repositories
gittype trending # Browse trending repos interactively
gittype trending rust # Filter by language (Rust)
# Play with cached repositories interactively
gittype repo play
Why GitType? 🤔
- Look busy at work → “I’m studying the codebase” (technically true!)
- Beat the AI overlords → Type faster than ChatGPT can generate
- Stop typing boring stuff → Your own bugs are way more interesting than lorem ipsum
- Discover forgotten treasures → That elegant function you wrote at 3am last year
- Procrastinate like a pro → It’s code review, but gamified!
- Embrace your legacy code → Finally face those variable names you’re not proud of
- Debug your typing skills → Because
pubic static void main isn’t a typo anymore
- Therapeutic code reliving → Type through your programming journey, tears included
- Climb the dev ladder → From “Code Monkey” to “Quantum Computer” - each rank comes with fancy ASCII art
“Basically, you need an excuse to avoid real work, and this one’s pretty good.”
Documentation 📚
Perfect for when the game gets too addictive:
Screenshots 📸
Prefer watching code over typing it? Check out Gitlogue - A terminal screensaver that animates your Git commit history with realistic typing effects.
License 📄
MIT - Because sharing is caring (and legal requirements)
Built with ❤️ and way too much caffeine by developers who got tired of typing “hello world”
Author
@unhappychoice
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Every bit of support helps. Thanks!
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