GitType ⌨️💻

"Show your AI who's boss: just you, your keyboard, and your coding sins"

GitType turns your own source code into typing challenges. Because why practice with boring lorem ipsum when you can type your beautiful fn main() implementations?

Demo 🎬

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 unhappychoice/tap/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 git@github.com: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:

• Installation - cargo install and chill
• Usage - All the CLI flags your heart desires
• Playing Guide - Game modes, scoring, and ranks
• Themes - 15+ built-in themes and custom theme creation
• Languages - What we extract and how
• Contributing - Join the keyboard warriors
• Architecture - For the curious minds

Screenshots 📸

Related Projects 🎨

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)

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Built with ❤️ and way too much caffeine by developers who got tired of typing "hello world"