Installation

Quick Install

Install the latest pre-built binary for your platform (recommended):

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emanuel2718/termitype/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Binaries are available on the GitHub releases page.

Homebrew

brew tap emanuel2718/termitype
brew install termitype

Arch Linux (AUR)

yay -S termitype

From Crates.io

cargo install termitype

From Source

cargo install --git https://github.com/emanuel2718/termitype.git termitype

Usage

Basic Usage

# Start typing
termitype

# See available CLI arg options (all options can also be configured via the in-game menu)
termitype --help

Mappings

Mapping	Mode	Action
<C-Space>	Global	Toggle Menu
<C-c>	Global	Quit Application
<C-z>	Global	Quit Application
<C-p>	Global	Toggle Command Palette
<C-l>	Global	Toggle Leaderboard Screen
<C-t>	Global	Randomize Theme
<Esc>	Global	Toggle Menu
<S-N>	Results	Restart
<S-R>	Results	Redo last test
q	Results	Quit Application
m	Results	Switch to Minimal Variant
n	Results	Switch to Neofetch Variant
g	Results	Switch to Graph Variant
<Up>	Results	Cycle to next ASCII Art
<Down>	Results	Cycle to previous ASCII Art
<Esc>	Menu	Go back
/	Menu	Start Search
<C-y>/<CR>	Menu	Confirm selection
<Space>	Menu	Toggle selection (if toggable item)
<C-n>/<Down>	Menu	Next item
<C-p>/<Up>	Menu	Previous item
j/k	Menu	Next/previous (in normal mode)

Options

Option	Description
-t, --time <SECONDS>	Test duration in seconds. Enforces Time mode
-w, --words <"WORD1 ..">	Custom words for the test. Enforces Word mode
-c, --count <COUNT>	Number (count) of words to type
-n, --use-numbers	Include numbers in the test word pool
-s, --use-symbols	Include symbols in the test word pool
-p, --use-punctuation	Include punctuation in the test word pool
-l, --language <LANG>	Language dictionary the test will use
--theme <THEME>	The theme of the application
--ascii <ASCII>	The ASCII art used in the Neofetch results
--cursor <STYLE>	Cursor style variant: beam, block, underline, blinking-beam, blinking-block, blinking-underline
--results <STYLE>	Results style variant: minimal, neofetch, graph
--lines <COUNT>	Number of visible text lines [default: 3]
--hide-live-wpm	Hide live WPM counter
--hide-notifications	Hide notifications
--no-save	Do not save tests results
--reset	Resets everything back to default state

Examples

# All of the options below can also be changed at runtime via the menu.
termitype -t 60                        # Run a 60-second typing test
termitype -c 100                       # Test will contain exactly 100 random words
termitype --theme "catppuccin-mocha"   # Use catppuccin-mocha theme
termitype -l spanish                   # Use Spanish test words
termitype -spn                         # Enable symbols, punctuation, and numbers
termitype --results neofetch           # Use neofetch inspired results
termitype --no-save                    # Do not save tests results
termitype --hide-notifications         # Do not show notifications

Development

Prerequisites

• Rust 1.88+
• Cargo

Quick Start

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/emanuel2718/termitype.git
cd termitype

2. Run the application:

# Development build
cargo run

# Release build
cargo run --release

Themes

Termitype includes a curated collection of themes sourced from the iTerm2 Ghostty Color Schemes Repo repository. Themes can be previewed and changed in real-time.

Contributing

Roadmap

Upcoming Features

• Package Distribution: Release on Homebrew, AUR, nixpkgs, etc.
• User config file: Have a user editable config file in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/termitype/config.toml
• Configurable Mappings: Custom mappings
• Custom ASCII arts: Allow usage of custom ASCII arts
• Custom theme: Allow setting custom themes with names
• Wordlist Improvements: Improve the quality and distribution of words
• Multiplayer: Race other people in realtime with private rooms of sort (will use websockets for this)
• Local Results Tracking: Track test results over time (best use case is to track highest WPM on specific modes) with opt-out option

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 license - see LICENSE for details.

Acknowledgments

• Monkeytype for the inspiration.
• Ratatui for the amazing TUI framework.
• iTerm2 Ghostty Color Schemes for the themes.