A terminal game that teaches Vim by making you use it.
Vim fluency lives in your fingers, not your head. Reading a cheat sheet doesn't make you fast — repetition does. Real code, real edits, under time pressure. Reps until the keystrokes disappear.
task installhjklEndless mode (no streak pressure, just practice):
hjkl --endless- Standard Vim keys to complete each challenge
Complete challenges quickly for more points. Full marks under 5 seconds, with points decaying over 10 seconds. Consecutive successes build a streak multiplier up to 5x. A hint appears after 10.5 seconds of inactivity — in scored mode, that ends the game.
Top 3 scores are saved locally in ~/.hjkl/scores.db. Reset with:
task reset