fastr

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Fastr: Typing Test TUI

A terminal-based typing test built in Go using the Tcell library.

https://github.com/gdamore/tcell

Installation

Requires Go to be installed. Also ensure GOBIN (or $HOME/go/bin if GOBIN is unset) is in your PATH.

go install codeberg.org/genus/fastr@latest

Usage

Usage: fastr [options]

Options:
  -duration seconds
        Duration of the typing test in seconds. (default 30)

  -text file
        The file from which the words will be chosen.
        Built-in: english, english1k, english5k
        (default "english")

  -version
        Print version information and exit

  -words number
        The number of words to show from the given file. (default 200)

Examples

$ fastr --text english1k --duration 60
$ fastr english5k  # positional shorthand for --text

Misc

• <C-c> -> Exit the program.
• <C-r> -> Restart the program.
• The files in texts/ are sourced from Monkeytype.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3).