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toofan – minimal, lightning-fast typing TUI

April 29, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

toofan is a terminal typing practice tool built around a lightweight text user interface.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Typing Tutors

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Office, Productivity, Roundup

Typing tutor software teaches fast and accurate typing through a system of informative lessons and progress tracking.

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15 Best Free and Open Source Linux TUI Typing Tutors

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Productivity, Roundup, TUI

We look at the finest TUI-based typing tutors for Linux.

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Typing

FingerGo – cross-platform touch-typing trainer

April 4, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

FingerGo is a touch-typing trainer, designed to improve typing speed and accuracy, with a user-friendly and intuitive interface.

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Speed of Sound – voice typing for the Linux desktop

April 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Speed of Sound is a voice typing application to dictate text and have it automatically transcribed into any focused application.

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Typing

Textype – terminal typing tutor

April 2, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

Textype is a terminal typing tutor built for users who want to improve their typing skills from the command line.

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Mecalin – learn touch typing

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Mecalin is a typing tutor application built with GTK4, Rust, and Adwaita.

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Typing

typtea – terminal-based typing speed tester

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

typtea is a minimal terminal-based typing speed tester with support for dozens of programming languages.

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Typing

Couik – terminal-based typing test

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

Couik is a terminal-based typing test designed for speed, aesthetics, and simplicity. Built with Bubble Tea.

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Typing

GitType – turn your source code into typing challenges

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Productivity, TUI

GitType turns your own source code into typing challenges.

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Typing

retype – typing practice

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

retype is a typing practice application. Type along to epub books.

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Typing

typomat – command-line typing practice tool

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

typomat is a command-line typing practice tool that creates exercises from the contents of your repository.

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Typing

OctoType – TUI typing trainer

December 6, 2025 Steve Emms Education, TUI

OctoType is a TUI typing trainer made with Ratatui, and powered by Gladius – Heavily inspired by Monkeytype, with a focus on customizability.

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Open-Typer is a typing tutor application

May 25, 2025 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Open-Typer is an open source typing tutor application which aims to make learning to touch type easier.

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Typeracer – typing testing

September 19, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Education

Typeracer is a terminal typing game. Race to see the fastest time you can get.

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Typing

typioca – minimal terminal based typing speed tester

September 18, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Education

typioca is a minimal, terminal based typing speed tester.

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Typing

Smassh – TUI based typing test software

September 17, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Education

Smassh is a TUI based typing test application inspired by MonkeyType, a popular online web-based typing application.

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Typing

olagem – terminal based typing speed test

September 16, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Education

olagem is billed as a simple and beautiful terminal based typing speed test.

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Typing

Keypunch – practice your typing skills

September 13, 2024 Steve Emms Education

Keypunch lets you practice typing and have a bit of fun into the bargain.

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Typing

TIPP10 – touch typing tutor

October 16, 2023 Steve Emms Education

TIPP10 is a free and open source 10-finger touch typing tutor. Available both as a Linux program or web-based.

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