I made hjkl to help myself remember Vim commands. It’s a little browser game you can play when you want to unwind and get a bit of Vim practice in.There are still a lot of commands I want to add, but I hope someone finds it useful in the meantime :)
Show HN: I built a little browser game to practice Vim commands
Little edits. Lasting skills. Learn Vim in your browser with short, hands-on editing challenges. Practice motions, text objects, search, marks, counts, and repeats in a real Vim editor — free, no sign-up.

Key takeaways
A free browser-based tool allows users to practice Vim commands through guided editing challenges without requiring an account. It supports various Vim features and requires a desktop browser with a physical keyboard.
- The tool offers short, hands-on editing challenges for practicing Vim motions, text objects, and search.
- Each skill includes guided, prompted, and independent edits, with any valid edit reaching the target text passing.
- The service is free, requires no sign-up, stores no data, and needs a desktop browser with a physical keyboard.
Summarised automatically by AI from the original article by Hacker News. AI can make mistakes, so check the original for details.
Story details
- Published
- By
- dh1011
- Format
- Article
- Original
- hjkl.duy.run ↗





