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Sharpen your coding speed. Practice with real code. All inside your terminal.
🧠 What is SyntaxRush?
SyntaxRush is a fun and productive terminal-based typing practice tool built for developers who want to:
- Boost coding speed 🧑💻
- Improve syntax muscle memory ⌨️
- Track WPM and accuracy 📈
- Practice with real code (Go, Python, etc.)
- Feel like a hacker from a movie 😎
All in your terminal — no web browser needed.
✨ Features
- 🎯 Practice with actual code snippets (not lorem ipsum)
- 📊 Track Words Per Minute (WPM) and accuracy
- 🔥 Muscle Power indicator for gamified motivation
- 💬 Real-time feedback on mistakes
- 🎧 (Coming Soon): Sound & animation feedback
- 📈 (In Progress): Grafana dashboard for session analytics
📦 Installation
Make sure you have Go installed. Then:
go install github.com/vamshi1188/SyntaxRush@latest
Add $GOPATH/bin to your PATH if not already set:
export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin
🚀 Usage
syntaxrush practice file.go
Or start a quick Go practice session:
syntaxrush practice go --quick
🖼️ Demo
🔍 Upcoming Features
- 🌐 Global leaderboard
- 🎵 Audio feedback & motivational sounds
- ⌛ Timed challenges & progress badges
- 🧪 SyntaxRush AI Assistant for real-time suggestions
🛠️ Tech Stack
- Written in Go
- Terminal UI built with tview and tcell
🤝 Contribute
Love the project? Found a bug? Want to add a language?
📬 Contributions are welcome!
git clone https://github.com/vamshi1188/SyntaxRush
cd SyntaxRush
go run main.go
🧑🚀 Who's it for?
- Developers preparing for interviews
- Programmers improving typing fluency
- Code newbies wanting fun syntax drills
- Anyone who loves code and terminal!
🔗 Links
- 🐙 GitHub: vamshi1188/SyntaxRush
- 🐤 Twitter: @saivamshi_88
🚀 Start Your Code Typing Journey Now
Run this 👇
go install github.com/vamshi1188/SyntaxRush@latest
syntaxrush practice go --quick
Let me know what features you'd love to see next. Feel free to ⭐ star the repo if you like it!
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by sai vamshi
sai vamshi | Sciencx (2025-07-19T20:53:47+00:00) 🚀 Introducing SyntaxRush: A Terminal-Based Code Typing Game for Developers. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/07/19/%f0%9f%9a%80-introducing-syntaxrush-a-terminal-based-code-typing-game-for-developers/
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