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24 alternatives to cli-typer

Practice touch typing in the command line

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. cli-typer launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Touch Typer▲75

   Minimal chrome extension to practice typing speed & accuracy

   2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Typer, the FastAPI of CLI Apps▲10

   Typer, build great CLIs. Easy to code. Based on Python type hints.

   2020 · typer.tiangolo.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   typing.io▲255

   Typing practice for programmers

   2015 · typing.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Term Typer – Learn a language by typing▲220

   Hey HN! I'm from Brazil and I created Term Typer to help my little brother learn other languages while practicing his keyboard typing skills. We've found it super helpful and fun. Feel free to try it out and let me know your thoughts and feedback. Thanks a lot!

   2024 · termtyper.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Typed▲256

   The stunning markdown and writing app for Mac

   2014 · realmacsoftware.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Medium CLI▲244

   A command line Interface for reading Medium stories

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   TechCrunch CLI▲113

   A command line Interface for reading TechCrunch articles

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Speech2Type▲19

   Free Voice Typing for Mac

   2025 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   typeracer-cli▲9

   Don't Type Typo

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Mac CLi▲226

    OS X command line tools for developers

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Magic-cli – A copilot for your command line▲158

    Blog post: https://guywaldman.com/posts/introducing-magic-cli

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Shell GPT▲62

    CLI tool for developers, helps you accomplish tasks faster

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Type Switch▲132

    Hi Ycombinator community, I’d like to share a project I recently launched: Type Switch, a macOS app designed to make language switching seamless and intuitive for multilingual users. As someone who works in multiple languages daily, I’ve often found macOS’s default tools for language switching lacking in speed and ease of use. That’s what inspired me to create Type Switch — a lightweight and powerful tool for efficient multilingual typing. Key Features of Type Switch: - Quick toggling between installed languages. - A customizable button that displays the current language with adjustable…

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14AC
    A CLI for HNSearch▲56

    2012 · zachwill.github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Box CLI▲97

    An open source command line interface from Box

    2017 · developer.box.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Interactive exercises for Linux CLI text processing commands▲69

    Last month, I started learning a Python TUI framework called Textual. After working on a 4x4 board game, I made an interactive app to test your CLI text processing skills with 40 beginner to intermediate level exercises. The app is fairly basic in terms of features — only single input file, so no stdin data, multiple files, etc. Most of the exercises in this app is based on my Computing from the Command Line ebook (https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli-computing/preface.html). I hope to improve the TUI app to support all the 200+ exercises sometime next year.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Lightweight time-management CLI tool▲72

    Lightweight time management CLI tool . Contribute to liviu-/ding development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Tap Tap Tap▲106

    I’ve been working on a new Go library called Tap: https://github.com/yarlson/tap. It’s a Go port of the TypeScript library Clack https://clack.cc/, bringing its simple, interactive command-line prompts to Go. Why: I often found myself rewriting input handling, spinners, and progress bars when building CLI tools. Existing options in Go felt either too barebones or too heavyweight. Tap aims to provide a middle ground: ergonomic, event-driven prompts with minimal dependencies. What works today: - Text and password input - Confirm and single-select menus…

    2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    PerfOps CLI▲91

    A global server network in your command line

    2018 · perfops.net · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Docx-CLI: agents read/edit Word docs using 1/2 the time and tokens▲70

    CLI for AI agents (Claude, Codex) to read, edit, and comment on .docx files with full format fidelity. - kklimuk/docx-cli

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Cli.club – Command Line Interface Tools and Alternatives▲47

    A collection of the best CLI/Ncurses software covering a wide range of categories from messaging, music, text editing and more.

    2024 · cli.club · its alternatives →

22. 22
    LazyType▲67

    Create aliases for commands, applications for CMD

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Typir▲8

    Touch typing practice specially designed for coders

    Oct 2025 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Code Typer▲11

    Learn programming and practice typing

    2024 · thecodetyper.com · its alternatives →

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