hackertyper

A local CLI alternative to hackertyper.net. Press any key and watch text stream across your terminal.

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Install

Prerequisites

Rust 1.85+ is required (uses the 2024 edition). If you don't have it:

# Linux / macOS / WSL
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

# macOS with Homebrew
brew install rust

Check your version with rustc --version, update with rustup update stable.

Quick Install

cargo install hackertyper

Installs to ~/.cargo/bin/hackertyper. Make sure that's on your PATH (rustup adds it automatically).

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/badluma/hackertyper
cd hackertyper
cargo install --path .

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Platform Support

Linux & macOS: Fully supported.

Windows: Not supported natively — getch-rs depends on nix, which is Unix-only. Use WSL2 and follow the Linux steps above.

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Usage

hackertyper --path <file>

Press any key to advance. Ctrl+C to quit.

Options

Flag	Short	Default	Description
--path	-p	required	File to type out
--speed	-s	4	Characters printed per keypress
--color	-c	default	Output color
--loop	-l	false	Loop the file continuously

Colors

black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white

light_black light_red light_green light_yellow light_blue light_magenta light_cyan light_white

Examples

# Default speed
hackertyper -p /path/to/file

# Fast, green, looping
hackertyper -p /path/to/file -s 8 -c green -l

# Slow and dramatic
hackertyper -p /path/to/file -s 1 -c red

License

MIT