wpmtester

typing speed test in the terminal. built this for fun over a weekend

what it does

• type a passage and get your WPM + accuracy
• characters go green/red as you type in real time
• 60 second timed mode if you just want to go fast
• leaderboard saved locally (top 10, filterable by difficulty)
• three difficulty levels or just pick random

setup

git clone https://github.com/your-username/wpmtester.git
cd wpmtester
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

requires python 3.8+ and a terminal that supports color

controls

• just type normally
• backspace to fix mistakes
• esc to quit a test early

notes

scores get saved to scores.json locally. username gets remembered between sessions in config.json. neither are tracked by git

dependencies are just rich and readchar

TODO

• Nothing yet