install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gittype

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gittype

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/gittype/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id unhappychoice.gittype -e

Windows Package Manager source index · unhappychoice.gittype · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

CLI code-typing game that turns your source code into typing challenges

Project links

Commands and aliases

gittype

history

Project history and usage

gittype is a Rust command-line typing game that turns source code into practice text. Its niche is developer-oriented play: instead of generic drills, it extracts functions and repository content so programmers can practice typing code-shaped text.

Project history

The repository was opened in 2025 and published early to the Rust crate ecosystem. The README positions the tool around practicing with a user's own code, cloning public GitHub repositories, browsing trending repositories, and tracking live typing metrics.

The first GitHub release was v0.1.1 in August 2025, followed by a rapid 0.x release line. By the 0.10.0 release, the README documented several play modes, supported programming languages, themes, repository caching, ranking, and analytics screens.

Adoption history

Adoption evidence is early but concrete: the project is distributed through Cargo and Homebrew, and package metadata also lists Nix and WinGet. That spread is notable for a game-like developer utility because it makes the same terminal toy easy to install in macOS, Linux, and Windows workflows.

How it is used

Practitioners run `gittype` inside a repository, pass a local path, or use `--repo` with a GitHub owner/repository name or clone URL. The README also documents a `trending` command for browsing public repositories and a cached repository mode for repeated play.

The tool is used less as production infrastructure and more as a terminal-native exercise, onboarding, or procrastination aid: it makes developers type real functions, symbols, and idioms from source trees while showing WPM, accuracy, ranks, and themed game screens.

Why package nerds care

gittype shows how modern Rust CLIs can blur package categories: it is a game, a code parser, and a GitHub-aware terminal app. For package catalogues, it belongs near developer toys that are useful precisely because they understand source trees.

Timeline

2025: Public GitHub repository opened.
2025: Crate publication recorded on crates.io.
2025: v0.1.1 release published.
2026: v0.10.0 release line documented in GitHub releases.

Related projects

Cargo and Rust terminal UI tooling.
GitHub repository browsing and cloning workflows.
Gitlogue, a related project by the same author for animating Git commit history.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.gittype/config.json~/.gittype/custom-theme.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gittype`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19

manager version0.10.2

manager updated2026-09-11

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.10.2

https://github.com/unhappychoice/gittype

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gittype
Version	0.10.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gittype
Homepage	https://github.com/unhappychoice/gittype
Repository	https://github.com/unhappychoice/gittype
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/unhappychoice/gittype/archive/refs/tags/v0.10.2.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-11T07:42:14Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openssl@3
Build dependencies	pkgconf, rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gittype
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

gittype

nix profile install nixpkgs#gittype

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gittype

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gittype/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

unhappychoice.gittype

winget install --id unhappychoice.gittype -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gittype

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: unhappychoice.gittype from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gittype.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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