Master touch typing with precision, adaptive drills, interactive games, and detailed analytics.
Get typing in seconds — no installer, no MSIX, and zero dependencies required:
👉 Download the Latest Portable Standalone ZIP (x64)
- Download
TypingDojo-v*-win-x64.zip. - Extract the archive to any folder.
- Launch
TypingDojo.exeand begin training!
- 🎯 Guided 29-Lesson Course: Progress methodically from home row basics (
FandJ) through index, middle, ring, pinky reaches, capital letters, punctuation, numbers, and symbols. - 🧠 Adaptive Smart Practice: Real-time error analytics identify your weakest keys and slowest bigrams (key pairs), generating customized drills targeting specific friction points.
- ⏱️ Timed Typing Tests: Formal 1, 2, 3, or 5-minute typing speed and accuracy evaluations with customizable minimum WPM / accuracy thresholds.
- 📜 Printable Achievement Certificates: Export elegant, high-resolution HTML certificates with your name, test scores, WPM, and accuracy that can be saved or printed.
- 🎮 Three Engaging Arcade Mini-Games:
- Falling Words: Intercept and type incoming words before they hit the ground.
- Letter Bubbles: Pop floating target letters as they appear on screen.
- Word Stack: Clear rising columns by typing stacked words under pressure.
- All mini-games dynamically adapt to only use characters you have already learned.
- 📊 In-Depth Performance Analytics:
- Key-by-key speed and accuracy breakdown.
- Problematic key pairs and bigram latency matrix.
- Historical practice trends, streak counters, and WPM progression over time.
- ⌨️ Interactive Visual Keyboard: On-screen keyboard with color-coded finger assignments, animated keypress highlights, and real-time guidance.
- 👤 Multi-User Profiles: Create and switch between local typist profiles without cloud dependencies or account sign-in.
- 🎨 Modern Windows Fluent Design: Built with WinUI 3, Mica background material, smooth typography, and seamless light/dark theme support.
- 🔒 100% Offline & Private: Zero telemetry, no analytics tracking, no external API calls. All training data resides exclusively on your local machine in
%LocalAppData%\TypingDojo.
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| UI Framework | WinUI 3 (Windows App SDK) |
| Language & Runtime | C# 12 / .NET 8 (net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0) |
| Packaging Model | Pure Unpackaged (WindowsPackageType=None, WindowsAppSDKSelfContained=true) |
| Audio Synthesis | Real-time procedural PCM WAV generation via Windows.Media.Playback.MediaPlayer |
| Data Persistence | Plain JSON file storage in %LocalAppData%\TypingDojo via Newtonsoft.Json |
| Target OS | Windows 10 (version 1809+, build 17763) and Windows 11 (all versions) |
- Windows 10 / 11
- .NET 8.0 SDK or later
- Visual Studio 2022 with:
- .NET Desktop Development
- Windows App SDK / WinUI 3 component
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/uponatime2019/TypingDojo.git
cd TypingDojo
# Build x64 Debug
dotnet build "TypingDojo.csproj" -p:Platform=x64
# Run project
dotnet run --project "TypingDojo.csproj" -p:Platform=x64# Publish fully self-contained portable distribution
dotnet publish "TypingDojo.csproj" -c Release -p:Platform=x64 -o "publish/TypingDojo_Portable"| Key / Shortcut | Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
Esc |
Pause or abort current drill / test | Active Typing Session |
Enter |
Restart drill or confirm results | Session Summary Dialog |
Alt + Left |
Back to previous view | Anywhere in App |
Tab |
Shift focus to next interactive control | Shell / Forms |
Space |
Advance word during typing tests | Lesson Player / Test Page |
- Pure unpackaged standalone architecture with zero store dependencies
- Progressive 29-lesson touch-typing course
- Adaptive practice engine based on weak keys and slow bigrams
- Three keyboard mini-games with dynamic character filtering
- Printable HTML achievement certificates
- Offline local profile system with JSON persistence
- Custom exercise text importer (TXT, Markdown, EPUB)
- Additional keyboard layouts (Colemak, Dvorak, AZERTY, QWERTZ)
- Multi-language practice datasets (Spanish, French, German, Japanese Romaji)
- Sound theme customization (Mechanical switches: Cherry MX Blue, Brown, Red)
- Daily typing challenges with goal streaks and badges
Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated!
- 🐛 Found a bug? Submit an issue on the Issues tab.
- 💡 Have a feature idea? Join discussions or propose an enhancement.
- 🔀 Want to contribute code? Check out CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines, branching standards, and setup instructions.
This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.