# monkeytypegame/monkeytype

The most customizable typing website with a minimalistic design and a ton of features. Test yourself in various modes, track your progress and improve your speed.

Repository: https://github.com/monkeytypegame/monkeytype
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/monkeytype
Homepage: https://monkeytype.com/
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: monkeytype, typingtest
Last push: 2026-08-17T10:44:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2302, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 29, "gap_med": 15.0, "n_releases_24m": 41}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 20611, forks 3295 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:30.278615+00:00)

## What it is
Monkeytype is a highly customizable, minimalistic typing test website with multiple game modes, themes, and detailed performance statistics. It is a full-stack web application built with TypeScript, SolidJS, Express, MongoDB, Redis, and Firebase.

## Use cases
- practice typing speed online
- measure my words per minute
- improve typing accuracy
- track typing progress over time
- take a customizable typing test
- self-host a typing test website

## When to choose
- you want a polished, feature-rich typing trainer with themes and modes
- you want to self-host a typing test site
- you need detailed stats like WPM, raw, consistency, and leaderboards

## When to avoid
- you need offline desktop typing software
- you want a simple tool without accounts or backend dependencies
- you need structured typing curricula or lessons rather than free-form tests

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game, data-visualization, analytics
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, education, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: typing-test, wpm, keyboard-practice, self-hosted, minimalistic-design, web-server, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- monkeytypegame/monkeytype (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:30.278615+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:58:40.675905+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/monkeytypegame/monkeytype (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:30.278615+00:00, sha 844ea407a9f3)
  - homepage: https://monkeytype.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:38.417587+00:00, sha 5678a8bb2833)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.