# vim.is

> Interactive vim exercises directly in your browser. Build muscle memory through hands-on practice. No reading chapters. No watching videos.

vim.is provides 153 browser-based interactive exercises running a real vim emulator. It teaches navigation, text insertion, operators, vim text objects (ciw, diw, ci", ci(, ci{), search and replace, registers, and developer workflows.

## Key Information
- Website: https://vim.is/
- Pricing: $4.99 one-time payment for lifetime access on Gumroad. No subscription.
- Free Trial: First exercise free on the landing page, no signup or install required.
- Environment: Runs in any modern web browser.
- Compatibility: Teaches standard vim motions compatible with VS Code Vim extension, JetBrains IdeaVim, Neovim, and terminal Vim.

## Curriculum (153 Interactive Exercises)

### Module 1: Warm Up (Exercises 1-10)
- 001. Walk right with l
- 002. Go too far, then come back
- 003. Go down with j
- 004. Up and down the elevator
- 005. All four directions
- 006. Stuck key: x
- 007. Backspace: X
- 008. Delete junk with a count
- 009. Oops! Undo with u
- 010. Redo with Ctrl-r

### Module 2: Words and Lines (Exercises 11-19)
- 011. Teleport to the end: $
- 012. Back to the start: 0
- 013. First real character: ^
- 014. Hop forward: w
- 015. Hop backward: b
- 016. Land on the end: e
- 017. Big words: W
- 018. Count your jumps
- 019. Top and bottom: gg and G

### Module 3: Insert Mode (Exercises 20-26)
- 020. Insert before: i
- 021. Insert after: a
- 022. Start of line: I
- 023. End of line: A
- 024. New line below: o
- 025. New line above: O
- 026. Type it five times

### Module 4: Delete (Exercises 27-36)
- 027. Delete a word: dw
- 028. Delete backwards: db
- 029. Delete several words: d3w
- 030. Delete around a word: daw
- 031. Delete a line: dd
- 032. Delete many lines: 3dd
- 033. Delete this and next: dj, dk
- 034. Delete to the top: dgg
- 035. Delete to the end: D
- 036. Delete to the start: d0

### Module 5: Change (Exercises 37-45)
- 037. Replace one letter: r
- 038. Overwrite mode: R
- 039. Swap one for many: s
- 040. Rewrite the line: S
- 041. Change a word: cw
- 042. Change the rest of a word: ce
- 043. Change several words: c3w
- 044. Change to the end: C
- 045. Change the whole line: cc

### Module 6: Repeat and Undo (Exercises 46-52)
- 046. Say it again: the dot
- 047. Dot after dw
- 048. Dot after cw
- 049. Dot after A and I
- 050. Dot after o
- 051. Dot with a count: 3.
- 052. Undo a whole insert

### Module 7: Copy and Paste (Exercises 53-62)
- 053. Yank a line: yy and p
- 054. Paste above: P
- 055. Move a line down: ddp
- 056. Move a line up: ddkP
- 057. Swap two letters: xp
- 058. Say it twice: yw and P
- 059. Copy a block: 3yy
- 060. Paste many times: 3p
- 061. Two clipboards: registers
- 062. A safe yank: register 0

### Module 8: Find on a Line (Exercises 63-70)
- 063. Find forward: f
- 064. Find backward: F
- 065. Till: t
- 066. Till backwards: T
- 067. Change till: ct
- 068. Delete through: df
- 069. Repeat the find: ;
- 070. Go back: comma

### Module 9: Text Objects (Exercises 71-84)
- 071. Change inner word: ciw
- 072. Change inside quotes: ci"
- 073. Empty the quotes: di"
- 074. Delete with quotes: da"
- 075. Single quotes: ci'
- 076. Change inside parentheses: ci(
- 077. Empty the parentheses: di(
- 078. Delete with parentheses: da(
- 079. Change inside brackets: ci[
- 080. Empty the brackets: di[
- 081. Change inside braces: ci{
- 082. Empty the braces: di{
- 083. Delete a paragraph: dap
- 084. Change a paragraph: cip

### Module 10: Visual Mode (Exercises 85-92)
- 085. Select with v
- 086. Paste over a selection
- 087. Select lines with V
- 088. Yank a selection
- 089. Shout and whisper
- 090. Indent a block
- 091. Edit a column: Ctrl-v
- 092. Check all the boxes

### Module 11: Search and Jump (Exercises 93-103)
- 093. Go to line N: 7G
- 094. Go to line N: :7
- 095. Jump a paragraph: }
- 096. Matching bracket: %
- 097. Search: / and n
- 098. Search back: N
- 099. Search backwards: ?
- 100. Find this word: *
- 101. Star and n
- 102. Bookmarks: ma and 'a
- 103. Exact bookmarks: `a

### Module 12: Substitute and Ex Commands (Exercises 104-115)
- 104. Replace on a line: :s
- 105. Replace every match: g flag
- 106. Replace in the whole file: :%s
- 107. Ignore case: i flag
- 108. Limit to a range: :1,3s
- 109. Prefix and suffix every line
- 110. Remove spaces at the end of lines
- 111. Match any number: \d+
- 112. Swap with groups: $1 $2
- 113. Sort lines: :sort
- 114. Sort backwards: :sort!
- 115. Sort and remove duplicates: :sort u

### Module 13: Power Tools (Exercises 116-128)
- 116. Flip case: ~
- 117. Toggle a word: g~iw
- 118. Shout a word: gUiw
- 119. Whisper a word: guiw
- 120. Shout the rest: gU$
- 121. Flip a whole line: g~~
- 122. Count up: Ctrl-a
- 123. Count down: Ctrl-x
- 124. Count up everywhere
- 125. Join lines: J
- 126. Indent a line: >>
- 127. Dedent a line: <<
- 128. Indent many lines: 3>>

### Module 14: Boss Battles (Exercises 129-135)
- 129. Boss 1: The Typo Hydra
- 130. Boss 2: The Missing Pieces
- 131. Boss 3: The Code Monster
- 132. Boss 4: The Bug Swarm
- 133. Boss 5: The List Lord
- 134. Boss 6: The Shuffler
- 135. Final Boss: The Vim Dragon

### Module 15: Speed Runs (Exercises 136-153)
- 136. Speed run: jump to the end of the line
- 137. Speed run: jump three words forward
- 138. Speed run: insert with i
- 139. Speed run: insert at the start with I
- 140. Speed run: append at the end with A
- 141. Speed run: open a line below with o
- 142. Speed run: open a line above with O
- 143. Speed run: delete lines
- 144. Speed run: delete to the end of the line
- 145. Speed run: change the rest of a word
- 146. Speed run: replace mode
- 147. Speed run: copy lines
- 148. Speed run: copy and paste lines
- 149. Speed run: jump to a character
- 150. Speed run: replace in a file
- 151. Speed run: repeat the last command
- 152. Speed run: change case
- 153. Speed run: increase and decrease numbers

## Detailed Documentation
- [Full Curriculum & Cheatsheet](https://vim.is/llms-full.txt)
- [Curriculum Overview Page](https://vim.is/overview)