Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Many duplicates - 1472 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #341 / 480
  • Number of attempts: 6
delete swap - 1834 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #423 / 570
  • Number of attempts: 10
Fix the shell script! - 2663 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #281 / 619
  • Number of attempts: 13
Visual block training - 1116 entries

You see the input. You see the output. Go.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 93
  • Position: #189 / 208
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fill in the chess board - 979 entries

Fill in the name of each square using its file (a-h) and rank (1-8).

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 71
  • Position: #158 / 186
  • Number of attempts: 4
Inverting Lines - 1952 entries

A simple challenge to invert all lines, except the first.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #272 / 522
  • Number of attempts: 5
Modernise code - 1434 entries

Modernise and clean up some C++ code.

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 65
  • Position: #298 / 331
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #7321 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 2
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