PacVim
Move with Vim keys to eat letters and dodge ghosts in a Pac-Man maze
PacVim is a terminal game that teaches Vim commands. You steer a cursor around a maze made of text, using Vim motions to highlight every letter while avoiding the ghosts, as in Pac-Man.
Free · No login · Terminal · Beginner
About PacVim
It trains word jumps, line motions and other movement keys until they become habits. It suits beginners who know the basics of Vim and want practice that feels like a game.
It runs in the terminal and is free and open source. You can install it with Homebrew, build it from source with ncurses, or run it in Docker.
On Breakpoint since 25 Oct 2026.
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