nvim trainer — learn Neovim motions by doing

An interactive trainer for Neovim: targets light up in a code buffer, you land your cursor on them, and a live hint shows the shortest possible key sequence after every attempt. It's the fastest way to turn motion knowledge into motion reflexes — the thing that actually makes nvim feel fast.

beyond vimtutor

Neovim ships with :Tutor, and it's a great first hour. But a walkthrough can't build speed — for that you need repetitions under light pressure with feedback on every rep. This trainer picks up where the tutor stops: it doesn't explain the keys, it drills you until reaching any spot on screen in 2–4 keystrokes is automatic.

trains your actual config

• paste your lua keymaps — the vimrc panel accepts vim.keymap.set("n", ...) alongside classic noremap, so you practice with the bindings you really use
• relative line numbers in the gutter, like set relativenumber — counted jumps (7j, 3k) read straight off the screen
• the shortest-key hint teaches the same skill leap.nvim and flash.nvim shortcut — but trained into your fingers with the builtins, it works in every buffer, ssh session and pager

how to improve at nvim

Deliberate practice beats mileage. Run a few 30 or 60 second rounds a day, focus each round on one motion family — finds one day, counted jumps the next — and let the hint correct you. Most people see their keys-per-target drop within a week, and the reflexes carry directly into day-to-day editing, plugins or not.

keep going

Ready for a score to beat? Take the nvim speed test. Classic vim user? The vim trainer is the same drill, or read what vimtyper is.