about

manatype is a typing test rendered like a video game. Each correct keystroke fires a particle burst, the cursor leaves a glowing trail, mistakes get squiggled in red, and when the test ends a live WPM curve traces back through your run.

how it works

Type the words that appear. The renderer reacts in real time — sparks, starbursts, motion blur, bloom. There's no scoring system beyond words-per-minute and accuracy; the goal is to make typing feel good.

video export

When you finish a run, press D on your keyboard to download a 60fps mp4 of the entire test. Encoding happens entirely in your browser via the WebCodecs API — nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored on a server, and the file lands in your downloads folder.

what's under the hood

The renderer is written in Rust on top of sokol-gfx, with a custom HDR + bloom + chromatic-aberration pipeline. On the web it runs on WebGPU; on macOS and Linux it runs as a native binary on Metal / OpenGL.

contact

Bugs, feedback, requests: hi@manatype.app.