Still Hunting for Keys on Your Keyboard?

Real skill acquisition requires practice. And if you work on a computer, your practice almost always involves typing!

Believe me — as someone who switched from “hunt-and-peck” typing where you’re constantly distracted, glancing at the keyboard, with attention continuously fragmenting, and a low typing speed ceiling (which impacts productivity overall)…

Our brains naturally take the path of least resistance, leading us to adopt incorrect techniques (whether it’s keyboard typing or hand positioning when playing a musical instrument). This becomes both a narrow comfort zone and a limitation — sometimes even causing health issues!

If you work on a computer and type frequently (coding, for instance) — don’t procrastinate. Start your transition to touch typing. It’s a worthwhile investment!

I built a dedicated application for this: FingerGo.

✨ Key Advantages

• Cross-platform — Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows
• Lightweight binary
• Designed to improve typing speed and accuracy with a user-friendly and intuitive interface
• Eye-friendly Dark/Light themes with customization options
• Hierarchical text/code library (plain text and code samples)
• Productivity features: Shortcuts, Zen Mode, keyboard/stats toggle

Essential Touch-Typing Features

• Real-time visual keyboard with finger mapping
• Live statistics: WPM, CPM, accuracy, per-key mistakes tracking

Tech Stack

┌──────────────────────┐                    ┌────────────────────────┐
│   GUI LAYER          │◄──── Wails ───────►│  INTERNAL LAYER        │
│   HTML/CSS/JS        │      Bridge        │  Go 1.25+              │
└──────────────────────┘                    └────────────────────────┘
         │                                              │
    Event-Driven                                   Layered
         │                                              │
    ┌────┴─────┐                                   ┌────┴─────┐
    │ EventBus │                                   │ Concrete │
    │ (pub/sub)│                                   │ Repos    │
    └────┬─────┘                                   └────┬─────┘
         │                                              │
    Modular JS                                    Domain Models
                                                         │
                                                         ▼
                                           ┌─────────────────────┐
                                           │ JSON Storage        │
                                           │ ~/.local/share/...  │
                                           └─────────────────────┘

• Backend: Go 1.25+ with concrete repositories
• Bridge: Wails v2 provides Go↔JS communication
• Frontend: Vanilla JavaScript (ES6+) with Event-Driven Architecture (pub/sub EventBus)
• Storage: JSON files in XDG directories
• Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows

Native Performance:

• No Electron overhead (~50MB vs 200MB+ memory footprint)
• Native webview (GTK WebKit on Linux, WKWebView on macOS, WebView2 on Windows)
• Compiled Go binary (no runtime interpreter)

Try It https://github.com/AshBuk/FingerGo

Start your journey to effortless touch typing! Your future self (and your productivity) will thank you.