# vimtutor

8 Hacker News commenters recommended vimtutor and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free interactive tutorial for Vim that people use to learn basic navigation and rerun to recall forgotten tricks.

## Why people recommend it

- Great early step for beginners (2 comments): "If you haven't gone through `vimtutor`, I recommend that as an early step." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288877)) "I learnt the basics of vim navigation through it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46191856))
- Great free resource for learning Vim (2 comments): "vimtutor continues to be a great resource that Braam made" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096434)) "A great free way to learn Vim." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096491))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [CSS-Tricks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/css-tricks.md): 23 recommend
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- [Beej's Guide by Brian Hall](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beej-s-guide.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "vimtutor", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vimtutor/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).