vimtutor
Ranked 7 of 24 online tutorials by recommenders
Free interactive tutorial for Vim that people use to learn basic navigation and rerun to recall forgotten tricks.
Free interactive tutorial for Vim that people use to learn basic navigation and rerun to recall forgotten tricks.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Great early step for beginners
“If you haven't gone through `vimtutor`, I recommend that as an early step.”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot” “I learnt the basics of vim navigation through it.”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “Twelve Days of Shell” Great free resource for learning Vim
“vimtutor continues to be a great resource that Braam made”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Vimgolf.ai – Learn Vim by playing through a map of levels” “A great free way to learn Vim.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Vimgolf.ai – Learn Vim by playing through a map of levels”
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| vimtutorThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“A great free way to learn Vim.”
“vimtutor continues to be a great resource that Braam made”
“I rerun vimtutor from time to time, because I still don't remember every trick from it”
“If you haven't gone through `vimtutor`, I recommend that as an early step.”
“vimtutor, which only covers very basic topics”
“I learnt the basics of vim navigation through it.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.