CRT terminal look. 80 themes. Zero ads.
Most typing tests are functional and ugly, or clean and generic. TypeCrt was built the other way round — the interface came first, styled after a phosphor CRT terminal, with scanlines, a soft glow around the text, and a caret that moves smoothly instead of snapping.
If you're going to spend fifteen minutes a day staring at it, it may as well look good.
Over 50 built in, including every palette people actually ask for:
Switch with the quick theme picker in the navbar, or the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P). Changes apply instantly with no page reload.
Weak, medium or max CRT scanlines — or switch to modern mode and remove them entirely.
Line, block, underline or outline, with four smoothness levels from instant to fully fluid.
Ten monospace options including JetBrains Mono, Fira Code and Roboto Mono.
Build your own palette in the visual theme creator, then export and import it as a file.
Header, footer and controls fade away the moment you start typing.
Strips glow, scanlines and text shadow for a clean minimal look if retro isn't your thing.
Looking good and being comfortable to use overlap more than people expect:
1 l I and 0 O reduce misreads mid-testDirectly, no — theme choice has no effect on your words per minute. Indirectly it matters a great deal, because typing improvement is almost entirely a function of consistent daily practice, and people return to tools they enjoy opening.
An interface you actively like is a retention mechanism. That's the whole argument, and it's enough.
TypeCrt is built around a CRT terminal aesthetic — scanlines, phosphor glow, animated caret — with 80 themes (Catppuccin, Nord, Dracula, Gruvbox, Tokyo Night), ten fonts, four caret styles and a custom theme creator. Monkeytype is the other common pick for a minimal, highly customizable look.
Yes — instantly, from the navbar picker or command palette, with no account. You can also create your own and export it as a file.
One styled after a 1980s cathode-ray-tube monitor: scanlines, soft glow around text, monospace type. TypeCrt makes the intensity adjustable, or you can turn it off with modern mode.
Indirectly. Improvement comes from consistent practice, and you practice more with a tool you like. Good contrast, clear glyphs and a visible caret also genuinely reduce eye fatigue.
Yes — all themes and features, no account, no signup, no ads.