Plans
Start free. Go Pro when you want the rest.
The first 13 chapters are free, with no sign-up. Pro opens all 82, from operators to your own Neovim config, for one payment.
Free $0 forever, no account needed
- Foundations and The Vim Way: 13 chapters, every exercise
- The first exercise of every other lesson
- Practice drills for the free tracks
- Daily golf, the Daily 5, the cheat sheet and how-tos
- Progress saved in your browser
Lifetime Pro
$49
one payment · no subscription · every future lesson included
- Everything in Free
- All 14 tracks, 82 chapters: every exercise and boss round
- Every practice drill
- Every chapter we add later
- Progress synced to your account on every device
What Pro unlocks
- OperatorsVerb plus noun: delete, change, yank and friends, combined with every motion you know.
- Vertical movementRelative and absolute jumps, paragraphs, scrolling and the screen: finding your way around a 300-line file.
- SearchSearch forwards and back, search the word under the cursor, use a search as a motion, land a step from the match, and write patterns.
- Text objectsWords, quotes, brackets, tags and paragraphs as nouns: you don't select text, you name it.
- Visual modeCharacters, lines and blocks: select when you need to see it, and know when an operator is better.
- Insert mode powerFix typos, run one Normal command, paste, complete and calculate without leaving Insert mode, and type over text with Replace mode.
- RegistersVim has a whole shelf of jars: the everyday and yank jars, jars you label yourself, the bin, the clipboard and a history of deletes.
- MacrosRecord a change once, replay it five hundred times, and write macros that work on every line.
- NavigationMarks, the jump list, the change list and matching pairs: find your way back at 2 a.m.
- Ex & substitutionRanges, :s and its flags, :g, :normal, copy, move and sort: edit a whole file in one line.
- Real-world refactorsSix long boss levels on real code in TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, JSON, CSV and Markdown, scored against par.
- Plugins & your editorSurround and commentary, VS Code Vim and IdeaVim, and your first Neovim config.
Questions
- Is Pro a subscription?
- No. You pay once and Pro stays on your account for good, with every chapter we add later.
- Do I need an account?
- Not for the free plan: progress saves in your browser. To buy Pro you sign in or create a free account, and Pro goes on that account on every device. Progress you made before signing in comes with you.
- Why might my price be lower?
- Accounts from the first VimNinja get a welcome-back price until the end of 2026. Whatever applies to you, the card shows the price you’ll pay before you pay it.
- What if it isn’t for me?
- Refunds go through Lemon Squeezy, who handle the payment: use the link in your receipt, or write to support@vimninja.com and we’ll sort it out. A refund removes Pro from the account.