Hammerspoon Alternatives

Hammerspoon is described as 'This is a tool for powerful automation of OS X. At its core, Hammerspoon is just a bridge between the operating system and a Lua scripting engine' and is a Task Automation app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Hammerspoon for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Google Chrome and AutoHotkey apps. The best Hammerspoon alternative is AutoHotkey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Hammerspoon are Microsoft PowerToys, AutoIt, UI.Vision RPA and FastKeys.

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  1. Ctrl Deck icon
     4 likes

    Unified launcher designed for Windows enabling quick access to apps, files, folders, links, shortcuts, and workspaces from a single panel, reducing Alt+Tab overload and taskbar clutter, optimizing multi-window workflows, and streamlining repetitive tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  2. Automator icon
     33 likes

    With Automator, you can accomplish time-consuming, repetitive manual tasks quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly. Automator lets you skip the complex programming and scripting that is normally required to create automations.

    76 Automator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. Repeat icon
     9 likes

    Repeat is a full-fledged, Java mouse/keyboard record/replay and automation hotkeys/macros creation using modern programming languages, and more advanced automation features. Working across three major OSes: Windows, OSX, and Linux.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
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  4. UiPath icon
     31 likes

    A free, fully-featured, and extensible tool for automating any web or desktop application. UiPath Studio Community is free for individual developers, small professional teams, education and training purposes.

    125 UiPath alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Typinator icon
     33 likes

    What is Typinator?

    Have you ever experienced the tedium and frustration of having to repeatedly type your name, e-mail address, home page url, or other words or phrases again, again and again? Do you frequently need to quickly insert images like your signature, location plan, or.

    84 Typinator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. OldAutoKey icon
     50 likes

    AutoKey is a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11. It allows you to manage collection of scripts and phrases, and assign abbreviations and hotkeys to these. This allows you to execute a script or insert text on demand in any program.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
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  7. xdotool icon
     17 likes

    This tool lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11's XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.

    64 xdotool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
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  8. Magical icon
     10 likes

    Magical is a browser extension compatible with Google Chrome and Edge, designed to automate repetitive tasks using artificial intelligence and GPT-4. It allows users to create AI-generated messages, emails, and responses, store frequently used messages as templates, and expand...

    61 Magical alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
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  9. ReMouse icon
     4 likes

    ReMouse is a automation program that lets you record and play back a series of keyboard and mouse actions, and saves operation records as script files for later use. Perfectly compatible with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and 64-bit systems.

    46 ReMouse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. EventGhost icon
     25 likes

    EventGhost is an advanced, easy to use and extensible automation tool for MS Windows. It can use different input devices like infrared or wireless remote controls to trigger macros, that on their part control a computer and its attached hardware.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. CrossMacro icon
     2 likes

    Cross-platform desktop automation app with macro recording, playback, scheduling, text expansion, CLI tools, and Wayland/X11-aware Linux support.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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