Autohotkey alternative for Mac OS X? [closed]

Answer 1

What is is you're trying to do?

IronAHK should work on a Mac - I'm not a Mac user so I've not tried it, but that would be my first choice for trying to get AutoHotkey scripts working.

alternativeTo.net lists a few Mac OS alternatives to AutoHotkey. The top result there is Project SIKULI which looks pretty similar to AHK in terms of features but with a different scripting language.

Answer 2

Take a look at Butler. Free to try, $20 to buy.

I haven't yet found an open source tool for Mac like AHK.

Answer 3

Keymando - $19, 30-day free trial. Uses Ruby as its scripting language.

IronAHK will run AHK scripts, but for its GUI it requires X11.app. I don't believe it can automate regular Mac apps.

Answer 4

I currently use KeyRemap4MacBook which is greati for key mappings, including chords of keys. It doesn't have a scripting language though. Keyboard Maestro seems a popular option with some scripting support (I have not tried it myself though).

Answer 5

Quicksilver can be a partial solution for some functionality of autohotkey: it has shortcut key/trigger defining capabilities. For text expansion, mas os has text expansion built in.

On the other hand, applescript/automator is the mac os native solution for some automation tasks.

Answer 6

No one's mentioned Quicksilver - free utility with tons of plugins for extendability.