Linux equivalent of Autohotkey?

**caffeine74** · July 16th, 2011

IronAHK (alpha): cross platform .NET rewrite of AutoHotkey looks to be what we're looking for ... when it's actually ready. It seems to be having a really long development cycle.

You can get the alpha code if you're interested in helping develop it.

**last1** · August 18th, 2011

I found AutoKey to do a good job at some of the basic capabilities that AHK does. Mapping text output to a hotkey was actually easier for me in this program, just type into the box, set a hotkey and save. It can do Python scripting macros too from what I've read.

**aasami** · September 29th, 2011

Originally Posted by last1

I found AutoKey to do a good job at some of the basic capabilities that AHK does. Mapping text output to a hotkey was actually easier for me in this program, just type into the box, set a hotkey and save. It can do Python scripting macros too from what I've read.

Yes, this is what I've been looking for. Thank you man!

**Cottonwoody** · January 27th, 2012

I do use AutoHotkey for Linux by starting my Linux within a Sun VirtualBox on a Windows PC. That works perfectly.

Hope this helps somebody.

**chickenPie4breakfast** · January 28th, 2012

I wish there was a AutoHotKey for linux too - its the one app I am really missing because it became many apps to me. If more LInux users had gotten to know it on a pc then a clever one might write something like it for Linux. Yes there is IRonAhk but Its been so long in development and seems to have halted. I think it was being too abitious wanting to make a version that would work on any computer - as there are already 3 versions that work fine on a Windows machine there is no need for another - It would have been better if the author had just tried to make a linux only version.

**bolocholo** · January 12th, 2013

From AutoKey (Desktop automation utility for Linux and X11) FAQ section:

Does AutoKey work with scripts which were written with the popular AutoHotKey Windows application?

No. AutoKey's built-in Python scripting is arguably much more powerful than the AHK language and makes it possible to do many of the things that AutoHotKey scripts can do on Windows, in addition to some things AHK doesn't support.

http://code.google.com/p/autokey/wiki/FAQ