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AutoHotkey

Macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows.

Completely free
Windows
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-2.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: WindowsEstablished by Windows: Winget
Publisher: AutoHotkey Foundation LLC
Latest version: 2.0.31
Source code: github.com/autohotkey/autohotkey

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and in its Winget manifest: scripting and macros, keyboard shortcuts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“It is driven by a custom scripting language that has special provision for defining keyboard shortcuts, otherwise known as hotkeys.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“It is driven by a custom scripting language that has special provision for defining keyboard shortcuts, otherwise known as hotkeys.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

AutoHotkey is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-2.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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