AutoHotkey

by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC

Free Download 1

Versions:

  • 2.0.22
  • 2.0.21
  • 2.0.20
  • 2.0.19
  • 2.0.18
  • 2.0.17
  • 2.0.16
  • 2.0.15
  • 2.0.12
  • 2.0.11
  • 2.0.10
  • 2.0.9
  • 2.0.8
  • 2.0.7
  • 2.0.6
  • 2.0.5
  • 2.0.4
  • 2.0.3
  • 2.0.2
  • 1.1.37.02
  • 1.1.37.01
  • 1.1.37.00
  • 1.1.36.02
  • 1.1.36.01
  • 1.1.36.00
  • 1.1.35.00
  • 1.1.34.04
  • 1.1.34.03
  • 1.1.34.02
  • 1.1.34.01
  • 1.1.34.00
  • 1.1.33.11
  • 1.1.33.09
  • 1.1.33.08
  • 1.1.33.07
  • 1.1.33.06
  • 1.1.33.04
  • 1.1.33.02
  • 1.1.32.00

AutoHotkey 2.0.22, released by the AutoHotkey Foundation LLC, is an open-source scripting platform whose primary mission is to eliminate repetitive interaction with the Windows graphical environment. By exposing a concise, purpose-built language that treats hotkey definition as a first-class citizen, the utility lets administrators, gamers, data-entry staff, and assistive-technology authors remap any keyboard, mouse, or joystick event into a complex sequence of keystrokes, window manipulations, file operations, or API calls. Typical deployments range from single-line remaps that turn a spare key into a media-control button, to multi-threaded data-validation bots that scrape forms, launch external programs, and log results without user intervention. Power users embed conditional logic, regular expressions, and DLL calls to build context-aware macros that react differently depending on which process is active, making the program equally valuable for IDE code templates, rapid CAD commands, and accessibility overlays that bypass hard-coded shortcuts. The ecosystem ships with 39 prior interpreter builds—maintained for backward compatibility—so legacy corporate scripts written in the v1 syntax continue to run while new projects adopt the stricter, object-oriented grammar introduced in v2. Because scripts compile into stand-alone EXE files, departments can distribute automation routines without exposing source or requiring elevated rights on target machines. The software is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.

Tags:

automate 13
automation 73
hotkey 18
keyboard-shortcuts 13
keyboardshortcuts 10
macro 7