Automate applications or web sites, text or images, simple or complex, on command or scheduled. You can automate virtually anything.
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Apps similar to Anacron include AutoHotkey, which is free and open source. Other options are Microsoft PowerToys, FilePipe, AutoIt and UI.Vision RPA. There's no shortage of Task Automation Apps like Anacron, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and the web.
Automate applications or web sites, text or images, simple or complex, on command or scheduled. You can automate virtually anything.

Automate various tasks on your Android smartphone or tablet. Create your automations with flowscharts, automatically change settings or perform actions based on triggered event.



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.

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.





Piti is a free macOS app that auto-tags files to organize messy folders. Operating 100% locally, it uses a custom rules engine to suggest color-coded native Finder tags without moving files.




FileFlow scans your files periodically and organizes them according to your rules.



Your Downloads folder is where files go to die. IMG_3427.png, Untitled_document_final_v2.pdf, a hundred things you'll never find again. Waypost fixes that. Waypost reads folders of your choice, then renames, sorts, and tags dropped files based on what's actually inside.




Automates macOS Shortcuts with seven configurable triggers, including application launch or quit, system wake or sleep, scheduled times, login and logout, custom hotkeys, appearance mode changes, and power events, supporting complex automation for daily workflows.



Forget about the mess in your Downloads folder! This extension allows you to set custom download locations with a flexible and strong RegExp-based rules.


vFlow is a powerful and highly extensible automation tool designed for the Android platform. It allows you to freely combine a series of "action modules" into powerful "workflows" through a graphical interface, automating various daily and repetitive screen operation tasks.


