Karabiner

Karabiner, previously called KeyRemap4MacBook, is a very powerful keyboard remapper for Mac OS X. In addition to simple key remapping, it has special remapping modes...

Free Open Source Mac

Hammerspoon

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.

Free Open Source Mac

Automator

With Automator, you can accomplish time-consuming, repetitive manual tasks quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly. Automator lets you skip the complex programming and...

Commercial Mac

Keyboard Maestro

Keyboard Maestro enables you to create or record custom macro shortcuts that you can activate at any time.

Commercial Mac

Typinator

What is Typinator? Have you ever experienced the tedium and frustration of having to repeatedly type your name, e-mail address, home page url, or other words or...

Commercial Mac

Action(s)

Action(s) is a free automation software that lets you build workflows that accomplish manual tasks quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly. It doesn't require any...

• Discontinued Since November 2013 the program is no longer supported. Last version, 1.1.8, released in December 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.

Free Mac Windows

TypeIt4Me

Available since 1989, TypeIt4Me is the original text expander for Mac OS. Any time you enter text in your Mac by typing it at the keyboard, TypeIt4Me can help you do it...

Commercial Mac iPhone iPad

KeyBindingsEditor

KeyBindingsEditor is a GUI-based editor for OS X key bindings. It allows for easy editing and supports single-action bindings (one action per keystroke), multi-action...

• Discontinued Website unavailable but download still available at download sites.

Free Personal Mac

ThisService

Create services from any script.

• Discontinued ThisService has been declared "abandonware" by its developer. It is still possible to obtain and use it, but no support is provided, and no further development is occurring.

Free Mac

iKey

iKey is an automation utility, a program that creates shortcuts to accomplish repetitive tasks. In essence, an iKey shortcut is a little program in its own right, but...

Commercial Mac

QuicKeys

QuicKeys is software that makes it easier to use your computer. With QuicKeys you can automate common things you do all the time. And you can automate tedious things you...

• Discontinued The software seems to be no longer developed: the official website says that it has been designed for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard, and it substantially works with 10.10 Yosemite

Commercial Mac