HotKeys Alternatives

HotKeys is described as 'controls your Mac or PC from your iPad. It can send keyboard shortcuts to instantly activate difficult to remember shortcuts with a single buttom' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are six alternatives to HotKeys for Windows, AutoHotkey and Mac. The best HotKeys alternative is AutoHotkey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HotKeys are AutoIt, Shortery, Stepwise and Multi Task Tool.

HotKeys alternatives are mainly Task Automation Apps but may also be Text Expanders or Key Mapping Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of HotKeys.

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HotKeys

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HotKeys controls your Mac or PC from your iPad. It can send keyboard shortcuts to instantly activate difficult to remember...

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AutoHotkey
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Free • Open Source
Task Automation App
Text Expander
Key Mapping Tool
Windows
153 AutoHotkey alternatives
AutoHotkey is a free, open-source scripting language for Windows that allows users to easily create small to complex scripts for all kinds of tasks such as: form fillers, auto-clicking, macros, etc.
- - AutoHotkey is the most popular Windows alternative to HotKeys.
- - AutoHotkey is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to HotKeys.
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AutoHotkey Features
1. LightweightAutoHotkey consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Support for scriptingAutoHotkey supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. PortableAutoHotkey can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Macro Recording
Key rebinding
Global hotkey
Custom Scripts
Exe Compiler
Support for Hotkeys
Automatic Looping
AutoIt
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Task Automation App
Windows
119 AutoIt alternatives
Use a straightforward BASIC-like scripting language to automate your Windows GUI. Simulate key presses, mouse movement, window attributes and much more.
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AutoIt Features
1. PortableAutoIt can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Macro Recording
Shortery
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Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
142 Shortery alternatives
Tired of manually executing a Shortcut every morning when starting to work? Just add the Shortcut to Shortery and let it run automatically.

Shortery offers seven different triggers to run a Shortcut:
- - Shortery is the most popular Mac alternative to HotKeys.
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Stepwise
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Free • Proprietary
Task Automation App
Workflow Automation Tool
Windows
119 Stepwise alternatives
Stepwise is a free automation tool for Windows. It's easy to learn, safe to use, and there's no coding required.
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Stepwise Features
1. No Coding RequiredStepwise can be used without an coding or programming skills.
2. PortableStepwise can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. LightweightStepwise consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. Support for GesturesStepwise supports touch or mouse gestures and interactions.
Windows Automation
Support for Hotkeys
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Autohotkey
Drag and Drop
Run Windows software
Mouse Gestures
Macro Recording
Workflow
Multi Task Tool
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Free • Proprietary
Key Mapping Tool
Windows
122 Multi Task Tool alternatives
Multi Task Tool is a portable tool that, as its very name suggests, can be used to execute multiple tasks in Windows OS!
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Multi Task Tool Features
Support for Hotkeys
Buttoncommander
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Paid • Proprietary
Text Expander
Windows
AutoHotkey
116 Buttoncommander alternatives
Windows Toolbar Creator and Launcher Software, With Buttoncommander you can Automate True Toolbars any sort of Computer Movements. This Automation Software can Make Toolbars, Sitebars, Taskbars, virtual keycaps, Hotkeyboards, Multi Clipboards, Virtual Keyboard, LaunchPads...
- - Buttoncommander is the most popular commercial alternative to HotKeys.
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Buttoncommander Features
1. Support for scriptingButtoncommander supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
2. PortableButtoncommander can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Macro Recording
Support for Hotkeys
Run Windows software
Autohotkey
On-screen Keyboard
Launcher