TextExpander Alternatives

TextExpander is described as 'Boosts productivity by managing reusable text snippets, enabling quick sharing across platforms. Offers fill-in fields and data insights to improve team performance' and is a popular Text Expander in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to TextExpander for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Google Chrome, Linux and Web-based apps. The best TextExpander alternative is AutoHotkey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TextExpander are Microsoft PowerToys, espanso, PhraseExpress and FastKeys.

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  1. AlomWare Toolbox is productivity software for Windows that empowers you to work faster and more efficiently every day, by use of window management, automation with hotkeys and macros, reminders and scheduled tasks, system tweaks, and more!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    This is a tool for automatically creating typing shortcuts from a corpus of your own writing!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • AutoHotkey
     
  3. Asutype icon
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    Automatic on-the-fly spell checking. Asutype checks and alerts you to any mistake that you may make while typing both audibly and visually so you can optionally take immediate action.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    It supports on the fly text expansion

    • Asutype is Paid and ProprietaryTextExpander is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. QuicKeys icon
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    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 don't do all the time — things that are hard to remember.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Based on the Auto Text Expander by carlinyuen (https://github.com/carlinyuen/ChromeAutoTextExpander), Power Text is a Google Chrome Extension that allows you to define text shortcuts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
     
  6. System-wide offline text-substitution utility offering dynamic date and time variables, organized collections, global Quick Search with hotkeys, and a three-panel graphical user interface. All data is stored locally in SQLite, supporting backup, restore, and JSON import/export.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Type Pilot is an automatic typing software that helps you to quickly type phrases in document. You just define keywords (an abbreviations) for a frequently used text snippet, phrase, sentence or paragraph.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Snippet Bin icon
     5 likes

    How it works: if you are running Snippet Bin and type "//for ", it can turn this into: for ( $i = 1 ; $i <= 10 ; $i++ ) { //stuff } But Snippet Bin also pastes dynamic snippets using parameters.

    Other features of Snippet Bin: A stable and lightweight syste.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Auto Typer icon
     1 like

    Auto Typer Software Utility to type on keyboard automatically. Configure or Assign Keyboard Shortcuts for Auto Typer to type on keyboard automatically whenever shortcut key is pressed. Auto Typer allows to use special keyboard keys such as Tab and Enter to automate filling in...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Rapidkey icon
     2 likes

    RapidKey - Autotext and Macros for Windows XP that auto fill web forms. RapidKey provides you with a new Windows functionality. This software autocompletes text phrases and autoexpands shorthands in any Windows applications.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Texpander icon
     3 likes

    I just want a quick way to expand a text snippet into a longer chunk of text. For example, I want to type 'sig' and have it expand into my complete email signature – no matter what browser or email client I’m using.

    17 Texpander alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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