TextExpander Alternatives for Linux

TextExpander is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is espanso, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to TextExpander and seven of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to TextExpander are OldAutoKey, xdotool, Repeat and Texpander.

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

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espanso
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Free • Open Source
Text Expander
Mac
Windows
Linux
33 espanso alternatives
An open source, cross-platform text expander written in Rust.
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espanso Features
1. Works Offlineespanso can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. Support for scriptingespanso supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. Portableespanso can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Configurable
Console-based
Comments about espanso as a Alternative to TextExpander
Almost everyone thinks espanso is a great TextExpander alternative.
jonleibowitz
Open Source, cross-platform, good configuration interface (yaml!)
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OldAutoKey
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Free • Open Source
Text Expander
Linux
X11
68 OldAutoKey alternatives
AutoKey is a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11. It allows you to manage collection of scripts and phrases, and assign abbreviations and hotkeys to these. This allows you to execute a script or insert text on demand in any program.
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OldAutoKey Features
1. Support for scriptingOldAutoKey supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Discontinued
The program is no longer developed. As announced by the developer, last version, 0.90.4, released in May 2012, is feature complete and can be still downloaded from Google Code Archive. A maintained port, updated to run on Python 3, has been hosted on GitHub with the name AutoKey , previously known as AutoKey Py3
xdotool
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Free • Open Source
Workflow Automation Tool
Linux
X11
57 xdotool alternatives
This tool lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11's XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.
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xdotool Features
1. Command line interfacexdotool either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. Support for scriptingxdotool supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
X11/Xorg
Support for Hotkeys
Macro Recording
Repeat
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Free • Open Source
Task Automation App
Mac
Windows
Linux
Java
61 Repeat alternatives
Repeat is a full-fledged, Java mouse/keyboard record/replay and automation hotkeys/macros creation using modern programming languages, and more advanced automation features. Working across three major OSes: Windows, OSX, and Linux.
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Repeat Features
1. Support for scriptingRepeat supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Macro Recording
Support for Hotkeys
Replay
X server
Texpander
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Free • Open Source
Text Expander
Linux
14 Texpander alternatives
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.
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Quikey
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Free • Open Source
Linux
63 Quikey alternatives
A keyboard macro tool. Contribute to bostrt/quikey development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Quikey Features
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Discontinued
The last release in Github is Nov 29, 2020. The website no longer loads.
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Compress
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Free • Open Source
Text Expander
Linux
AutoHotkey
33 Compress alternatives
This is a tool for automatically creating typing shortcuts from a corpus of your own writing!
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