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, …

Learn how to download and install AutoHotkey, to create a script, to use hotkeys and hotstrings, to send keystrokes, to run programs, etc.

Learn how to download and install AutoHotkey, to create a script, to use hotkeys and hotstrings, to send keystrokes, to run programs, etc.

AutoHotkey DocumentationAutoHotkey v1.1 AutoHotkey v2.0

If you are installing for all users, you will need to provide administrator consent in the standard UAC prompt that appears (in other words, click Yes). If there were no complications, …

AutoHotkey doesn't do anything on its own; it needs a script to tell it what to do. A script is simply a plain text file with the .ahk filename extension containing instructions for the program, like a …

AutoHotkey v2 aims to improve the usability and convenience of the language and command set by sacrificing backward compatibility. As such, scripts written for v1 generally will not work …

In addition, many of AutoHotkey's enhancements to the AutoIt v2 command set, as well as the Window Spy and the old script compiler, were adapted directly from the AutoIt v3 source code.

AutoHotkey has the power to define hotkeys that can be used anywhere or only within specific apps, performing any action that you are able to express with code.

Learn details about hotkeys in general, modifier symbols, context-sensitive hotkeys, custom combinations, mouse wheel hotkeys, function hotkeys, etc.