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AutoHotkey — Free, open-source Windows automation.

AutoHotkey is an open-source Windows scripting language for automating keystrokes, files, folders, loops, variables, and more.

OVERVIEW

It can turn joystick, keyboard, mouse, or remote-control combinations into hotkeys and can expand abbreviations into full text.

The supplied roundup also lists key remapping, clipboard and menu customization, sound-card settings, and script-to-EXE conversion.

HIGHLIGHTS

✓Open-source scripting

✓Hotkeys and key remapping

✓Text expansion and automation

AVAILABILITY

Works on modern Windows and older versions such as Windows 7.