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{{about|the desktop automation software|the cryptographic algorithm|Autokey cipher}}

{{Infobox software
| name = AutoKey
| logo = Autokey-logo.svg
| screenshot =
| caption =
| developer = Thomas Hess 
| latest_release_version = Python 3+ - 0.96.0
| latest_release_date = {{Release date and age|2022|06|06}}
| operating_system = [[Linux]]
| programming language = [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| genre = [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] Automation [[Utility software|utility]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPLv3]]
| website = {{URL|https://github.com/autokey/autokey}}
}}

'''AutoKey''' is a [[Free software|free]], [[Open-source software|open-source]] scripting application for [[Linux]].

AutoKey allows the user to define hotkeys and trigger phrases<ref name="lh09" /> which expand to predefined text, automating frequent or repetitive tasks such as correcting typographical errors or common spelling mistakes and inserting [[Boilerplate text|boiler plate sections of text]].

Hotkeys, and trigger phrases may also be configured to run scripts which use the full power of Python 3 to perform actions which can generate window, keyboard, and mouse events [https://autokey.github.io/index.html using the provided AutoKey] [[API]].

Most applications will respond to these events as if the user were actually typing on the keyboard and using the mouse. This allows AutoKey scripts to cause these applications to perform almost any sequence of actions a user could manually make them do - at the press of a single hotkey.<ref name="mte10">{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Damien|title=Autokey: Make Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts In Linux|url=http://maketecheasier.com/autokey-make-your-own-keyboard-shortcuts-in-linux/2010/09/28|work=MakeTechEasier|accessdate=2010-12-30 |date=2010-09-28| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101205020845/http://maketecheasier.com/autokey-make-your-own-keyboard-shortcuts-in-linux/2010/09/28| archivedate= 5 December 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Since AutoKey scripts are written in full Python, they can also interact with the whole system to perform tasks which would be difficult for a user to do manually such as reading and writing files, retrieving system status information, or performing calculations and making decisions.

It also provides simple dialog management tools so scripts can present information and interact with the user.

== History ==

In 2008, Chris Dekter wrote the original version of AutoKey in Python 2 for the Linux operating system.<ref name="lh09">{{cite web|last=Purdy |first=Kevin |title=AutoKey Does Customized Text Replacement for Linux |url=http://lifehacker.com/5310976/autokey-does-customized-text-replacement-for-linux |work=Lifehacker |publisher=[[Gawker Media]] |accessdate=2010-12-30 |date=2009-07-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115124156/http://lifehacker.com/5310976/autokey-does-customized-text-replacement-for-linux |archivedate=15 November 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The last version of the original branch was released on {{start date|2012|05|31}} and is deprecated. On {{start date|2014|01|31}}, [https://github.com/guoci Guoci] released the first Python 3 version.

AutoKey's [[User interface|UI]] was inspired by the commercial Windows software ''Phrase Express''.<ref name="ack">{{cite web|last=Dekter|first=Chris|title=ACKNOWLEDGMENTS|url=https://code.google.com/p/autokey/source/browse/trunk/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS?r=304|work=Autokey SVN|accessdate=2010-12-30 |date=2010-04-24}}</ref>

AutoKey is currently available in packaged form for users of Debian, Arch, Gentoo, and Fedora as well as for some of their derivative distributions such as Ubuntu, Mint, and Manjaro.

The software is licensed under GNU General Public License (GPLv3).

== See also ==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[AutoHotkey]] (for Windows only)
* [[AutoIt]] (for Windows only)
* [[Automator (software)|Automator]] (for Macintosh only)
* [[Bookmarklet]]
* [[iMacros|iMacros for Firefox]]
* [[Xnee]], a program that can be used to record and replay test.
* [http://sikulix.com SikuliX]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/autokey-shorthand-typists Linux Journal Review]
* [https://github.com/autokey-py3/autokey Python 3 AutoKey on GitHub]
* [https://github.com/autokey/autokey/wiki AutoKey wiki on GitHub]
* [https://github.com/autokey/autokey/releases AutoKey current version in .deb packaging]
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/autokey-users AutoKey Support Forum]
* [https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/11/how-to-automate-repetitive-typing-text.html Article in Linux Uprising]
* [https://www.maketecheasier.com/autokey-make-your-own-keyboard-shortcuts-in-linux/ Article on makeiteasier.com ]

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