Alternatives to Script Kit

A cross-platform desktop app for writing and launching JavaScript and TypeScript scripts from a prompt. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Script Kit.

  • Hammerspoon

    A bridge between macOS and Lua that lets a short script move windows, bind hotkeys and react to system events.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOS

    Hammerspoon is MIT-licensed and scripted in Lua, reaching deep into macOS windows, hotkeys and system events, but it runs only on macOS.

  • Keyboard Maestro

    Visual macro builder for automating apps, files, and workflows on macOS.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    Keyboard Maestro is a paid, closed-source macOS macro builder with a visual editor, so automations are assembled without writing JavaScript or TypeScript.

  • AutoHotkey

    A Windows scripting language for hotkeys, text expansion, key remapping and automating anything on screen.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    AutoHotkey is a GPL-licensed scripting language for hotkeys and automation on Windows only, with a very large community and compiled standalone executables.

  • Quicksilver

    An open-source macOS launcher that opens apps and files and acts on them from the keyboard.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOS

    Quicksilver is an open-source macOS launcher that acts on files and apps through plugins, rather than running scripts you write in TypeScript.

  • Phoenix

    A lightweight macOS window and app manager that you configure and script with JavaScript.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOS

    Phoenix is an MIT-licensed macOS app scripted in JavaScript, focused on window and app management rather than launching general scripts from a prompt.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.