Script Kit
A cross-platform desktop app for writing and launching JavaScript and TypeScript scripts from a prompt.
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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask script-kit
About Script Kit
Script Kit is an open-source desktop app for creating and running small scripts that take care of everyday chores. You create a script from its prompt, it opens in your editor, and you write a few lines of JavaScript or TypeScript. Scripts can then be launched from anywhere through the same prompt.
A TypeScript SDK provides built-in UIs and helpers for files, the clipboard, the network, images and more. The website can also generate scripts from plain-language descriptions using AI. Builds are available for macOS, and there are beta versions for Windows and Linux.
Strengths
- Turns short JavaScript or TypeScript files into launchable tools
- SDK with ready-made prompts and helpers
- Builds for Intel and ARM on each platform
Limitations
- Windows and Linux versions are in beta
- Aimed at people comfortable writing code
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree, open-source download; the site does not list a price.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Developers who want to script away small daily tasks in TypeScript
- Categories
- Automation, App launchers, Developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Script Kit
Compare allSoftware that can replace Script Kit for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Hammerspoon
A bridge between macOS and Lua that lets a short script move windows, bind hotkeys and react to system events.
Hammerspoon is MIT-licensed and scripted in Lua, reaching deep into macOS windows, hotkeys and system events, but it runs only on macOS.
AutoHotkey
A Windows scripting language for hotkeys, text expansion, key remapping and automating anything on screen.
AutoHotkey is a GPL-licensed scripting language for hotkeys and automation on Windows only, with a very large community and compiled standalone executables.
Keyboard Maestro
Visual macro builder for automating apps, files, and workflows on macOS.
Keyboard Maestro is a paid, closed-source macOS macro builder with a visual editor, so automations are assembled without writing JavaScript or TypeScript.
Phoenix
A lightweight macOS window and app manager that you configure and script with JavaScript.
Phoenix is an MIT-licensed macOS app scripted in JavaScript, focused on window and app management rather than launching general scripts from a prompt.
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Quicksilver
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Keyboard Cowboy
Builds macOS keyboard shortcuts that launch apps, run scripts and react to app changes.
Apple Shortcuts
Apple's built-in drag-and-drop automation app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
Espanso
A text expander that watches for a keyword you type and replaces it with whatever you set, in any program.
AutoKey
Desktop automation for Linux under X11: abbreviations that expand into text, and hotkeys that run Python.
