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kanata vs AutoHotkey: catalog facts
kanataAutoHotkey
Free

The open-source application is available without a license fee.

Free

Free and open source under GPLv2.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows
  • Layers and advanced key behaviors
  • Hotkeys, key remapping and autocorrect-style text replacement in a few lines
  • Grows into a full scripting language with GUIs, object-oriented code and application control
  • Setup requires learning its configuration format.
  • Windows only
  • Version 2 broke compatibility with version 1, and version 1 is no longer maintained
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: LGPL-3.0 License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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