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Keyboard Cowboy vs Keyboard Maestro: catalog facts
Keyboard Cowboy	Keyboard Maestro
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Paid One-time paid license from Stairways Software.
macOS	macOS
Workflows can be bound to key sequences and scoped to particular applications, so the same chord does different…	Visual editor makes complex conditional automations approachable without coding Deep macOS integration for triggering macros from almost any event
It is macOS-only, and some of the window and input control needs broad accessibility permissions.	macOS only One-time paid license
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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