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Keyboard Maestro vs Hammerspoon: catalog facts
Keyboard Maestro	Hammerspoon
Paid One-time paid license from Stairways Software.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
macOS	macOS
Visual editor makes complex conditional automations approachable without coding Deep macOS integration for triggering macros from almost any event	Extensions reach a large part of macOS: windows, spaces, hotkeys, wifi, battery, USB, menu bar and more Lua is small enough to learn in an afternoon
macOS only One-time paid license	Does nothing until you write a config file, so there is no point installing it casually macOS only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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