Automate the Work You Hate. Keep the Hours.
the-Automator teaches AutoHotkey and uses AI to build Windows automation that gives you your time back. 1,500+ free tutorials, 450+ ready-made tools, and courses that take you from first hotkey to full applications.
This week’s newsletter
Read this week’s newsletter (one idea about automation, what we built, and what we are reading). All past issues.
Popular tools
AHK Script Maker (Pro)
An editor built for AutoHotkey: run, debug and compile without leaving the window. Pro version has AI Integration and ton’s of included tools❗
$12.99
AHK File Explorer
A file manager and incredible XP-style search tool that actually keeps up with you.
$7.99
UIA Tree Inspector (AI-Assisted)
Point at any control and let AI write the AutoHotkey v2 UI Automation code for it.
$4.99
tAHKskbar
A vertical Windows 11 taskbar plus tons of amazing tools built-in. It also gives you access to most built-in Windows tools (and a great search)
$9.99
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Start with the beginner tutorial, grab the resources cheat sheet, and read the welcome guide.
Why people learn here
- Since 2016: weekly AutoHotkey and AI newsletter, 270+ issues.
- 3,500+ tutorials on YouTube and the blog, free.
- 450+ tools shipped, most with source code so you can learn from them.
- Joe Glines spent 20 years as a corporate data scientist before going all in on automation.
The scripts they’ve created run in less than a minute and replace 4-5 hours of tedious, by-hand work every time they’re run. They always deliver more value than promised.
AJ Wilcox
The original script you created for me was so robust I haven’t changed it in over 2 years. It just works!
Michael N., Radiologist
I have automated most of my routine work. Now I’m planning to change my field of work and transition to programming. You all have changed my life in the best possible way.
Lasha Brodzeli, designer (DreamWorks, SpaceX)
Courses
Intro to AutoHotkey v2
Write your first scripts in a weekend. Hotkeys, hotstrings, text expansion, window control.
$99.99
Intermediate AutoHotkey v2
Functions, objects, GUIs, COM, and the patterns that keep scripts from falling over.
$149.99
