There are some amazing AutoHotkey editors out there! Which is the best AutoHotkey editor for you? The answer is: It depends… If you want a script to easily switch between them, give AHKEditSwap a try!
The Best AutoHotkey Editors / IDEs
- SciTE4AutoHotkey (from Fincs) is a great editor for people new to working with AutoHotkey. I also have ~80 other language files to work with it. Check out the 18 tutorials i made how how to customize SciTE
- AHK Studio by Maestrith is written for and in AutoHotkey. It’s a very powerful editor and has amazing ways to be more efficient. If you’ve gotten more sophisticated in your coding, it’s a great editor for AutoHotkey. I have over 40 tutorials on AHK Studio as well as some very advanced walk-throughs with Maestrith
- VS Code is an amazing editor and has great Debug and GIT integration. If you’re working with other people, I highly recommend you give it a try!
- Notepad++ is a very popular AutoHotkey editor. Having said that, I think you’re much better off using SciTE or AHK Studio