AutoIt

AutoIt

3.7 out of 5 stars
Visual Basic

Visual Basic

Microsoft
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About

AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement, and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages. We looked at many editors to see which one was the most useful editor for AutoIt. We found SciTE and saw its potential and wrote a customized Lexer for the syntax highlighting and syntax folding and created a special installer called SciTE4AutoIt3. AutoIt was initially designed for PC "roll out" situations to reliably automate and configure thousands of PCs. Over time it has become a powerful language that supports complex expressions, user functions, loops and everything else that veteran scripters would expect.AutoIt is also very small, self-contained and will run on all versions of Windows out-of-the-box with no annoying "runtimes" required.

About

Visual Basic is an object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft. Using Visual Basic makes it fast and easy to create type-safe .NET apps. Visual Basic focuses on supplying more of the features of the Visual Basic Runtime (microsoft.visualbasic.dll) to .NET Core and is the first version of Visual Basic focused on .NET Core. Many portions of the Visual Basic Runtime depend on WinForms and these will be added in a later version of Visual Basic. .NET is a free, open-source development platform for building many kinds of apps. With .NET, your code and project files look and feel the same no matter which type of app you're building. You have access to the same runtime, API, and language capabilities with each app. A Visual Basic program is built up from standard building blocks. A solution comprises one or more projects. A project in turn can contain one or more assemblies. Each assembly is compiled from one or more source files.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Supported

Audience

Developers seeking a tool for automating the Windows GUI and their general scripting processes

Audience

Developers interested in a solution to buold and create type-safe .NET apps

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.7 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 4.7 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 2.3 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Flexible language, wide support for Windows functions
  • Used AutoIt nearly every day for 5 years or more, at a large multinational, and have written dozens of applications, including data scrapers, report parsers, barcode readers, and mission critical tools to monitor critical hardware and alert support staff if that hardware goes offline. It has a pretty flat learning curve. It creates standalone executables, and (for the most part) doesn’t require any .dll files to be deployed. There’s downloadable help and a custom version of the SciTE code editor. You can also use Visual Studio Code, as there’s an AutoIt plugin available for that.
  • The product itself is good, the community is not. Iv'e used this product for years, however i've refrained from too much activity in the forums due to the below.

Cons

  • Although the code is easily decompilable to the original source format, it needs some sort of obfuscator like the one made by PELock—AutoIt Obfuscator—to prevent source code theft from the competition. Support forums is terrible, they hide any post claiming how easy is to decompile AutoIt executable back to the source code...
  • AutoIt is Windows only. If you’re a Linux shop, look elsewhere.
  • The mod team and devs are horrible. They don't even understand the word automation and that is the entire reason for this application.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

AutoIt
United States
www.autoitscript.com/site/

Company Information

Microsoft
Founded: 1975
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/

Alternatives

Alternatives

PowerShell

PowerShell

Microsoft
XSharp (X#)

XSharp (X#)

XSharp

Categories

AI Automation Supported
GUI Testing Supported
Task Automation Supported

Categories

Integrations

Death By Captcha Supported
Snipplr Supported
Claude Haiku 5.5 Not Supported
Claude Opus 4.6 Not Supported
Claude Sonnet 3.7 Not Supported
Codacy Not Supported
CodeConvert Not Supported
CodeScene Not Supported
Codestral Mamba Not Supported
DeepSeek Not Supported
ERNIE X1 Turbo Not Supported
Gemini 1.5 Pro Not Supported
GeneXus Not Supported
Grok 4.1 Not Supported
Grok 4.1 Thinking Not Supported
Mistral NeMo Not Supported
Qwen-7B Not Supported
Service Objects Phone Validation Not Supported
Synergy DBL Not Supported
UEStudio Not Supported

Integrations

Death By Captcha Supported
Snipplr Supported
Claude Haiku 5.5 Supported
Claude Opus 4.6 Supported
Claude Sonnet 3.7 Supported
Codacy Supported
CodeConvert Supported
CodeScene Supported
Codestral Mamba Supported
DeepSeek Supported
ERNIE X1 Turbo Supported
Gemini 1.5 Pro Supported
GeneXus Supported
Grok 4.1 Supported
Grok 4.1 Thinking Supported
Mistral NeMo Supported
Qwen-7B Supported
Service Objects Phone Validation Supported
Synergy DBL Supported
UEStudio Supported
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