u/endangeredirish

I run a small civil engineering company in London, built an app for for my office so we could replace AutoHotkey and text expansion apps we used, mostly because no one would learn AHK syntax so never made their own. So I built Trigr which is a visual UI first approach, no scripting, sits in the system tray. hotkeys, macros, and text expansions and clipboard manager.

What it does:

• Hotkeys: assign any key combo to launch apps, open URLs, focus windows, run macros
• Macros: visual builder, no scripting. Keystrokes, mouse clicks, delays, text input
• Text expansions: type a trigger word, get a full snippet anywhere in Windows
• Clipboard manager: searchable history, pinned items
• Quick search overlay: global hotkey to search and launch anything
• Radial menu: hold a key, get a circular menu of actions
• Fill-in prompts: macros can pause and ask for input mid-run
• App-specific profiles: different hotkeys auto-activate per app automatically
• Hold and repeat modes: fire actions while holding, or repeat at intervals
• Everything local: no accounts, no cloud, no data leaves your machine

Its got some pro features that we'll be eventually looking to market, but for 90% of use cases and peoples day to day work, it is a powerhouse and we've been using it across my team of 10 engineers for a few months now.

Built with Tauri (Rust + React) so it's around 15MB and idles at low memory. Code signed under my civil engineer firm for legitimacy at least.

Site: usetrigr.com

Genuinely looking for constructive feedback from people who've tried AutoHotkey or PowerToys, anyuse case that made you give up or look for something else?

Thanks all, hopefully its of some use to anyone!

Built a free Windows automation tool called Trigr. Looking for beta testers ahead of full launch so we can break and improve things. Some polishing still to be done, but all core functions work fantastically.

usetrigr.com

What it does: visual keyboard GUI, click any key, assign an action. Tray app, fires globally across Windows.

• Hotkeys (single press, double press, modifier combos)
• Macro sequences (keystrokes, app launches, waits, clicks, AHK steps)
• Text expansions (with fill-in prompts and variant selection)
• Clipboard history (Ctrl+Shift+V, search and auto-tagging)
• App-specific profiles that auto-switch on window focus
• AHK Script Runner (v1 and v2, no separate AHK install needed)
• Click at Position macro step
• Analytics dashboard with time-saved breakdown

Built in Rust and Tauri. 10MB installer, 20 to 50MB RAM, no Electron. Auto-updates. x64 and ARM64.

Free during beta, no sign-up. Pro tier is opt-in via a key request, email and I'll send one. Core features are free forever and that won't change.

Civil engineer, not a developer so this has been built with Claude because my team couldn't learn AutoHotkey, but christ if it hasn't turned into the best tool I've used in ages. Honest ask: I think this thing is properly useful. I built it for mine and my team's specific needs though, and I'm too close to it to see if anything's broken. Looking for testers willing to actually use it for a week or two and tell me where it falls over.

Thanks very much!