CrossMacro is a cross-platform mouse and keyboard macro recorder and player.
It is designed for automation workflows and includes recording, playback, editing, text expansion, shortcut binding, and scheduling features.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Mouse event recording (clicks and movement).
- Keyboard event recording.
- Macro playback with pause/resume.
- Loop mode, repeat count, and repeat delay controls.
- Playback speed control (0.1x to 10.0x).
- Macro editor with undo/redo, coordinate capture, and action reordering.
- Text expansion shortcuts (for example :mail -> [email protected]).
- Shortcut-bound macro execution (keyboard key, mouse button, or key combo).
- Shortcut modes: toggle and run-while-held.
- Shortcut loop controls: repeat count and repeat delay.
- Scheduled task execution.
- Save and load .macro files.
- Optional system tray controls.
- Theme support (Classic, Latte, Mocha, Dracula, Nord, Everforest, Gruvbox, Solarized, Crimson).
- Customizable global hotkeys:
- F8 start/stop recording.
- F9 start/stop playback.
- F10 pause/resume playback.
- CLI and headless workflows.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/alper-han/CrossMacro
Support:
Developer: Zynix
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
CrossMacro is written in C#. Learn C# with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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