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Generic command-line automation tool

23 mentions on Hacker News by 20 people: 2 stories, 21 comments · first 2018-11-25 · latest 2026-08-25

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    Ydotool – Generic command-line automation tool
    story by modinfo · 2026-08-25 · 0 comments
  2. …something if the gap's still there. [0]: https://github.com/leonardotrapani/hyprvoice [1]: https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool [2]: https://github.com/atx/wtype
    comment by boomskats · 2026-07-19 · in Transcribe.cpp
  3. ydotool exists https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by flexagoon · 2026-03-22 · in I hate: Programming Wayland applications
  4. …That all started with N9 MeeGo and SFOS, while the predecessor of N9 (N900) still used X.org. [1] https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool [2] https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn [3] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mstoeckl/waypipe [4]…
    comment by Fnoord · 2025-11-27 · in Exploring the Fragmentation of Wayland, an xdotool adventure
  5. …automation. [0] https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool [1] https://github.com/phil294/AHK_X11 [2] https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by badsectoracula · 2025-10-12 · in No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
  6. …also ydotool, which can emit key presses anywhere in Linux by registering a virtual uinput device. https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool Using these two building blocks, it should not be very difficult to implement an application that…
    comment by serbuvlad · 2024-11-22 · in Gregglogger
  7. I've been using Ydotool[1] for this, and it works really well. 1. https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by supercheetah · 2024-06-16 · in Show HN: Keydogger – Minimal keyboard macro for Linux (Wayland)
  8. Yes: https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by shmerl · 2024-04-08 · in Show HN: Bonk, a command-line tool for X11 window management
  9. …[1] https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/292868/how-to-custo... [2] https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by DaSHacka · 2024-03-15 · in Improving cursor rendering on Wayland
  10. Or https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool for wayland.
    comment by srijan4 · 2023-05-04 · in Somehow AutoHotKey is kinda good now
  11. Have you tried ydotool as a replacement for xdotool? It also works on X, as it uses uinput. https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by RealStickman_ · 2022-11-25 · in Wayland Protocol Finally Ready for Fractional Scaling
  12. yeah. this is as far as you get: https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool . begs the question. how come ahk can run on windows(tm) but not wayland? my understanding is that win10/11 are pretty secure.
    comment by llllllllllll9 · 2022-09-06 · in Show HN: AutoHotkey for Linux
  13. …wlroots via wlrctl https://git.sr.ht/~brocellous/wlrctl and more generically (via uinput) ydotool https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by halz · 2022-08-30 · in Show HN: AutoHotkey for Linux
  14. …Flameshot for example. There is several xdottool equivalent as well: https://github.com/atx/wtype https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool This one is specific to wlroot based compositor: https://git.sr.ht/~brocellous/wlrctl
    comment by boudin · 2022-02-07 · in Less Than 10% of Firefox Users on Linux Are Running Wayland
  15. …risks the operator might not be comfortable with. ¹ https://git.sr.ht/%7Ebrocellous/wlrctl ² https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by halz · 2021-03-14 · in Wayland in 2021
  16. ydotool is what you're looking for https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by rakwoelq · 2021-01-29 · in Ubuntu 21.04 Will Use Wayland by Default
  17. There are few replacements: * https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard * https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool OBS / ffmpeg and etc. should get integrated with Pipewire I think for screen capture and the like? But I'm not sure how far that…
    comment by shmerl · 2020-10-28 · in On Abandoning the X Server
  18. Check ydotool for an xdotool replacement: https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool The lack of a common screenshot protocol isn't related to security. The desktops just haven't been able to agree on a common protocol (yet?)
    comment by cycloptic · 2020-10-25 · in The X.Org Server Is Abandonware?
  19. …need done, sometimes it's the other way. Passersby, warning, both are Xorg-only. For wayland, see https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool but the naming is confusing, as it doesn't work exactly at the same level: ydotool is about…
    comment by ronjouch · 2020-05-12 · in In Praise of AutoHotKey
  20. There's no xdotool support Have you looked at ydotool? https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool Also, do you know about the "i3 Migration guide"? https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/i3-Migration-Guide
    comment by servilio · 2020-03-03 · in Firefox 75 on Wayland now to have full WebGL, working VA-API acceleration
  21. …> This program requires access to /dev/uinput. This usually requires root permissions. Source: https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool#runtime Edit: I'll also add that only 5~ commands have been implemented so far in ydotool.
    comment by dyanaraps · 2019-09-22 · in Understanding the working of X11 from the ground up (2017)
  22. Instead of xdotool, you can use this: https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
    comment by shmerl · 2019-09-22 · in Understanding the working of X11 from the ground up (2017)
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    Wayland finally got a tool like xdotool
    story by ClassicOldSong · 2018-11-25 · 0 comments