Xdo Alternatives

Similar projects and alternatives to xdo

hammerspoon

114 11,479 7.3 Objective-C xdo VS hammerspoon

Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua
ydotool

63 1,279 5.3 C xdo VS ydotool

Generic command-line automation tool (no X!)
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Flow.Launcher

25 6,402 9.7 C# xdo VS Flow.Launcher

:mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins
AHK_X11

22 732 8.9 Crystal xdo VS AHK_X11

AutoHotkey for Linux (X11-based systems)
TPMouse

14 95 10.0 AutoIt xdo VS TPMouse

A virtual trackball for Windows, via vim-like homerow controls.
bug.n

18 3,314 0.0 AutoHotkey xdo VS bug.n

Tiling Window Manager for Windows
prospect-mail

3 435 7.8 JavaScript xdo VS prospect-mail

Prospect is an Outlook mail desktop client powered by Electron
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core

3 701 0.0 C xdo VS core

Set of window manipulation tools (by wmutils)
Fluent-Search

11 1,291 5.9 xdo VS Fluent-Search

Official repository for Fluent Search, use to report issues or ask for a new feature
whkd

5 348 3.9 Rust xdo VS whkd

A simple hotkey daemon for Windows
NaturalEdgePan

8 6 10.0 AutoIt xdo VS NaturalEdgePan

A more natural way of edge-panning in RTS/MOBAs
autopy

2 808 2.8 Rust xdo VS autopy

A simple, cross-platform GUI automation module for Python and Rust.
autopilot-rs

2 363 2.6 Rust xdo VS autopilot-rs

A simple, cross-platform GUI automation module for Rust.

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Somehow AutoHotKey is kinda good now
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 May 2023
How to limit a single app run?
1 project | /r/bspwm | 7 Jan 2022

An example with xdo:
Open app in the background
2 projects | /r/i3wm | 9 Dec 2021

I might have understood your question wrong, if you want to close the GUI window after staring the app you'd want to take a look at xdo. I'd still give it a little bit of time after starting it to be ready and then use something like:
Keybind to center floating window?
2 projects | /r/bspwm | 19 Aug 2021

xdo (by baskerville, bspwm's creator);
Update regarding Steam + DWM + focusonnetactive
1 project | /r/suckless | 15 Apr 2021

The focusonnetactive patch replaces dwm's default behavior by removing the urgency bit to allow for focusing on the client sending the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message instead. This is the preferred behavior if you use tools like xdo to perform actions on windows, for example:
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