Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Shortery
The missing automation tool for macOS Shortcuts
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Shortery launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Apple’s Shortcuts App – now available on macOS Monterey
2021 · apple.com · its alternatives →
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Rules for Mac▲111Shortcuts automation based on calendar events
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Keysmith▲207Create custom keyboard shortcuts for your Mac and the web
2020 · keysmith.app · its alternatives →
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Snap▲115Effortless window management for power users on macOS
2025 · freethinkel.dev · its alternatives →
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The most powerful URL shortener for macOS
2017 · shortmenu.com · its alternatives →
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Fader▲90Minimize windows when you switch apps automatically
Apr 2026 · eythor.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone! I'm Marius Hauken, an indie developer, and I'm excited to share my app: Pie Menu. It offers a fresh way to access your favorite menu bar commands and keyboard shortcuts on macOS. By simply pressing a hotkey you choose during setup, a radial menu appears around your cursor, customized to the current active application. This allows you to quickly select commands without having to remember complex shortcuts across different applications. Pie Menu comes with a library of preprogrammed commands for popular apps, but you can easily add any app on your computer. We've also created an…
2024 · pie-menu.com · its alternatives →
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Curated collections of the best links about Siri Shortcuts
2020 · shortcuts.directory · its alternatives →
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Easily organize windows with just a few clicks
2023 · thelasso.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Francesco from Cua here. I hacked this project together last weekend, inspired by the Codex Computer-Use release and lessons learned from deploying GUI-operating agents for our customers. The main problem: when a UI automation process controls a desktop app today, it usually takes over the human’s session. Your cursor moves, keyboard focus gets stolen, windows jump to the front, and you have to stop working until the agent is done. That is why we have historically avoided encouraging users to run these processes directly on their host machine, instead relying on VMs or GUI containers…
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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App Launcher Switcher | Dock and CMD-Tab alternative
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Trama▲106Create macOS native automations using plain language
Aug 2026 · usetrama.com · its alternatives →
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AI shortcuts for fixing grammar, translating and coding
2025 · smartkeys.so · its alternatives →
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A noteworthy update that supports automation with Shortcuts
2021 · diagrams.app · its alternatives →
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Turn CapsLock into a Super Key & Boost Productivity
Feb 2026 · hypercaps.auramark-studio.com · its alternatives →
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Pocket Copy▲91Minimal clipboard manager for macOS, lives in your menu bar
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Shortcut Keeper▲114Save the keyboard shortcuts you want to remember
2021 · shortcutkeeper.com · its alternatives →
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