xdotool
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Nov 20, 2025first mention
Oct 22, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“xdotool is kind of the best we have”
“The possibility to use automation scripts using something as close as possible to xdotool”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- Exploring the Fragmentation of Wayland, an xdotool adventure 2 mentions
- What browser task do you still do by copy-paste every week? 1 mention
- Xorg-Server 26.0.99.901 1 mention
- Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows 1 mention
- Show HN: Kubernetes for AI Agents 1 mention
- Show HN: I'm building an AI-proof writing tool. How would you defeat it? 1 mention
Data: xdotool.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“I used xdotool to type it in, out of spite.”
“I have a bunch of Xorg/xdotool scripts bound to hotkeys.”
“i3wm with bindings in config to use xdotool to move and click the mouse is what i use.”
“tools like xdotool and browser automation that don't play well in containers”
“subprocess.call([ "xdotool", "type", c ])”
“xdotool is kind of the best we have”
“The possibility to use automation scripts using something as close as possible to xdotool”