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Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

Stars: 16.1k
Forks: 717
Open beginner issues: 1
Indexed issues: 664

Dominant language: Objective-C
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Jul 8, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 17, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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664 open issues indexed

screen count when mirroring displays Open

enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#168 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.uielement doesn't work with windows that have their role set to anything other than NSAccessibilityWindowRole Open

bug

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#207 · 15 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
focusing Finder-windows doesn't work across multiple screens Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#304 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
window:focus() focuses different window of app on same screen Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#370 · 42 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Add hs.image:findInImage Open

enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#397 · 28 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.layout.apply not always taking dock into account Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#408 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.hint Icon Size Open

enhancement help wanted

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#521 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
windowHints hotkey modal clashes with user defined modals Open

bug help wanted

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#606 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.hints function isValidWindow Open

bug

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#718 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.chooser callback for Return/Enter pressed Open

enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#782 · 12 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Remember The Milk app and hs.filter issue Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#875 · 9 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
windowHints are slow, possible array overflow Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#908 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
LuaSkin addition to support lua functions Open

enhancement question

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#916 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.grid is the wrong size after changing screenmode Open

bug help wanted

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#926 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Hint titles overlapping Open

enhancement help wanted

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#943 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Teach LuaSkin's protectedCallAndTraceback about metatable backed functions Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#971 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
10.12 -- hs.menubar priorities (menubar placement) doesn't work Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#974 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.hints.windowHints() breaks entering a modal Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1008 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Teach hs.application.find/get to discover alternate application names Open

enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1043 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.eventtap key related helper functions do not accept keycode numbers Open

bug enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1054 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Is that possible to io.write to console? Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1063 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Support uneven sized grid cells in hs.grid Open

enhancement help wanted

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1100 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.grid.set does not change the main screen Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1107 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Parallels Coherence Windows report isStandard() as false Open

enhancement help wanted

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1118 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Binding "A" key does not work Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1144 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.expose and Emacs Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1147 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
`hs.chooser` possible improvements Open

enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1149 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.eventtap additions/changes Open

enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1161 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Hotkey repeatfn is unreliable Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1179 · 11 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Changing laptop screen resolution via HS locks up computer (when I have 5k UltraFine screen attached) Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1192 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Redshift wrongly active on external monitor Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1197 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
New input method won't work until focusing to another window Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1231 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Invalid key: cmd - this may mean that the key requested does not exist in your keymap Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1235 · 28 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.window.filter.windowCreated trigerred on space change Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1244 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Window filter focus order across spaces Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1260 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.eventtap.event.newKeyEvent isn't posting to specific application Open

bug

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1282 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
hs.webview.html(html, baseURL) ignores the baseURL Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1283 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Need hs.window.filter examples in the Getting Started Guide Open

docs enhancement help wanted

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1292 · 0 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Up, Down, Left and Right keys do not repeat properly [Sierra, 0.9.52] Open

bug help wanted

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1308 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Add some hs.canvas examples to Getting Started Guide Open

docs enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1331 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
EventTap seems to be sending the event to the wrong window Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1334 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Add Sample Mixed Lua/Objective-C Extension to Contribution Guide Open

docs enhancement help wanted

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1345 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Add Ability to add Custom Items to Dock Icon Contextual Menu Open

enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1350 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Change module autoloading messages to hs.logger debugging statements. Open

enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1368 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Request: I want to set JIS eisu key as a modifier key Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1372 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Optimize windowHints, make "char" immutable with hack the function of "hs.hints.addWindow" Open

enhancement

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1380 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Port hs.hints to hs.canvas Open

enhancement extension suggestion

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1388 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Can the hs.webview display local videos? Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1421 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Window filter doesn't initially include some full-screen windows Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1423 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
previous window screen name Open

Hammerspoon/hammerspoon#1424 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026

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