LinuxTyper

The superior Auto-Typer for Linux.

Features

LinuxTyper is a productivity tool written in C that automates repetitive typing tasks at specified intervals in a selected window. The GUI is built with GTK, allowing it to integrate smoothly with most Linux desktops.

Users can input a desired time in seconds and up to five different phrases, then select a window by clicking on it. At the specified time interval Linuxtyper chooses a random phrase and types it into the selected window.

While other auto-typers require users to keep the cursor on the selected window, LinuxTyper can run in the background. Even if the selected window is minimized, LinuxTyper will automatically maximize it to execute the routine and then minimize it again.

LinuxTyper remembers previously used phrases the next time the app is opened.

Prerequisities

Make sure you are using X11, not Wayland. Logout from your session. On the GNOME login screen find and click gear icon. Select option "GNOME on Xorg". Log back in.

For compilation, you will need:

• CMake
• Make
• gtk-3.0 and xdotool development headers

On Debian based distributions (Ubuntu, Zorin...) run:

sudo apt-get install make cmake libxdo-dev libgtk-3-dev

Installation

1. Make sure you are running Xorg display server. If not sure logout from your session. On the GNOME login screen click ⚙ icon on the bottom right. Select GNOME on Xorg. Log in.
2. Check out the repository to some arbitrary location and run the install.sh script in Terminal. Script will ask for administrator password.

mkdir -p ~/Downloads && cd ~/Downloads
rm -rf ./linuxtyper
git clone https://github.com/huyenngn/linuxtyper.git
cd linuxtyper
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
cd ..
chmod +x ./install.sh
./install.sh

This will build the project and create a shortcut in your applications overview.