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Keyboard Maestro is a macro automation tool: build triggers, actions, variables and control flow to automate almost anything on the Mac. Supermac is a launcher-first app with built-in utilities and a plugin directory. They overlap on hotkeys and app control, but they are not the same kind of tool.
Keyboard Maestro wins on macro depth and trigger coverage. Supermac wins when you want ready-made tools rather than a macro project.
Visit Keyboard Maestro| What you want to do | Supermac | Keyboard Maestro |
|---|---|---|
| Build multi-step macros | Not part of the current Supermac feature list. Plugins are the integration path, and each plugin ships its own commands and shortcuts. | A full macro editor with recorded actions, variables, conditions, loops, subroutines and a debugger. Source: Keyboard Maestro Feature List |
| Trigger work from many events | Not a general trigger system: the launcher, global hotkeys and plugin commands are the control surface. | Hot keys, typed strings, app and window changes, clipboard, folders, network, time, MIDI and USB triggers, among others. Source: Keyboard Maestro Triggers |
| Open apps from a keyboard launcher | Launcher search opens apps from one native field, with math, emoji and window layouts in the same field. Launcher search docsMath docsEmoji & symbols docs | Application and window switchers plus macros can launch apps; a dedicated launcher is not the primary interface. Source: Keyboard Maestro Feature List |
| Chat with an AI using your own key | Built-in streaming AI chat with your own OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or Grok key, or a local Ollama or LM Studio model. AI chat with your own key docs | AI chat is not on Keyboard Maestro's feature list; a macro can run a shell, script or API call instead. Source: Keyboard Maestro Feature List |
| Snap windows from the keyboard | Snap the focused window to halves, thirds and corners from the launcher. Window snapping docs | Window moves and resizes are available as macro actions, so the behaviour is built per macro. Source: Keyboard Maestro Actions |
| Search clipboard history | Not part of the current Supermac feature list. Supermac focuses on launcher search, AI and the built-in utilities documented on the feature list. | Clipboard history, named clipboards, clipboard filters and clipboard triggers are built in. Source: Keyboard Maestro Feature List |
| Keep small utilities in the same app | File Shelf, Breaks, translation, screenshots, math and emoji search are built in and documented one page each. File Shelf docsBreaks docsTranslator docsScreenshots docsMath docsEmoji & symbols docs | Many of these tasks can be automated with macros and actions; they are not presented as ready-made tools in its feature list. Source: Keyboard Maestro Feature List |
| Extend the app with integrations | A curated plugin directory with 24 plugins, including GitHub, Homebrew, Home Assistant, Spotify, OBS, Linear and Notion. GitHubHomebrewHome AssistantSpotifyOBS StudioLinearNotion | Macros and plug-in actions can be imported, and plug-in actions extend the built-in action list. Source: Keyboard Maestro Feature List |
Last checked October 2026. Competitor notes summarise Keyboard Maestro's official documentation and can change; each row links its source. Every Supermac row links to a shipped feature documented on this site.
Sources: Keyboard Maestro Feature List · Keyboard Maestro Triggers · Keyboard Maestro Actions · Keyboard Maestro Clipboards · Keyboard Maestro Macros
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No. Keyboard Maestro can record and program multi-step macros; Supermac ships fixed features and plugins, not a macro editor. They solve different problems and can be used together.
There is no macro editor in the current feature list. Plugins are the integration path, and each plugin has its own commands and shortcuts.
AI chat is not on Keyboard Maestro's feature list; a macro can run a shell, script or API call instead. Supermac has built-in AI chat with your own key or a local model.
Supermac ships snapping as a feature with halves, thirds and corners from the launcher. Keyboard Maestro can move and resize windows through macro actions, so the behaviour is only as good as the macro you build.
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