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Scripts run with the rights of the Windows user who starts the interpreter, and reach every window, control, file and process that user can.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source under GPL-2.0, with nothing to buy and no hosted service. The repository's FUNDING.yml takes donations (checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the source, the documentation repository or the home page (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 13288, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/", "capabilities": [ "desktop.control", "desktop.scripting" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "windows", "cli", "scripting", "free", "no-auth" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52.8, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 771, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 46, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 60, "reliability": 61, "schema": 54, "security": 24, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An agent can write a script and run it through the command line, with a script read from standard input, `/Validate` and `/ErrorStdOut` for clean failures, and a function reference of 356 pages. It runs on Windows only with the user's full rights, and the repository has no CI or test suite.", "bestFor": "An agent automating Windows desktop apps on one machine by writing short scripts.", "strengths": [ "Scripts can be piped to the interpreter on standard input with `*` as the filename", "`/Validate` checks a script without running it and exits non-zero on a load error", "Four 2.0.x bug-fix releases between 28 August and 9 October 2026, each in a dated changelog", "GPL-2.0 source, and no network code found in the interpreter", "Function reference of 356 pages with parameters, return values, errors raised and examples" ], "weaknesses": [ "Windows only, and scripts act with every right of the user who runs them", "No CI workflow or test suite in the repository", "No security policy, security.txt or published advisory was found", "Bug reports go to a forum, and GitHub Issues was only switched on in October 2026", "Runtime errors open a dialog unless the script handles them with `OnError` or `try`" ], "agentNotes": [ "Write output with `FileAppend text, \"*\"` and pipe the interpreter's output, since stdout does not appear at the console it was launched from", "Run `AutoHotkey64.exe /ErrorStdOut /Validate script.ahk` before running a new script", "Add `OnError` or `try` blocks so a runtime error does not leave a dialog open in an unattended run", "Target v2 syntax. v1 is unmaintained and its scripts do not run on v2" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 52.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 46, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 60, "reliability": 61, "schema": 54, "security": 24, "transparency": 73 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "connect": { "headless": { "run": "AutoHotkey64.exe /ErrorStdOut script.ahk arg1 arg2", "stdin": "type script.ahk | AutoHotkey64.exe /ErrorStdOut *", "validate": "AutoHotkey64.exe /ErrorStdOut /Validate script.ahk" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/desktop.control", "tool": "https://letme.dev/autohotkey" }, "area": "developer", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "AutoHotkey Foundation LLC", "domain": "autohotkey.com", "domainRegistered": "2003-12-29", "domainNote": "The interpreter's version resource names AutoHotkey Foundation LLC as the company. RDAP for autohotkey.com gives a registration date of 2003-12-29.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/ChangeLog.htm", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "No terms of service or privacy policy for the software was found. The home page links the GNU GPLv2 and a code signing policy, and no privacy or terms link, so `terms` and `privacy` are left out.", "www.autohotkey.com answered curl with a Cloudflare challenge on 14 October 2026. One read of the home page succeeded, and later reads of robots.txt, security.txt and the code signing policy returned 403, so security.txt is recorded as unknown.", "The changelog URL is the published copy of docs/ChangeLog.htm in the AutoHotkeyDocs repository, which was read from the repository." ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/autohotkey.json" }, "answer": "UiPath scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against AutoHotkey's 52.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. AutoHotkey leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "uipath", "name": "UiPath", "vendor": "UiPath", "vendorUrl": "https://www.uipath.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "desktop-automation", "summary": "UiPath is a robotic process automation platform whose hosted Orchestrator runs robots that operate desktop, web and Windows applications. Outside agents start and monitor jobs through the Orchestrator API or folder-scoped MCP servers in Automation Cloud.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/uipath.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the UiPath Master Software and Services Agreement, the Community Agreement for the free plan", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "uipath" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 throughout. MCP servers take a bearer token on every request from four sources. The MCP OAuth flow (authorisation server discovery, Client ID Metadata Documents or dynamic client registration, tokens bound to one server by RFC 8707 resource indicators, gated by an AI Trust Layer policy that is off unless an administrator enables it). Personal access tokens with chosen Orchestrator scopes and a lifetime of up to one year. External applications using client credentials (the only unattended route) or user scopes with PKCE. Interactive login through `uipath auth`, with one-hour tokens. The caller needs `MCPServers.View` in the folder, and Coded and Command servers also need `Jobs.Create`. Access is the intersection of token scopes and folder roles.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Community plan is free with no time limit, by direct sign-up, with one tenant, one Pro and one Plus user, one Unattended Robot and a monthly Credits pool. Basic starts at $25 a month with two robots and limited agent calls, hosted in Europe. Standard (60-day free trial) and Enterprise are priced by sales, and user and robot licences are sold across tiers without published prices. Whether a card is needed for Community was not stated (checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "$25 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Orchestrator API guide, the MCP server pages or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.uipath.com/orchestrator/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/about-mcp-servers", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.uipath.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "desktop.rpa", "desktop.orchestration", "desktop.control" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "oauth", "enterprise", "odata", "mcp", "python", "closed-source", "audit-log", "freemium", "llms-txt", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 237, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 25, "reliability": 62, "schema": 79, "security": 82, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Orchestrator exposes published RPA workflows, agents and API workflows as MCP tools over Streamable HTTP, with MCP OAuth, scoped PATs and an OpenAPI 3.0 API. Prices above the $25 Basic plan need a sales conversation, and the status page logged several multi-hour incidents between 10 September and 13 October 2026.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs to drive Windows desktop or legacy applications through robots a company already runs, started as MCP tools or API jobs.", "strengths": [ "Folder-scoped MCP servers turn chosen processes, agents and API workflows into tools at a URL of the form cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}", "MCP OAuth flow with Client ID Metadata Documents, dynamic registration and RFC 8707 resource binding, plus PATs scoped to OR.Jobs and OR.Execution", "Rate limits published per endpoint, with Retry-After and X-RateLimit-Remaining headers on 429 responses", "llms.txt index and a Markdown copy of every docs page by adding .md to the URL", "security.txt valid until 2028 pointing to a HackerOne programme, and SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 claimed for Automation Cloud" ], "weaknesses": [ "Standard and Enterprise prices are not published, and robot licences are sold through sales", "Status history shows robot job failures in Europe for over seven hours on 10 September 2026 and a certificate expiry hitting several services on 13 October 2026", "No idempotency key was found for StartJobs, and the MCP pages say nothing about readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "The OpenAPI document is served per tenant behind the Orchestrator URL, not as a public file", "Tools backed by Integration Service activities time out with PATs or client credentials and need user-context sign-in" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` on every MCP request. The `mcp-session-id` header carries no authentication", "Give a PAT both `OR.Execution` (list tools) and `OR.Jobs` (run tools), or tool listing or calls fail", "Use client credentials from an external application for unattended runs. It is the only method that needs no person at sign-in", "Add a folder header such as `X-UIPATH-FolderKey` to Orchestrator API calls on folder resources", "Read job outputs with `GET /odata/Jobs({key})`. `GET /odata/Jobs` returns InputArguments and OutputArguments as null and is limited to 100 calls a minute per tenant" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 25, "reliability": 62, "schema": 79, "security": 82, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 94 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $UIPATH_PAT\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"initialize\",\"params\":{...},\"id\":1}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/desktop.rpa", "tool": "https://letme.dev/uipath" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Automation Cloud Basic", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "starting price, up to 5 Basic, 5 Plus and 1 Pro user, 2 robots, limited agent calls, hosted in Europe" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "UiPath Inc.", "domain": "uipath.com", "domainRegistered": "2011-10-26", "domainNote": "API and MCP endpoints answer on cloud.uipath.com. www.uipath.com/.well-known/security.txt names security@uipath.com and https://hackerone.com/uipath and expires on 2028-06-26.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.uipath.com/legal/trust-and-security/legal-terms", "privacy": "https://www.uipath.com/legal/trust-and-security/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.uipath.com", "changelog": "https://docs.uipath.com/orchestrator/automation-cloud/latest/release-notes/october-2026", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The legal terms page says paid products fall under the UiPath Master Software and Services Agreement signed with each customer, the Community plan under the Community Agreement (updated 27 July 2026) and trials and previews under the Master Evaluation Agreement (updated 12 June 2026). The MSSA itself is not public.", "The same page lists the privacy policy's last update as 30 November 2018. A Data Processing Agreement is published as a download, which we did not read.", "The legal entities named are UiPath SRL, Bucharest, and UiPath Inc., One Vanderbilt Ave., New York.", "status.uipath.com is an Atlassian Statuspage. Its robots.txt disallows /api/, so incident history was read from /history.rss.", "RDAP for uipath.com gives a registration date of 2011-10-26." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath.json", "live": { "slug": "uipath", "probe": { "target": "https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-14T09:42:11.862232308Z", "lastOk": false, "lastStatus": 500, "lastMs": 81, "lastNote": "server error", "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 0, "uptime30d": 0, "p50ms24h": 0, "p95ms24h": 0, "samples24h": 17, "samples30d": 17, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 17, "ok": 0 } ], "outages": [ { "start": "2026-10-14T08:08:01.334877924Z", "end": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "note": "HTTP 500 server error" } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.uipath.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:45.309729146Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T09:42:11.862232308Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "SDK + MCP", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "AutoHotkey Foundation", "b": "UiPath", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "GPL-2.0", "b": "Proprietary service under the UiPath Master Software and Services Agreement, the Community Agreement for the free plan", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-09", "b": "2026-10-12", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "13k stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "UiPath scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against AutoHotkey's 52.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. AutoHotkey leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, AutoHotkey or UiPath?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for AutoHotkey. UiPath has a hosted endpoint at https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}.", "question": "Can an agent call AutoHotkey and UiPath without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "AutoHotkey is open source (GPL-2.0). No open-source release is listed for UiPath.", "question": "Are AutoHotkey and UiPath open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 25" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "An agent automating Windows desktop apps on one machine by writing short scripts.", "slug": "autohotkey", "watchFor": "Windows only, and scripts act with every right of the user who runs them" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 79 against 54", "Agent ergonomics, 73 against 46", "Security \u0026 auth, 82 against 24", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 72" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "An agent that needs to drive Windows desktop or legacy applications through robots a company already runs, started as MCP tools or API jobs.", "slug": "uipath", "watchFor": "Standard and Enterprise prices are not published, and robot licences are sold through sales" } ], "job": { "capability": "desktop.control", "name": "Desktop app control" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-autoit.json", "title": "AutoHotkey vs AutoIt", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-autoit" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-automation-anywhere.json", "title": "AutoHotkey vs Automation Anywhere", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-automation-anywhere" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-robocorp.json", "title": "AutoHotkey vs Robocorp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-robocorp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autoit-vs-uipath.json", "title": "AutoIt vs UiPath", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autoit-vs-uipath" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-uipath.json", "title": "Automation Anywhere vs UiPath", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/automation-anywhere-vs-uipath" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robocorp-vs-uipath.json", "title": "Robocorp vs UiPath", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robocorp-vs-uipath" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robot-framework-vs-uipath.json", "title": "Robot Framework vs UiPath", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/robot-framework-vs-uipath" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-robot-framework.json", "title": "AutoHotkey vs Robot Framework", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-robot-framework" } ], "scores": [ { "autohotkey": 61, "by": 1, "edge": "uipath", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "uipath": 62, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "autohotkey": 54, "by": 25, "edge": "uipath", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "uipath": 79, "weight": 13 }, { "autohotkey": 46, "by": 27, "edge": "uipath", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "uipath": 73, "weight": 13 }, { "autohotkey": 24, "by": 58, "edge": "uipath", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "uipath": 82, "weight": 14 }, { "autohotkey": 60, "by": 35, "edge": "autohotkey", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "uipath": 25, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "autohotkey": 72, "by": 8, "edge": "uipath", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "uipath": 80, "weight": 7 }, { "autohotkey": 73, "by": 3, "edge": "uipath", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "uipath": 76, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "UiPath scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against AutoHotkey's 52.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. AutoHotkey leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do desktop app control.", "verdicts": { "autohotkey": "An agent can write a script and run it through the command line, with a script read from standard input, `/Validate` and `/ErrorStdOut` for clean failures, and a function reference of 356 pages. It runs on Windows only with the user's full rights, and the repository has no CI or test suite.", "uipath": "Orchestrator exposes published RPA workflows, agents and API workflows as MCP tools over Streamable HTTP, with MCP OAuth, scoped PATs and an OpenAPI 3.0 API. Prices above the $25 Basic plan need a sales conversation, and the status page logged several multi-hour incidents between 10 September and 13 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-uipath", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-uipath.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-uipath.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-uipath.min.md" }, "markdown": "UiPath scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against AutoHotkey's 52.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. AutoHotkey leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do desktop app control.\n\n- AutoHotkey: grade D, 52.8/100, rank #771 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/autohotkey.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/autohotkey.json\n- UiPath: grade B, 68.2/100, rank #237 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uipath.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/uipath.json\n- Best desktop and mobile app automation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/desktop-automation/index.md\n- All 15 desktop comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/desktop-automation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### AutoHotkey (D)\n\nGood for: An agent automating Windows desktop apps on one machine by writing short scripts.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 25\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Windows only, and scripts act with every right of the user who runs them\n\n### UiPath (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs to drive Windows desktop or legacy applications through robots a company already runs, started as MCP tools or API jobs.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 79 against 54\n- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 46\n- Security \u0026 auth, 82 against 24\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 72\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Standard and Enterprise prices are not published, and robot licences are sold through sales\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | AutoHotkey | UiPath | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 61 | 62 | UiPath +1 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 79 | UiPath +25 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 46 | 73 | UiPath +27 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 24 | 82 | UiPath +58 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 25 | AutoHotkey +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 80 | UiPath +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 76 | UiPath +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **52.8 · D** | **68.2 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | AutoHotkey | UiPath |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | AutoHotkey Foundation | UiPath |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}` |\n| Transports | | HTTP |\n| Auth | None | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | GPL-2.0 | Proprietary service under the UiPath Master Software and Services Agreement, the Community Agreement for the free plan |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 13k stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**AutoHotkey.** An agent can write a script and run it through the command line, with a script read from standard input, `/Validate` and `/ErrorStdOut` for clean failures, and a function reference of 356 pages. It runs on Windows only with the user's full rights, and the repository has no CI or test suite.\n\n**UiPath.** Orchestrator exposes published RPA workflows, agents and API workflows as MCP tools over Streamable HTTP, with MCP OAuth, scoped PATs and an OpenAPI 3.0 API. Prices above the $25 Basic plan need a sales conversation, and the status page logged several multi-hour incidents between 10 September and 13 October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### AutoHotkey\n\n1. Write output with `FileAppend text, \"*\"` and pipe the interpreter's output, since stdout does not appear at the console it was launched from\n2. Run `AutoHotkey64.exe /ErrorStdOut /Validate script.ahk` before running a new script\n3. Add `OnError` or `try` blocks so a runtime error does not leave a dialog open in an unattended run\n4. Target v2 syntax. v1 is unmaintained and its scripts do not run on v2\n\n### UiPath\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` on every MCP request. The `mcp-session-id` header carries no authentication\n2. Give a PAT both `OR.Execution` (list tools) and `OR.Jobs` (run tools), or tool listing or calls fail\n3. Use client credentials from an external application for unattended runs. It is the only method that needs no person at sign-in\n4. Add a folder header such as `X-UIPATH-FolderKey` to Orchestrator API calls on folder resources\n5. Read job outputs with `GET /odata/Jobs({key})`. `GET /odata/Jobs` returns InputArguments and OutputArguments as null and is limited to 100 calls a minute per tenant\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, AutoHotkey or UiPath?\n\nUiPath scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against AutoHotkey's 52.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. AutoHotkey leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call AutoHotkey and UiPath without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for AutoHotkey. UiPath has a hosted endpoint at https://cloud.uipath.com/{org}/{tenant}/agenthub_/mcp/{folderKey}/{slug}.\n\n### Are AutoHotkey and UiPath open source?\n\nAutoHotkey is open source (GPL-2.0). No open-source release is listed for UiPath.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-uipath.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autohotkey-vs-uipath.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"autohotkey\", \"b\": \"uipath\"}`. 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