Editing AutoHotkey (section)

==History==
The first public [[beta version|beta]] of AutoHotkey was released on November 10, 2003,<ref name="2003to2004changelog" /> after author Chris Mallett's proposal to integrate [[hotkey]] support into [[AutoIt]] v2 failed to generate response from the AutoIt community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=20176#20176 |title=Author Chris Mallett's post on the AutoHotkey Forums |publisher=Autohotkey.com |access-date=2011-12-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://paperlined.org/apps/autohotkey/autoit_and_autohotkey.html |title=An AutoIt / AutoHotkey nonfunctional comparison |publisher=Paperlined.org |access-date=2011-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208181846/http://paperlined.org/apps/autohotkey/autoit_and_autohotkey.html |archive-date=2011-12-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mallett built a new program from scratch basing the syntax on AutoIt v2 and using AutoIt v3 for some commands and the compiler.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=19710#19710 |title=Author Chris Mallett's post on the AutoHotkey Forums |publisher=Autohotkey.com |access-date=2011-12-02}}</ref> Later, AutoIt v3 switched from [[GPL]] to [[closed source]] because of "other projects repeatedly taking AutoIt code" and "setting themselves up as competitors".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7204 |title=Licensing Opinions - AutoIt Forums |publisher=Autoitscript.com |access-date=2011-12-02}}</ref>

In 2010, AutoHotkey v1.1 (originally called AutoHotkey_L) became the platform for ongoing development of AutoHotkey.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63474 |title=Forum post by Chris, announcing AutoHotkey_L now main platform |publisher=Autohotkey.com |access-date=2011-12-02}}</ref> In late 2012, it became the official branch.<ref name="ourhistory">{{cite web |url=http://autohotkey.com/foundation/history.html |title=Our History |publisher=The AutoHotkey Foundation |date=2014-05-26 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> Another port of the program is AutoHotkey.dll.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hotkeyit.github.io/v2/docs/AutoHotkeyDll.htm |title=AutoHotekey.dll Module |website=github.io |access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref> A well known fork of the program is AutoHotkey_H,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/HotKeyIt/ahkdll-v1-release |title=Hotkeyit's AutoHotkey_H fork |website=GitHub}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/thqby/AutoHotkey_H |title=Thqby's AutoHotkey_H fork |website=GitHub}}</ref> which has its own subforum on the main site.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewforum.php?f=65&sid=0c0df0bbedf6f0f896d40ff67119d7c0 |title=AutoHotkey_H subforum |website=AutoHotkey.com}}</ref>

===Version 2===
In July 2021, the first AutoHotkey v2 beta was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autohotkey.com/v2/ |title=AutoHotkey v2|publisher=AutoHotkey.com |access-date=2021-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=AutoHotkey v2.0-beta.1 - AutoHotkey Community|url=https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=93011|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.autohotkey.com}}</ref> The first release candidate was released on November 20, 2022, with the full release of v2.0.0 planned later in the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=110696 |title=AutoHotkey v2.0-rc.1|publisher=AutoHotkey.com |access-date=2022-11-20}}</ref>
On December 20, 2022, version 2.0.0 was officially released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=111779 |title=AutoHotkey v2.0.0|publisher=AutoHotkey.com |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> On January 22, 2023, AutoHotkey v2 became the official primary version. AutoHotkey v1.1 became legacy and no new features were implemented, but this version was still supported by the site.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=24&p=503457#p503457 |title=AutoHotkey v2 Official Release Announcement|website=AutoHotkey.com}}</ref> On March 16, 2024, the final update of AutoHotkey v1.1 was released. AutoHotkey v1.1 has now reached its end of life.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=127382 |title=End of Life: v1.1|website=AutoHotkey.com}}</ref>