I’ve been working on a lightweight Windows/Linux app to complement the (in my opinion) outdated but incredibly useful AHK and VoiceAttack.
I wanted to be able to have an extremely easy way to create shortcuts for… anything: HTTP requests, keystrokes, MQTT controls using HA autodiscovery, and HA entities itself.
The app is already able to connect to MQTT and HASS, and we can add actions of different types and chain them together:
MQTT Publish - Send messages to any topic, and provide an autodiscovery browser to find and control existing entities
MQTT Remote Execution - Advertise TinyTrigger shortcuts to HASS autodiscovery
Home Assistant Control - Toggle lights, switches, scenes, etc.
HTTP Requests - Control webhooks and APIs
Execute Commands - Run scripts and programs
Delays - Chain actions with timing
The UI is pretty simple and intuitive.
The hotkeys are global, they work everywhere: games, full-screen apps, even when TinyTrigger is minimized.
The app is free to use with unlimited triggers, but only 5 can be enabled at once. The €9 lifetime license unlocks unlimited enabled triggers.
Beta testers get a free lifetime license, see below. I would greatly appreciate any feedback.
I’d be very interested to know these points:
Does it work on your system? (especially different Linux distros)
UI/UX feedback - anything confusing?
Home Assistant and MQTT integration (does it work for you, what can be improved?)
Feature requests and bug reports
Download:
For the free license, simply purchase one from the website and use this limited 100% discount code: Y2MZQ3MG (no payment info required!)
AHK=AutoHotkey, a free and reputed scripting utility to add Hot Keys to your Windows?
Selling it for money with a 100% discount?
I would suspect a scam to steal your banking details for something you could easily code yourself in a few minutes for free. Hard NO!
By the way, AutoIt does a similar thing, and is often used by sysadmins for quick and dirty automation. Very powerful, and also free. Robust and stable.
Just to clarify: the 100% discount code doesn’t ask for any payment info. Lemon Squeezy (the payment provider) just generates a free license key directly. No card, no PayPal, nothing to steal. You can verify this yourself in about 10 seconds.
As for AHK, it is indeed excellent for scripting, but TinyTrigger is focused on different use cases:
Cross-platform (AHK is Windows-only)
GUI-based MQTT autodiscovery for Home Assistant (try setting that up in “a few minutes” with AHK )
Anti-cheat safe for gaming use cases (AHK now triggers anti cheat software)
Accessible to non-coders
It’s not for everyone. If you are already deep into AHK scripts, stick with it. This is for people who want no-code home assistant hotkey controls without writing code.
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