XAUTOCLICK(1)

📦 version 0.34, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💅 XAUTOCLICK 💅

ok so this is the manual page for xautoclick — it lives in section 1 of the manual (User Commands, iykyk) and it's literally five whole programs in a trench coat, all of them clicking your mouse for you. buckle up bestie 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

  • aautoclick — automatically click the mouse (ASCII version)
  • cautoclick — automatically click the mouse (command line version)
  • fltkautoclick — automatically click the mouse (FLTK version)
  • gautoclick3 — automatically click the mouse (GTK+ 3.0 version)
  • qt5autoclick — automatically click the mouse (Qt 5.x version)

five icons, five vibes, one job: click click click 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

aautoclick
cautoclick [-h][-i <interval, ms>][-n <# of clicks>][-p <pre-delay,
ms>][-r <random +/-, ms>]
fltkautoclick
gautoclick3
qt5autoclick

ok so the four GUI girlies take zero arguments, they just are. cautoclick is the one who takes flags. respect her for it ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this app exists so you can automatically click the left mousebutton. that's it, that's the whole thing. 💖

and ngl it's kind of a hero for it — it's designed to reduce strain on your wrist muscles from repetitive mouse clicking, which (real talk) can lead to serious injury or impair you. we're talking RSI, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, et cetera. 😭 so yeah, it's not just a silly toy, it's wrist self-care.

the way it works: you specify the interval, a random factor, and the number of times to click, and the program simulates natural clicking. natural! like a real human finger. slay. 👑

🎀 GUI 🎀

this section applies to all the GUI versions — aautoclick, fltkautoclick, gautoclick3, qt5autoclick — but, obviously, not to the command line version. for the command line version, see below, bestie 👇

the GUI consists of several spinboxes and buttons. the parameters have the following meaning (all times are in milliseconds):

  • pre-delay — the time the application waits before it starts clicking, after you have clicked start. like a little runway moment ✈️
  • interval — the time the application waits between two clicks. the heartbeat 🫶
  • random +/- — for each click, the application adds or substracts a random factor between zero and this value to/from the interval time. keeps it unpredictable, keeps it human 🌈
  • number of clicks — the number of times the application clicks. no cap 🔥

you can also use the tap button to click a rythm. the application tries to determine the correct parameters to mimic that clicking behaviour. so you literally tap out your vibe and it learns it. iconic. 🎵

click the start button to start. and while it's running you can click stop to stop the clicking before it reaches the number of clicks specified. emergency brake = installed 🛑

💜 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS 💜

these options only apply to the command line version (cautoclick). they are ignored by all GUI versions — the GUI crew simply does not see them, they're on do-not-disturb 🚫

  • --help, -h, -help — display help and exit. all three spellings, she's flexible 💅
  • -i <interval, ms> — specify the interval, which is the time between two mouse clicks. the time is specified in milliseconds (default: 1000).
  • -n <# of clicks> — specify the number of mouse clicks. the time is specified in milliseconds (default: 32).
  • -p <pre-delay, ms> — specify the pre-delay, which is the time the application waits before it starts clicking. the time is specified in milliseconds (default: 2000).
  • -r <random +/-, ms> — specify a random factor. for every click, a random time between 0 and this value is added to or subtracted from the interval time. the time is specified in milliseconds (default: 0).

⭐ NOTE ⭐

in order to temporary disable clicking, hold left mouse button. yes queen, just hold it down and the clicking takes a little nap 😴 🙈

🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

written by Ivo van Poorten, Arkadiy Illarionov. legends, both of them 👑👑

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

report bugs to https://github.com/qarkai/xautoclick/issues — they want to hear from you fr fr 🐛

copyright © 2006, 2010 by Ivo van Poorten, 2016-2020 by Arkadiy Illarionov

this is free software; see the source for copying conditions. there is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. like, zero warranty, not a crumb, don't come for her if it breaks 😭

🌈 WEB 🌈

https://github.com/qarkai/xautoclick — go say hi 🦋

and that's the whole page, bestie! this little masterpiece is xautoclick version 0.34, dated April 2020 — old but still eating, periodt. 💅✨🎀

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