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pywinauto/pywinauto

Windows GUI Automation with Python (based on text properties) observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/pywinauto/pywinauto · homepage · Python · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

60/100

  • Activity 83
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4118
  • days_rel: 604
  • days_push: 102
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6150 stars · 789 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

pywinauto is a Python library for automating the Microsoft Windows GUI, sending mouse and keyboard actions to windows, dialogs, and controls based on text properties. It supports Win32 API and MS UI Automation backends, with mouse/keyboard emulation modules that also work on Linux.

Use cases

  • automate windows desktop application testing with python
  • send mouse and keyboard input to windows dialogs programmatically
  • write ui automated tests for win32 applications
  • extract text data from windows controls
  • script repetitive tasks in windows gui applications
  • test desktop apps using ms ui automation backend

When to avoid

  • you need to automate macOS GUIs
  • you are testing web applications in a browser
  • you need a record-replay tool with a graphical recorder out of the box

Facets

library · maturity active

testing workflow-automation gui developer-tools testing windows developer-tools windows python gui-automation ui-automation win32-api desktop-testing qa mouse-keyboard-emulation automation linux

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
pywinauto/pywinautomain60

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