The first public beta of AutoHotkey was released on November 10, 2003 after author Chris Mallett's proposal to integrate hotkey support into AutoIt v2 failed to generate response from the AutoIt community.
Den første offentlige beta af AutoHotkey blev udgivet den 10. november 2003 Da forfatteren Chris Mallett forslag om at integrere hotkey støtte i AutoIt v2 undlod at generere svar fra AutoIt's samfund.