Where does autokey store usage counts?

[William Morris]

I see in .config/autokey... that it's possible to sort by usageCounts, but how is that information stored? 

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

William Morris wrote:

>I see in .config/autokey... that it's possible to sort by
>usageCounts, but how is that information stored?

That setting enables the sorting of the items in the tray menu, which
can either be sorted alphabetically if the setting is disabled or be
sorted by how frequently you use each item if you enable it.

The setting can be toggled here in AutoKey GTK:
Edit --> Preferences --> General --> Popup Menu --> Sort menu items
with most frequently used first

The setting can be toggled here in AutoKey Qt:
Settings --> General --< Popup Menu --> Sort menu items with most
frequently used first

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Little Girl

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[William Morris]

Thanks for taking the time, but that wasn't even close to the question I asked. Perhaps I should have been more specific:

If Autokey can sort by usage, it has to track that usage. Where is the data that tracks usage stored?

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[Little Girl]

Hey there,

William Morris wrote:

>Thanks for taking the time, but that wasn't even close to the
>question I asked. Perhaps I should have been more specific:
>
>If Autokey can sort by usage, it has to track that usage. Where is
>the data that tracks usage stored?

This should give you the answers you're after:

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aautokey%2Fautokey+usageCount&type=code

[David King]

On 10/16/25 1:33 PM, William Morris wrote:
> I see in .config/autokey... that it's possible to sort by usageCounts,
> but how is that information stored?

The usage counts are stored in the JSON files associated with each
phrase/script in your configuration directory, key = "usageCount". 
These files will be in the directory tree under
${HOME}/.config/autokey/data, unless you've customized that path in your
config.

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David King
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