FastAX
Lightning-fast macOS automation via the JXA Objective-C bridge.
How?
FastAX accomplishes the same UI-automation tasks as AppleScript's System Events exposure, but does so using the AXUIElement features in Objective-C. This approach cuts-down on a lot of the "extra" work that System Events does in the background, and provides a more direct route to the accessibility elements you need.
Usage
Elements are wrapped in the JS class AXUIElement or AXApplication to provide semantic resolution of AXAttributes as instance variables and AXActions as instance methods. Furthermore, you can find elements you're looking for without having to know the absolute path to them every single.
For example, to open the Sound panel in Control Center:
const ControlCenter = new AXApplication('Control Center');
const ControlCenterMenuExtra = ControlCenter.$firstChild;
const ControlCenterSound = ControlCenterMenuExtra.firstChildWhere(
'description',
'Sound',
);
ControlCenterSound.press();Accomplishing the same thing in System Events would require either knowing the exact path, or implementation of an object specifier.
License
MIT