--- title: "Automating the desktop with Node" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 471 published_at: "2023-01-26" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/471" --- Plus Node 19.5, Eleventy 2.0 beta, and Deno's access to built-in Node modules. | #​471 — January 26, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/471) Together with [![Memetria\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_600,h_145/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:7/vvpdctzacmq3xehpvwps.png)](https://dashboard.memetria.com/nodeweekly) ![Node.js Weekly](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/v1653576619/lgfqinzbdqttwmhvljxb.png) [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/u1pkbbgzsl4ht810hota.jpg)](https://nutjs.dev/) [Nut.js 3.0: Use Node for Desktop Automation](https://nutjs.dev/) — Take control of your desktop environment (Windows, macOS or Linux) from code with control over keyboard and pointer, plus you get some image matching possibilities too. 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