Raycast
Raycast revolutionizes Mac productivity with AI-driven task automation, command shortcuts, and customizable workflows. Create snippets, manage clipboard history, translate text, and maintain sync across devices. Discover day planning, distraction-free focus, and versatile virtual assistance.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- iPhone
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Safari
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
- Customizable
Features
- Application Launchers
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- File Search
- Support for scripting
- Works Offline
- Built-in viewer
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Dark Mode
- No Tracking
- AI-Powered
- Focus Mode
- SOC 2 Compliant
- Natural Language Processing
Tags
- Clipboard History
- Productivity Tool
- keystrokes
Raycast News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about Raycast
Raycast Wrapped 2025 launches, file search improves, bug fixedRaycast v1.104.0 introduces Wrapped 2025, providing personalized annual analytics on launches, exte...
- Fla published news article about Raycast
Raycast iOS update brings drag sorting, enhanced code blocks, better performanceRaycast's latest iOS update, 1.2.0, lets users drag and drop to sort Home favorites and AI chat pre...
- Fla published news article about Raycast
Raycast for Windows introduces export/import settings, boosts extension speedRaycast for Windows version 0.39 introduces export and import commands for user settings and data, ...
Recent activities
What is Raycast?
Raycast is a Mac app that lets you access and use various tools and commands with keyboard shortcuts. You can also create and run AI extensions to automate tasks, answer questions, and chat with a virtual assistant.
A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher. Fast, ergonomic and reliable.
Don't repeat yourself. Automate the things you do all the time.
- Snippets: Tired of typing the same thing? Create a snippet and insert it by simply typing its keyword.
- Quicklinks: Say goodbye to open tabs. Create quicklinks to launch anything from anywhere.
- Hotkeys and Aliases: Speed up your workflow by assigning hotkeys or aliases to common commands or apps.
Your Mac just got smarter. AI where it’s most useful - on your OS.
- Ask Anything, Anytime, Anywhere. Quick AI combines the power of AI with the web to answer any question.
- Always On ChatGPT. Stuck while coding? Need help writing an email? Meet your new virtual assistant.
- Your Automation Assistant. Create your own AI Commands to automate repetitive tasks and eliminate chores.
Raycast is about more than just AI.
- Don’t get lost in translation. Quickly translate text on the fly, check pronunciation or dictate your own words.
- Stay in sync. Cloud Sync ensures your workflow is the same across multiple Macs.
- Never forget. With unlimited clipboard history you can find that image you copied last year.
- Keep organized. Position and resize your windows with custom commands.
- Unlimited notes. Organize your thoughts and meeting notes without limits.
- Express yourself. Craft your own custom theme or choose one of hundreds from the community.
Raycast can also take notes, track your flights, convert anything, search files, run scripts, manage your windows, plan your day, remind you of stuff, translate into any language, block distractions, find text in screenshots, insert emojis, and much, much more.






Comments and Reviews
This is so many apps in one and its free! It does what Apple Spotlight/Alfred does, Magnet/Rectange (window management), Snippets management, web search from it, change system toggles (bluetooth, vol) which is useful for non Apple keyboards, search emojis (Rocket), screenshots, on screen temporary notes, calculator etc. I am just scratching the surface here as it has a store of free extensions to integrate most 3rd party apps too! If you have the money to donate to one free app it would be this one. -1 star because it can get buggy at times
Is kind of okay but it locks basic features that aren't services nor require constant work (specially if you don't need to have the latest) under a subscription rather than under a one-time payment.
It has been very quick to force obsolete older macOS system with much reason to why, all but eliminating those installers that would results in otherwise working apps in say, Mojave.
Be very cautions about devs, with paid evergreen apps, specially if they payment unlocks things that are already done, not "code in progress." In that case, ask no to beta test with customers.
Site has Windows wait list.
1 app for all. Very handy. Love its clipboard history feature.
Definitely better than Spotlight and Alfred. It offers extensive customization, snippets, window management, a clipboard manager, and more.
Raycast is probably at the peak of what a what these hotkey launchers can do. Addons and Scripts allow to add anything that's not there by default.
Only concern: it is quite bloated, especially the AI integration/situation. Privacy: They say they don't collect anything, but they are in the same boat as Notion, so I have my doubts.
Lastly, you don't need it for many things you might want to use it for. If you didn't know modern browsers allow you to open bookmarks, search engines etc. using short keywords.
Also, making your terminal open with a hotkey allows for similar functionality to raycast or spotlight, as there are more and stronger CLI tools available than addons.
the only reason I still haven't thrown my MacBook away, can't wait for a Windows version, if happens one day