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Raycast

Raycast

Your shortcut to everything

•439 reviews•9 shoutouts•

5K followers

2023 Golden Kitty Awards
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Awards
2023 Golden Kitty Awards
2023 Golden Kitty Awards
Ray.so was ranked #4 of the month for February 2021
Raycast Pro was ranked #4 of the week for May 10th, 2023
Raycast Notes was ranked #5 of the week for November 7th, 2024
Raycast API and Store was ranked #4 of the week for November 30th, 2021
Raycast Focus was ranked #2 of the week for January 17th, 2025
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Makers
Sorin
Johan Thorell
Jordan Amblin
Per Nielsen Tikær
Per Nielsen Tikær
Thomas Jost
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What is Raycast?

A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher. Fast, ergonomic and reliable.

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Work & Productivity•Automation tools•App switcher
Raycast Notes won Personal Productivity in 2024
Winner • Personal Productivity Product of the Year
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Recent Raycast Launches

Product Hunt for Raycast
Product Hunt for Raycast View the leaderboard directly in Raycast

Launched on May 1st, 2025

Raycast for iOS
Raycast for iOS Powerful productivity on the go

Launched on May 1st, 2025

Raycast for iOS was ranked #2 of the week for May 1st, 2025
Raycast for iOS was ranked #1 of the day for May 1st, 2025
Raycast for iOS was ranked #2 of the week for May 1st, 2025
Raycast for iOS was ranked #1 of the day for May 1st, 2025
Raycast Focus Stay in flow by blocking distracting apps and websites

Launched on January 17th, 2025

Raycast Focus was ranked #2 of the week for January 17th, 2025
Raycast Focus was ranked #1 of the day for January 17th, 2025
Raycast Focus was ranked #2 of the week for January 17th, 2025
Raycast Focus was ranked #1 of the day for January 17th, 2025
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Forum Threads

Raycastp/raycast
Chris Messina
Chris Messina
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14h ago

Raycast announces support for Model Context Protocol (MCP)

This is slick! Read the announcement and get the registry extension.

Model Context Protocol or MCP is an open protocol that standardizes how applications provide context to LLMs. Raycast is a client that can connect to servers. Servers can be local data sources such as the file system or remote services such as external APIs.

Raycastp/raycast
Jake Crump
Jake Crump
•

9d ago

Raycast for iOS is out today 📱

Just saw this announced on X! Here's a longer demo video:

Chris Messina
Chris Messina
•

8d ago

Raycast for iOS - Powerful productivity on the go

Introducing Raycast for iOS: Your all-in-one productivity toolkit with AI, Notes, and more – now on mobile as the perfect companion to the macOS app. It seamlessly extends your desktop workflow to mobile, ensuring you stay productive wherever life takes you.

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Maker reviews of Raycast

Compose for macOS
Aayush
Aayush
used this to buildCompose for macOSCompose for macOS
(279 points)
Inspired our approach to keyboard shortcuts and seamless system integration
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4d ago
Screen Studio
Adam Pietrasiak
Adam Pietrasiak
used this to buildScreen Studio 3.0Screen Studio
(1,724 points)
Must-have tool for macOS.
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3mo ago
FindU
Kenny Morales
Kenny Morales
used this to buildFindUFindU
(60 points)
Literally made everything so seamless. Love it!
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10d ago
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Reviews

Cristina Bunea
Cristina Bunea
Command AI

Command AI

•14 reviews

I love Raycast. I use command palettes on most apps, so having a more powerful one than the traditional Spotlight is great. I really appreciate the speed at which the team is moving, too. I always see new releases which are exciting.

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2yr ago
Max Stoiber
Max Stoiber

GraphCDN

•11 reviews

I've been using Raycast as my MacOS launcher for years now, and it's become an integral part of my setup. I have written two custom extensions for my personal use cases, and the developer API is absolutely incredible and easy to use — and the community is super helpful! 11/10 would not use anything else ever again 👏

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2yr ago
Peter Wennersten
Peter Wennersten
•1 review

This is like a modern Alfred meets the Apple App store. Easy to use with onboarding that encourages a good setup while you learn. The best part is the Store with lots of community actions connecting to all things new.

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2yr ago
Valentin Chrétien
Valentin Chrétien
•8 reviews

I've been using Raycast for months and it's by far one of my favorite apps. The product and the team behind it are fantastic. I set up my new MacBook this week and guess which app I have installed first? 🙈

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3yr ago
Adi Goldstein
Adi Goldstein

Solbox Monitor

•28 reviews

I never thought I would leave Alfred for Mac until I met Raycast.

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2yr ago
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