Raycast

Raycast

Your shortcut to everything
440 reviews8 shoutouts
4.4K followers

What is Raycast?

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

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Runner Up • Personal Productivity Product of the Year

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Beginner tips for Raycast?

When @Raycast launched their recent notes feature, I downloaded it for the first time. I'd heard a ton of great things, but just hadn't ever tried it out before. Their notes feature was something I'd been looking for so it seemed like a good jumping on point.

So far, I feel like I'm vastly underutilizing it though. I kind of found the sheer amount of things you can do with it overwhelming, and I've mostly found myself just not using it. I love keyboard driven apps and shortcuts (I'll forever be a diehard @Neovim fan) so it seems like something I'd love and get a lot of use out of. I just haven't found a great set of shortcuts or uses yet.

For any Raycast masters out there, what am I missing? What are the most impactful and useful shortcuts to set up and start using? I feel like I just need a couple of good use cases to "get it" and start using it in my daily workflow.

New themes on ray.so — What's your favorite?

Ray.so by @Raycast turns your code into beautiful images.

Their makers @thomaspaulmann, @peduarte, and @samuelkraft recently added new partner themes featuring @Vercel, @Supabase, @Tailwind CSS, @Clerk, and @Mintlify among others.

Any preferences? Oh and ICYMI the project is open-source: View source code here

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4.93/5 based on 440 reviews
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Maker reviews of Raycast

Screen Studio
Adam Pietrasiak
used this to buildScreen Studio 3.0Screen Studio
(1,565 points)
Must-have tool for macOS.
Basedash
Max Musing
used this to buildBasedashBasedash
(685 points)
Our whole team loves Raycast. It's like a 5% productivity boost for all computer work.
Marco Patiño
used this to buildPullpo.io
(196 points)
Big Raycast fan. +1000% in productivity.
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Reviews

Cristina Bunea
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.
Max Stoiber
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 👏
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.
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? 🙈
Adi Goldstein
28 reviews
I never thought I would leave Alfred for Mac until I met Raycast.
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