Raycast

Raycast describes itself as a collection of productivity tools within an extendable launcher. The page highlights fast, keyboard-first use, a large set of extensions that connect to tools such as Linear, Slack, Notion, Todoist, Obsidian, Spotify, and 1Password, and Raycast AI, which can use connected tools and is accessible through a hotkey via Quick AI. It also covers snippets, quicklinks, hotkeys and aliases, and an extension API for building extensions that work on macOS and Windows. The page lists Raycast Notes, Raycast Focus, clipboard history, window management, file search, and a calculator among its core features, and reports a 99.8% crash-free rate.

Key features

• Extendable launcher with a collection of productivity tools
• Keyboard-first interface
• Extensions for tools such as Linear, Slack, Notion, Todoist, Obsidian, Spotify, Zoom, and 1Password
• Raycast AI chat with access to connected tools
• Quick AI accessible via a single hotkey
• Snippets that expand by typing a keyword
• Quicklinks to launch apps, files, or pages from anywhere
• Hotkeys and aliases for commands and apps
• Raycast Notes for quick capture
• Raycast Focus
• Clipboard history
• Window management
• File search
• Calculator
• Extension API with UI components, supporting macOS and Windows
• Publishing extensions to the Raycast Store

Best suited for

• Professionals who want keyboard-driven access to their everyday tools
• Users who want to automate repetitive text entry with snippets
• Developers building extensions with web development skills

Pricing

Not stated on the website