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Mac app · Raycast
Raycast
Best for: Launcher with extensions, clipboard history, and window commands in one tool.
- Best for
- Launcher with extensions, clipboard history, and window commands in one tool
- Developer
- Raycast
- Price
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- Our testing
- Not yet hands-on tested
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Pricing options
Free
Free
Pro
About $8/month
AI add-on is extra
Team
About $12/user/month
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Features
- Command-palette launcher
- Clipboard history, snippets and window management
- Extension store
- AI chat and commands (paid)
- Quicklinks and script commands
Benefits and disadvantages
Benefits
- Free tier is very capable
- Modern, fast interface
- Large extension ecosystem
- Replaces several utilities at once
Disadvantages (cons)
- Best features such as AI need a subscription
- Cloud sync and some features require an account
- Memory use can be higher than lighter launchers
- Mac only
Who should use Raycast
- Developers and productivity enthusiasts
- People who want one tool instead of many
- Teams that share commands and snippets
Use cases
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