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What do you like best about Raycast?

You can get pretty much anything done with a few commands. It's super fast and intuitive. Works like magic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

I couldn't find downsides yet other than I wished it was available on mobile somehow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

It saves me tons of time by making everything automatic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Raycast Overview

What is Raycast?

Raycast is an app that provides developers with quick access to their tools. The app reduces the continuous context switching that millions of developers face every day with a command line inspired interface. It connects with Jira, GitHub and G Suite among others. The vision is to create a platform and developer community around productivity tools. An API allows developers to build custom integrations to speed up common tasks and share them with their team or the community.

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Raycast is an app that provides developers with quick access to their tools. The app reduces the continuous context switching that millions of developers face every day with a command line inspired interface. It connects with Jira, GitHub and G Suite among others. The vision is to create a platform and developer community around productivity tools. An API allows developers to build custom integrations to speed up common tasks and share them with their team or the community.


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Raycast
Year Founded
2020
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London, GB
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Recent Raycast Reviews

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4.5 out of 5
"Build custom tools coded with known libraries. Perfect for a Software Developer"
Let me start with the basic pros of Raycast. It sticks to the design language of Mac Os. It comes with bunch of extensions in built and you can do ...
Muhammad N.
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Muhammad N.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"One of the Top Applications on macOS"
Raycast makes searching for my apps and files much easier, saving me lot of time. It also allows me to integrate with other apps
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5.0 out of 5
"Mac navigation and productivity taken to the next level"
Do you want to be able to navigate your entire computer with simple hotkeys and a search and even have AI built into the search? You've found the s...
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What do you like best about Raycast?

Let me start with the basic pros of Raycast. It sticks to the design language of Mac Os. It comes with bunch of extensions in built and you can do basic things like calculations.

The best thing about Raycast is that it lets you build custom extensions using React. You just install one or two libraries in npm project and code. The dev tools are also very easy to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

I never do file search as I am relatively organised and tend to locate the files. When I tried (may be once or twice) to search files in Raycast it was bad experience.

When you are typing a command it searches in applications and built in commands. But as a backup it doesn't search anywhere else. I prefer it to be google search but some might want files search. It supports neither. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easily build custom search commands that trigger a wide range of actions and that also allow to show information on UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Raycast?

Raycast does simplify repetative activities, and give the user a one-stop-shop for many different task they may have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

I find that there is a steep learning curve, as to get full potential of the application there are many text and keyboard shortcuts to learn, and if you don't use it often, you can find yourself always needing to look them up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Making repetative task easier, by offer one place to fulfill them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shiny C.
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What do you like best about Raycast?

- Fuzzy search for app/file

- Tons of app integrations

- friendly keyboard interactions

- Easy to extend the customize scripts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

basically no, but settings sync between devices required pro (paid) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

- improve the overall performance

- provide custom shortcut to exec my snippets Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muhammad N.
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What do you like best about Raycast?

Raycast makes searching for my apps and files much easier, saving me lot of time. It also allows me to integrate with other apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

I 'm totally happy with the current usage; there's nothing I dislike as of now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using raycast is a huge productivity boost for me. It lets me find what I need faster, saving lots of time, and has many amazing features, including AI integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Raycast?

Do you want to be able to navigate your entire computer with simple hotkeys and a search and even have AI built into the search? You've found the solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

Uh, I suppose that it can't control my mouse and keyboard yet? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Raycast is a producutivity powerhouse. It helps me be more of that myself. :-) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yuri K.
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What do you like best about Raycast?

I'm happy! I've found a replacement for Alfred - it's more customizable and has great extensions. It has all the functionality I need for my daily work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

Navigation can be annoying when I'm trying to exit an extension. If I'm too deep in my plugin, I have to press the Esc key multiple times. There doesn't seem to be a workaround for this minor issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Raycast's killer feature is its integration with ChatGPT. I'm willing to pay for it. I select text written in my poor English, press a hotkey, and it automatically replaces it with an improved version. Fantastic! I also really love that Raycast has a hotkey for everything! It's another killer feature for technical people like me. I love having the ability to not use my mouse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Raycast?

it is easy, simple to use and allows to be easily extendable via plugins and add-ons Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

it doesnt come by default and I am not able to use it on my windows machines Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

It makes it easier to go through using the mac. Overall productivity booster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Roberto B.
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What do you like best about Raycast?

Ability to streamline productivity tasks and functions under one super accessible and easy to use application. It's flexibility of use is also great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

Initial learning curve for some of its more advanced features may be steep but once over it users will find that raycast is very powerful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Raycast has giving be the benefit of being able to easily search my entire drive for specific files as well as streamlined how I manage and interact with notion Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Roozbeh M.
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What do you like best about Raycast?

Raycast maes using AI easy, everything is good a click away. It's nice that you can use the ai with any app since raycast can read content no matter the app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

It can get hard to use sometime after a lot of plugs in Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

Raycast makes it easy to have AI at your fingertip in any app, dont have to switch context to get things done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Raycast?

Raycast is a superior Alfred alternative. Not only is it free but packed with a ton of useful features. Moreover, it is actively developed so updates are published frequently. Raycast itself is one of my best productivity tools – quick access to files, an advanced calculator, paste-bin manager and useful apps developed by the Raycast community are amongst my favorite features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raycast?

Sometimes it is still a little bugy. The problem with community-created apps is that not every one of them is created in the best possible way. Because of that Raycast sometimes crashes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raycast solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping me with accessing all my files that are hidden on my computer. Index feature works way better than Spotlight on MacOS and that's the biggest benefit of Raycast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.