Raycast

Built for the perfect tools

Your shortcut to everything.

A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher. With Raycast, you can accomplish your tasks, calculate, share common links, and much more.

Download for Mac Watch the demo → macOS 12+ · Free for personal use
Raycast
Suggestions
Y Search Hacker News Command
# Open Slack Channel slack 1
L Create Linear Issue linear N
N Open Notion Database notion 2
AI Commands
Ask AI "summarize this thread…"
Translate Snippet → French T
Quick Math · 2*pi*0.42 = 2.638938
Vercel Linear Notion Figma Mercury Loom Slack

Core features

An extendable launcher.

Tailored to your needs. Built for community. Designed by you. Raycast is more than a launcher — it's a way to keep your hands on the keyboard.

Quicklinks

Open any webpage, query, or deep-link with a custom shortcut. Auto-fill parameters from your clipboard or selection.

/
{ } Snippets

Save text you type frequently as snippets. Trigger them with a custom keyword and watch them expand inline anywhere.

S
Calculator

Inline math, unit conversion, dates, currencies. Type and read the answer — no calculator app needed.

2*pi*r
Window Management

Arrange windows with keyboard shortcuts. Halves, thirds, corners, displays — all without the mouse leaving the keyboard.

AI Chat

One ⌘⏎ away from sonnet, gpt-4, and friends. Compose, summarize, translate without leaving the launcher.

Open SDK

Build your own extensions with TypeScript + React. Publish to the store and share with the community in a click.

npxray

Store

Built by the community.

1,800+ extensions from developers around the world. Tap into your favourite tools without ever leaving the launcher.

Y
Hacker News
by thomas
Browse Hacker News from your launcher. Top, new, ask, show.
Install
#
Slack
by raycast
Open channels, send messages, set status from the launcher.
Install
L
Linear
by raycast
Create issues, browse cycles, jump to any project view.
Install
N
Notion
by raycast
Search pages, create blocks, dump quick notes from anywhere.
Install
"Raycast disappears into my flow the way Spotlight never did. Once you've got your shortcut layer here, there's no going back."
DK
Daniel Kim Engineering lead, Stripe

Pricing

Free for individuals.

Free

Personal

$0
Everything you need to replace Spotlight. Unlimited commands, free forever.
  • Unlimited core commands
  • Community extensions
  • Quicklinks, snippets, calculator
Advanced AI

Pro + AI

$16/mo
All of Pro plus access to sonnet, gpt-4o, and our AI Chat workspace.
  • Everything in Pro
  • AI Chat (sonnet · gpt-4o · gemini)
  • Custom AI commands
  • API access

A better way to work.

Free to download. Free for personal use. Free to fall in love with.

Download for Mac

Design System

The tokens behind every pixel.

Source: DESIGN.md. The chrome IS the in-product chrome. White CTA pill. Surface ladder carries depth. Inter with ss03 site-wide.

Color

Brand

primary
#ffffff
primary-pressed
#e8e8e8
on-primary
#000000
hero-stripe
#ff5757 → #a1131a

Surface ladder — depth without shadow

canvas#07080a
surface#0d0d0d
surface-elevated#101111
surface-card#121212
button-fg#18191a

Text

ink
#f4f4f6
body
#cdcdcd
charcoal
#d3d3d4
mute
#9c9c9d
ash
#6a6b6c
stone
#434345

Hairlines

hairline
#242728
hairline-soft
rgba w/ .08
hairline-strong
rgba w/ .16

Category accents — scoped to extension illustrations only

accent-yellow
#ffc533 (HN)
accent-red
#ff6161 (Slack)
accent-green
#59d499 (Linear)
accent-blue
#57c1ff (info)

Typography

Inter site-wide with font-feature-settings "calt", "kern", "liga", "ss03" — the ss03 alternate g is the brand voice

display-xl64 · w600 · 0 · 1.10 · ss02/ss08
Your shortcut to everything
display-lg56 · w500 · +0.2 · 1.17
Built by the community
heading-xl24 · w500 · +0.2 · 1.40
Sub-section / tier name
heading-md20 · w500 · +0.2 · 1.40
Card group title
heading-sm18 · w500 · +0.2 · 1.40
Extension card title
body-lg18 · w400 · 0 · 1.60
Hero subtitle, pricing description, leading paragraph.
body-md16 · w400 · 0 · 1.60
Default body — paragraph copy across cards and prose.
body-sm14 · w400 · 0 · 1.60
Card description, secondary copy.
caption-sm12 · w400 · +0.4 · 1.50
Section eyebrow · badge · taxonomy
button-md14 · w500 · +0.2 · 1.60
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Radius

none0 · bands
xs4 · keycap
sm6 · cp-row
md8 · btn / input
lg10 · cards
xl16 · cp-card
full∞ · pill / tab

Components

Buttons — white CTA is universal · 8px radius

Inputs — surface-elevated · 8px radius · hairline brightens on focus

Pill tabs, keycaps, badges

All Extensions Recently Added Most Popular K Pro Beta Success Warning Error

Card variants — 10px / 8px radius · hairline border · no shadow

feature-card-dark

Background surface · 10px radius · 1px hairline. Default 2- or 3-up grid card.

feature-card-elevated

Background surface-elevated. Used to break visual rhythm in alternating feature rows.

command-palette-card

Background surface · 16px radius · contains the in-product mockup. The hero protagonist.

View DESIGN.md ↗