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Raycast replaces Spotlight with a keyboard-driven command bar that does far more than launch apps. It manages windows, expands snippets, keeps a searchable clipboard history, runs calculations and conversions inline, and searches files across the Mac. A store of thousands of community extensions connects it to tools such as GitHub, Linear, Notion and Spotify, so whole workflows run without touching the mouse.
The core app is free, with Pro at $8 per month billed annually adding unlimited AI messages, unlimited Raycast Notes and unlimited clipboard history. Raycast AI puts chat and quick commands behind the same hotkey, and Raycast Focus blocks distractions during deep work. The company opened a public Windows beta in November 2025, a mark of how far a Mac launcher has travelled, but macOS remains its home. In May 2026 Raycast opened the public beta of a ground-up rebuild, Raycast 2.0, tuned for macOS Tahoe and Windows with a refreshed interface, a Rust-based file indexer for near-instant search and built-in AI dictation.
