Productivity Review
Raycast
Deep Dive Analysis
Raycast is a macOS launcher that replaces Spotlight and runs extensions, snippets, clipboard history and scripts from one keyboard shortcut.
Target Audience
Mac users who want to reach everything without touching the mouse.
The Final Verdict
"One of the highest-value free apps on macOS. The paid tier is optional for most people."
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What we checked
Public API
Offers a documented API you can build against.
Mobile app
Has a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.
Open source / self-hostable
Source is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.
SSO (SAML)
Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.
These are facts that can be checked, not opinions. Where we have not checked, it says so — we do not fill the gap with a guess.