Open source alternatives to Raycast

2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Raycast does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Raycast does

Launch apps and files from the keyboardcore
Command palette for quick actionscore
Extensions for other apps and servicescore
Clipboard history
Snippets and text expansion
Window management
Built-in AI chat
Custom scripts and hotkeys

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

Project	Covers	Stars	Commits, 12 weeks	Last release	Closed vs opened	Setup	License
tinycastSmall native macOS launcher with hotkeys and clipboard history	Replaces it100%	9.4k+167	568	today	100%	Install like an app	Custom license
Covers everything on the checklist.See the evidence Launch apps and files from the keyboardcoreYesFind any app by typing a few letters Command palette for quick actionscoreYesOne palette for the things you do all day Extensions for other apps and servicescoreYesIt runs your Raycast extensions, too Clipboard historyYesClipboard history Search the text, images Snippets and text expansionYesType a keyword in any app and it expands Window managementYes35 keyboard commands for halves, thirds Built-in AI chatYesUse Apple Intelligence, Claude, Codex Custom scripts and hotkeysYesCustom commands
SuperCmdKeyboard launcher for macOS with a command palette and clipboard history	Replaces it100%	3.2k+5	0	5 months ago	30%	Install like an app	MIT
Covers everything on the checklist.See the evidence Launch apps and files from the keyboardcoreYesApp file launcher Command palette for quick actionscoreYesSearch commands in any app Extensions for other apps and servicescoreYesinstall extensions directly from the Raycast store Clipboard historyYesfull clipboard manager with Cmd+1–9 quick-paste shortcuts Snippets and text expansionYescreate and trigger text snippets with keyboard shortcuts Window managementYes24 window placement commands Built-in AI chatYeschat with configurable providers Custom scripts and hotkeysYesrun custom shell/Python/Ruby scripts from the launcher

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