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Tinycast
Lightweight launcher for Mac users
WHO USES ITRaycast users · Memory-conscious Mac users · Keyboard-first workers
Install to use
Native macOS launcher under 100 MB of RAM that also runs Raycast extensions
START IN 5 MINUTES ↓
TESIGN TAKE
Because it takes your Raycast extensions and settings as they are, this is a free native launcher with almost no switching cost.
Activity and discovery evidence
9,001 stars · checked on GitHub · no 7-day star increase observed (GH Archive) (as of )
BACK CATALOG
AT A GLANCE
- USAGE
- Unconfirmed — check before use.
- LANGUAGE
- Swift
- PLATFORM
- macos
- ACTIVITY
- last commit within 24 h () · latest pre-release v0.12.5-beta.129 () · 125 releases
- COMMUNITY
- 81 contributors · 31 open issues (incl. PRs) · made by: an individual
- SOURCES
- GitHub
- FIRST SEEN
- CATEGORY
- PRODUCTIVITY
A summary, not legal advice.
WHY IT MATTERS
The README leads with three numbers: zero third-party dependencies, zero telemetry, under 100 MB of RAM. It is SwiftUI and AppKit only, not Electron. It runs the Raycast extensions you already have, rendered as native SwiftUI, and imports shortcuts, clipboard history, snippets and quicklinks from a Raycast export (.rayconfig), so switching costs little. 34 window-management actions, clipboard history, currency and crypto conversion, and one-key meeting join all live in the same palette.
BUILD FROM THIS
- Quicklinks, snippets and custom shell commands let you assemble a palette for your own work — internal URLs, deploy scripts or templates bound to a single global hotkey.
WHO IT'S FOR
- Raycast users
- bring extensions and settings into a native app
- Memory-conscious Mac users
- a palette under 100 MB instead of an Electron launcher
- Keyboard-first workers
- per-app hotkeys, 34 window actions, snippet expansion
START IN 5 MINUTES
# brew trust --tap abue-ammar/tinycast # required for third-party taps
# brew tap abue-ammar/tinycast
# brew install --cask tinycast # Apple silicon, macOS 26 or newer
# brew install --cask tinycast-universal # Intel, macOS 26
# Then open Settings → General, record a global shortcut, and press it anywhere to summon the palette.CAVEATS
- Licence AGPL-3.0 (from the README badge and LICENSE file; not set in GitHub metadata). macOS 26 or newer, Apple silicon and Intel. The macOS 15 Sequoia cask is no longer maintained. The app is self-signed, so a DMG download needs one quarantine-clearing command. Pasting and snippet expansion need the Accessibility permission. Free; tipping via Polar is optional.
RECEIPT
- FIRST SEEN
- AT SOURCE
- KEPT
- CREATED → FIRST SEEN
- 75d
- SOURCES
- GitHub
- ◌ BACK CATALOG
- Reconstructed from archive data, not a live discovery.
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SIMILAR TOOLS
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 | TinycastLightweight launcher for Mac usersTHIS ENTRY | ★ 9k | — | Licence unconfirmedunconfirmed | macos | |
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