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Raycast 2.0

Raycast 2.0

Exceptional signal

The next generation of Raycast is here

Launched 2mo ago
Signal
81
Velocity
0

What this means

47%Mid-tier finish likely.
Projecting attention of 280 by end of day-1.
+52%Launching in a 52% WoW growing category.
Mac had 96 launches this week vs 63 last.
70%Strong buyer-intent signal in the discussion.
70% of commenters sound like potential buyers — mostly developers.
80%Comment sentiment overwhelmingly positive.
Audience strongly receptive — developers engaged.
Users are asking for command chains + resume actions.
Feature requests surfaced from the comment thread.
Recurring concerns: AI action failures, political concerns.
Pain points raised more than once by different people.

Prediction

Top-5 finish probability
47%
today
Projected end-of-day votes
280range 210–378
Trajectory
stable
Vote pace holding steady.

About

Raycast 2.0 is built on a new foundation, redesigned from the inside out. Your shortcut to everything now brings AI that can take action across your apps, Automations for recurring tasks, and Projects to keep ongoing work together. Connect your own ChatGPT or Claude account and put AI to work alongside the commands and extensions you use every day. The best Launcher got even better.

AI Summary

Raycast 2.0 is a productivity tool for Mac that integrates AI capabilities, allowing users to automate tasks and manage projects efficiently. It supports connections to ChatGPT and Claude for enhanced functionality alongside existing commands and extensions.

Attention & discussion velocity

Performance

Velocity0
Vote pace vs average
Momentum0
Sustained over 6h
Virality0
Spread × engagement
Engagement10
Discussion per unit of attention

Signal sources

3 of 6 active
  • Launch tracking5 readings since we picked it up
  • AI analysisProductivity
  • Comment intelligencethread analysed
  • Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
  • Revenue signalsno match on this domain
  • Editorial scoringbelow the signal threshold for this pass

A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.

Founders

Samuel Kraft
Samuel Kraft
@samuel_kraft
rep 67
Chris Messina
@chrismessina · hunter

Topics

MacDeveloper ToolsProductivity

Comment Intelligence· 11 comments analysed

Sentiment

Positive80%
Neutral10%
Negative10%
Buyer intent
70%
of commenters sound like potential buyers
Audience
developers
Sentiment over 62 days
Positive
Negative
Buyer intent
Overall vibe

Overall, the feedback is overwhelmingly positive with some concerns about AI functionality and political affiliations.

Top themes
  • user experience
  • AI integration
  • automation
Feature requests
  • command chains
  • resume actions
  • codex support
Complaints
  • AI action failures
  • political concerns

Top comments

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Rebuilt on a new foundation and redesigned from the inside out, it’s been a long journey. Thank you to everyone who helped us shape it. If you’re new to Raycast, it’s your shortcut to everything on your computer. Launch apps, find files, manage your clipboard, run extensions, and ask AI, all from your keyboard. We started Raycast because we wanted less friction between having an idea and getting it done. With 2.0, we’ve taken that further, improving the everyday launcher experience and bringing AI that can take action into the same place. There’s a lot in this release, but here are the highlights: A fresh design. A new look for Liquid Glass, with a compact mode that keeps just the essentials. Faster file search, right in the launcher. Files and folders appear alongside your other results, powered by a new indexing engine. You can now search across settings, extensions, and commands too. More flexible shortcuts. Use fn on its own, assign left and right modifier keys separately, and configure hotkeys directly from the Action Panel. AI with more context. Quick AI and AI Chat share a redesigned experience. Screen Awareness brings what you’re looking at into the conversation, and relevant AI Extensions load automatically. AI that knows how you work. Profile and Memory carry context between conversations. Agents and Skills let you tailor AI to the tasks you repeat. Built-in dictation. Speak to write clean, formatted text in any app, with styles that adapt to where you’re writing. Projects and Automations. Keep related chats together under shared instructions, and set up recurring tasks for Raycast to handle. Bring your own subscription. Connect your existing ChatGPT or Claude account. You can explore everything new in v2 in our manual. Thank you to everyone who’s helped shape Raycast so far. Try 2.0 and let us know what you think. More exiting things to come! If you're on v1, most of you should see an action to update and migrate. Raycast v2 requires Tahoe and Apple silicon. If you still don't see the update, you can download it directly from https://www.raycast.com/ and replace v1.

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↑ 9

Honored to hunt Raycast 2.0. I’ve been a heavy user since it first came out; I’ve hosted user group meetups, and can now proclaim that I’ve built or contributed to dozens of extensions for the platform! https://www.raycast.com/chrismes... 2.0 is an upgrade in the best ways: preserving the core of speed, utility, and flexibility — and refining and expanding juvenile aspects like AI chat, settings, and more. There’s a lot to discover in this release —it’ll grow you on over time, for sure!

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↑ 4

🙌 Raycast is the one tool I can't live without! It's so embedded in my day to day that makes my life significantly easier - not to mention all of the different apps I stopped paying for. For the new automations/projects, can I run chains - or is it one command on a schedule? I run the same few commands in the same order every morning before my first call and have Claude running one by one.

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↑ 3

Congrats guys! Bring your own AI subscriptions. Thats interesting! Does it work with codex subscription?

Sentiment computed via openrouter