Raycast alternatives

Raycast is listed under Dev Tools: Launcher for macOS with extensions and an AI command. We compare it with 15 other Dev Tools tools that have researched data. 15 of them offer a free plan or are free to use (10 open source), and 0 are paid only. Raycast itself is freemium (free plan + paid tiers).

Order: Sorted by how much you can use for free (free or open source first, then free plan with paid tiers, then paid only), then by the number of documented features, then alphabetically. No ratings or reviews are used.

Tool	Pricing	Free tier	Key features	Who it's for
Raycast this tool	Freemium (free plan + paid tiers)	Yes	Search and edit Linear, Jira, and Notion from the keyboard Ask AI chat to read Linear tasks and create Things tasks Insert saved text snippets by typing a keyword	Professionals and teams who want keyboard access to everyday tools.
open_scion	Free and open source	Yes	Clients fetch single objects and sparse trees instead of a full clone Blame, path history, and code search run on the server Lands a change with compare-and-swap instead of a merge queue	Developers running source control for coding agents.
Agent Toolkit for AWS	Free No additional charge; pay only for AWS resources	Yes	Auto-detects your agents, installs skills, and configures the MCP server Managed MCP server for AWS CLI commands, docs search, and curated skills Covers 300+ AWS services and 15,000+ API actions through one tool	Developers whose coding agents build and manage applications on AWS.
DigUp	Free and open source	Yes	Searches photos, PDFs, documents, recordings, video, and code by what is in them Runs entirely on your computer on Mac, Windows, and Linux Uses Google DeepMind's EmbeddingGemma 2 across text, image, audio, and video	People who want to search the files on their own computer.
Handwired	Free and open source	Yes	Transforms if-else, loops, and state into matrix multiplication and ReLU The weights are written by hand, so the net does not need training The whole program stays differentiable	Developers turning ordinary JavaScript into a differentiable net.
PdfCraft	Free and open source	Yes	Renders complex scripts, vertical CJK, emoji, and transparency Search a document and copy text in reading order Rotate, delete, insert, and reorder pages with undo	—
PyPI	Free	Yes	Search and browse Python software packages Install packages shared by the Python community Upload and publish your own Python packages	Python developers who install community packages or publish their own software.
Notion	Freemium (free plan + paid tiers) Paid plans from $10 per member/month	Yes	Store notes, docs, and tasks in one workspace Search connected apps such as Slack and GitHub Agents complete multi-step tasks using workspace context	For individuals, small teams, growing businesses, and enterprises.
Obsidian	Freemium (free plan + paid tiers)	Yes	Save notes on your device as Markdown files, including offline Create links between notes and view them as a graph Research, brainstorm, and diagram ideas on a canvas	People who keep private notes, journals, knowledge bases, and projects.
Redis	Freemium (free plan + paid tiers)	Yes	Sub-millisecond reads and writes for caching Event-driven messaging and data pipelines Persistent storage for application sessions	Developers building real-time apps and AI agents.
HatchZip	Free and open source	Yes	Extracts ZIP, 7z, and tar from the end, then cuts each finished part off the archive Reads ZIP, ZIP64, 7z, tar, .tar.gz, and split archives Checks that the extraction will fit before it changes anything	People extracting a large archive on a disk that cannot hold the archive and the files at once.
Security Audit Skill	Free and open source	Yes	Runs reconnaissance, coverage-led hunting, candidate validation, and structured output Independent agents verify records, then reports are derived from those records Writes confirmed, needs_validation, and rejected records to findings.json	Developers who want a coding agent to audit a repository and keep machine-readable findings.
SkillSpector	Free and open source	Yes	Scans Git repositories, URLs, zip files, directories, or a single file Runs static checks and can add optional LLM semantic analysis Writes terminal, JSON, Markdown, or SARIF reports	Developers reviewing an AI agent skill before they install it.
GridCraft	Free and open source	Yes	XLSX is the native format, including styles, formulas, tables, charts, and PivotTables 500+ worksheet functions, plus dynamic arrays, LET, and LAMBDA Native apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, and BSD, plus the browser	People who want an open-source spreadsheet, including agents that edit workbooks.
Puter Everything	Free and open source	Yes	MIT monorepo that rebuilds proprietary apps as open-source alternatives Office apps include spreadsheet, documents, presentation, whiteboard, and PDF Also meetings, team chat, email, calendar, and other folders in src	Developers looking through Puter's open-source app rebuilds.
GPTibo	Free and open source	Yes	Storefront for products, checkout, orders, and after-sales requests Admin for pricing, orders, refunds, partners, and notifications Partner desk with its own shop, branding, and custom domain	Developers self-hosting a digital-goods shop.

Raycast alternatives: FAQ

What are the best Raycast alternatives?

open_scion, Agent Toolkit for AWS, DigUp, Handwired, PdfCraft, PyPI, Notion, Obsidian, Redis, HatchZip, Security Audit Skill, SkillSpector, GridCraft, Puter Everything, GPTibo are the Raycast alternatives in our directory that have researched data. They are ordered by how much you can use for free, then by documented features. No ratings or reviews are used, so the order is not a quality ranking.

Is there a free alternative to Raycast?

open_scion (free and open source), Agent Toolkit for AWS (free), DigUp (free and open source), Handwired (free and open source), PdfCraft (free and open source), PyPI (free), Notion (freemium (free plan + paid tiers)), Obsidian (freemium (free plan + paid tiers)), Redis (freemium (free plan + paid tiers)), HatchZip (free and open source), Security Audit Skill (free and open source), SkillSpector (free and open source), GridCraft (free and open source), Puter Everything (free and open source), GPTibo (free and open source). Free tiers can change, so check each site.