If this is to replace Alfred (the replacement for Quicksilver), you need to list the details of all features. Currently, the website looks too polished, as if the demo is “too good to be true.”
I started teaching my daughters to use Alfred because my multiple attempts at staying native with Spotlight has failed despite its recent advancements.
This composability was also a defining feature of Launchbar.
I loved it, but eventually found that Raycasts approach of having predefined plugins for each use case is more performant , discoverable and usable.
Kinda like how the unix philosophy was beaten by integrated full-stack applications.
* since anything can be composed, everything must be in the same search index. This slows down the index, and means you need to sift through more irrelevant results.
Looks nice! You have a good foundation in modal input order. How’s your file indexing and search compared to Alfred’s? RayCast struggles with this. Alfred’s is solid, especially stands out with `in` search.
Custom search query strings/results is important, too. I couldn’t tell how you support that from the marketing site.
here is a presentation by the author: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkm-ZFlivyI
> New, modern launcher for macOS, built from the ground up
The only sign of modernity noticed is leaving good old stuff behind:
> macOS 15 Sequoia or newer required
I don’t like this. I am content with Alfred! The landing page is so concise. The demo so straight forward and enticing. It all appears so novel.
Great work.
Also saw open-source Raycast-aloke RustCast go by today, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47141912 https://github.com/unsecretised/rustcast
Great work — this looks really impressive. I’d love to give it a proper try sometime. For now, though, I’m still happily using Raycast and it covers my needs well.
I've been a satisfied Alfred user for ~10 years but there's always room for new tools like this. Kudos.
As others have mentioned, a clear list of features would be useful.
This looks awesome! I’m excited to try it out.
Loved Quicksilver back in the day.
Butchered fish meat piece as the app icon is kind of weird from my perspective.
Hey nerds! I made Tuna – happy to answer any and all questions. Thank you for posting it OP!