Reviewers largely see Raycast as an indispensable, keyboard-first hub for Mac work: it replaces Spotlight and often Alfred, while folding app launching, clipboard history, snippets, notes, window management, scripts, search, and AI into one fast workflow. Users repeatedly praise its polish, speed, customization, and broad extension ecosystem, and some say it replaces several separate utilities. The main complaints are narrower: extension discovery is getting harder, remote MCP setup and the iOS app can be rough, and one reviewer sharply criticized file search and uninstall behavior.
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