It offers fast access to applications, dictionaries, files, text snippets, clipboard, and more.

[2] Raycast is an alternative to the macOS's built-in Spotlight function, with a richer interface and the option to install extensions, providing additional ways to display varied content.

[6] Raycast comes with many built-in features that can have a shortcut or an alias assigned, most notably: While Raycast itself is a closed-source application, it includes a built-in store that offers open-source extensions to extend its functionality.

[10] The API is open for developers and simple scripts could be written without extensive programming knowledge.

Some noteworthy extensions include managing GitHub repositories, controlling Spotify,[11] language translation through Google Translate, accessing browser bookmarks, connecting to Jira, search and create Notion (productivity software) pages, [12] and more.