Real-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
Real-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
Raycast records 710,581 monthly visits with -24.5% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing. Search support records 0 monthly visits with — growth and Free pricing.

Highlight any text and launch an AI-assisted search in one click
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | raycast.com | chrome.google.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Free |
| Monthly Visits | 710.58K (710,581) | 0 (0) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -230.34K (-24.5%) | 0 (—) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (26.9%) | 🌐 Global (—) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 350.22K | 0 |
| User Rating | 4.8 | 1.8 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Browser Extension |

An extendable launcher that puts your tools, AI, and automations one keystroke away
Open apps, run commands, and search files from a single hotkey, with thousands of community extensions connecting the services you already use.
Chat with leading AI models, call Quick AI from any app, and let AI Extensions act on your connected tools to finish multi-step tasks.
Browse everything you have copied and insert frequently used text or addresses by simply typing a keyword.
Create shortcuts that launch URLs, run scripts, or trigger commands, and assign hotkeys or aliases to the actions you repeat most.

Highlight any text and launch an AI-assisted search in one click
Select any passage on a page and launch a matching search without manually rewriting it into keywords.
Use the refresh action to cycle through different result sets for the same highlighted text.
Pick High, Medium or Low to control how broad or narrow the returned results are.
The interface and search handling cover several languages, including Korean and English.
Real-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
Real-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
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