abue-ammar/tinycast
Tinycast — a tiny, fully native macOS launcher, hotkeys, and clipboard history observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
80/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 4
Flags: young no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1
- age_days: 65
- days_rel: 7
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
1862 stars · 121 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Tinycast is a tiny, fully native macOS launcher built with SwiftUI and AppKit, offering fuzzy app launching, global hotkeys, clipboard history, snippets, and an inline calculator in a lightweight command palette. It can also run Raycast extensions natively via JavaScriptCore without Node.js or Electron.
Use cases
- launch apps with fuzzy search from a keyboard shortcut
- search and paste clipboard history
- expand text snippets with dynamic placeholders
- run shell commands via global hotkeys
- do inline math and currency conversions in a launcher
- run Raycast extensions natively without Electron
- toggle apps with per-app hotkeys
When to choose
- you want a lightweight native macOS launcher under 100 MB RAM
- you need clipboard history and snippets without a subscription
- you already use Raycast extensions but want them running natively
- you prefer no telemetry, no accounts, and no Electron
When to avoid
- you need deep plugin ecosystems beyond Raycast extensions
- you are on Linux or Windows
- you require a fully signed, notarized app (it is self-signed)
Facets
application · maturity active
gui search-engine caching cli developer-tools desktop-applications launcher clipboard-history global-hotkeys snippets raycast-extensions swiftui native-app spotlight-alternative command-line macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/abue-ammar/tinycast · fetched 2026-08-28 · 06161db96a85
- homepage: https://abue-ammar.github.io/tinycast/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8b81f2288d39
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| abue-ammar/tinycast | main | 80 |
For agents
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