abue-ammar/tinycast

Tinycast — a tiny, fully native macOS launcher, hotkeys, and clipboard history. observed · 2026-10-19

github.com/abue-ammar/tinycast · homepage · Swift · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-10-19

Health v2 · maintenance only

81/100

Activity 100
Release rhythm 99
Longevity 8

Flags: young no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 1
age_days: 113
days_rel: 10
days_push: 2
n_releases_24m: 20

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

8682 stars · 507 forks observed · 2026-10-19

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 2026-10-19 · 06161db96a85
homepage: https://abue-ammar.github.io/tinycast/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8b81f2288d39

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
abue-ammar/tinycast	main	81

For agents

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