# abue-ammar/tinycast

Tinycast — a tiny, fully native macOS launcher, hotkeys, and clipboard history

Repository: https://github.com/abue-ammar/tinycast
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tinycast
Homepage: https://abue-ammar.github.io/tinycast/
Language: Swift
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:13:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 4
- inputs: {"age_days": 65, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: young, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1862, forks 121 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:45.004315+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, search-engine, caching, cli
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: -
- tags: launcher, clipboard-history, global-hotkeys, snippets, raycast-extensions, swiftui, native-app, spotlight-alternative, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- abue-ammar/tinycast (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.004315+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:15:41.246378+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/abue-ammar/tinycast (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.004315+00:00, sha 06161db96a85)
  - homepage: https://abue-ammar.github.io/tinycast/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:54:41.925402+00:00, sha 8b81f2288d39)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.