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Raycast for Mac

A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.

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  1. Raycast version 1.104.23Homebrew Cask · >= 11

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“Raycast is still my most used app by a long shot. I feel naked on a machine without it, because so much of my muscle memory is tied to the way I use Rayc...”
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如果你也受够了动辄占用数百兆内存、后台进程臃肿的启动器，一定要看看这个极度克制又强悍的开源 macOS 效率神器：Tinycast。 它主打一个极致轻量与纯原生：基于 Swift 6、SwiftUI 与 AppKit 构建，零第三方依赖、无 Electron、无后台遥测，日常常驻内存严格控制在 100 MB RAM 以内，呼出瞬间几乎感觉不到延迟，顺滑得就像 macOS 系统的内置功能。 更离谱的是，它并不是一个功能残缺的半成品，甚至能直接原生运行 Raycast 插件，并将

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零第三方依赖，纯 SwiftUI 加 AppKit，没有 Electron 也没有遥测，常驻内存写明控制在 100MB 以内，同时还能直接跑你已经装好的 Raycast 扩展，用原生 SwiftUI 渲染出来。这是 Tinycast 在 README 开头给自己下的定义。 它到底装了多少东西？ 应用启动与模糊搜索、可搜索的剪贴板历史（文本和图片，粘回你刚才所在的那个应用）、内联计算器（单位、实时汇率和加密货币换算）、Quicklinks、Apple Shortcuts 调用、

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