Tinycast：一款免费的 macOS 原生启动器

01Features

One palette for the things you do all day.

Most features are off until you turn them on, so Tinycast only runs what you use.

App launcher

Find any app by typing a few letters and open it from the keyboard. Pin favorites, see what's running, and quit or restart apps.

Inline calculator

Math, units, currencies, time zones, and dates like “days till 9 Apr”.

Clipboard history

Search the text, images, files and colors you've copied, then paste them back.

AI Chat

Use Apple Intelligence, Claude, Codex, Grok, OpenCode or your own API key.

Quick Actions

Select text in any app and fix, rewrite, translate or summarize it.

Window management

35 keyboard commands for halves, thirds, nudges and moving between displays, plus layouts you save.

Raycast extensions

Install them from the Raycast Store without Node or a build step. They run in JavaScriptCore and render in SwiftUI.

Snippets

Type a keyword in any app and it expands into text. Snippets can use Markdown and placeholders.

02In action

Straight from the app.

The palette at the top of this page is a recreation. These screenshots and videos come from Tinycast itself. Click to enlarge an image or play a video.

03Privacy

Off until you turn it on.

A new install has the launcher, the calculator and clipboard history. Everything else stays off until you enable it, and nothing needs an account.

accounts: 0
telemetry: 0
dependencies: 0
of memory: <100 MB

Default settings4 of 5 off

Off by defaultAIThe chat command and its history file don't exist until you turn AI on.
Off by defaultExtensionsWhile off, no extension folder is read and no JavaScript engine runs.
Off by defaultSnippetsThe only feature that reads what you type. Matching happens on your Mac.
Off by defaultCalendarTells you what it reads before macOS asks for access. Events stay on your Mac.
On by defaultClipboard historyStored on your Mac for 3 months. Ignores copies from Keychain Access and Passwords.

Tinycast asks for a permission only when a feature first needs it, never at launch. Restoring a settings backup can't turn on extensions or snippets.

04Keyboard

Built for the keyboard.

Choose one shortcut to open the palette. Everything else has a key, and shortcuts follow key position, so they work with any keyboard layout.

⌥ Space: Open the palette (you choose the keys)
return: Run the main action
⌘ return: Run the second action
⌘ K: Open the actions menu
tab: Switch between launcher, AI Chat and clipboard
⌘ 1…0: Open favorite 1 to 10
esc: Clear the search, go back, or close
⌘ esc: Back to the root search from anywhere

Every other key, one table per screen, is in Keyboard shortcuts.

05Moving over

Bring your Raycast setup.

Tinycast reads Raycast's .rayconfig export. Choose the file, enter its passphrase, and your shortcuts, favorites and snippets come with it.

Export from Raycast
Export your settings and data, and keep the passphrase you set.
Open Settings → Backup
Choose the file and enter the passphrase. If the passphrase is wrong, Tinycast says so.
Choose what to import
Import everything, or only the parts you want.
Quit and reopen Tinycast
Quit from the menu bar icon, because closing Settings isn't enough. Everything is in place after the restart.

Tinycast's Backup settings pane with a Raycast export selected and a list of categories to import.

Raycast v2.0 and newer only. Tinycast reads .rayconfig files from Raycast v2.0 and later. Support for Raycast v1.x files was removed in Tinycast v0.10.5.

Comes across: Shortcuts · Favorites · Clipboard history · Snippets · Quicklinks · Aliases · Emoji skin tone · Compact mode · Pop to root · Launch at login · Menu-bar preference. Read the import guide

Enjoying Tinycast?

Tinycast is free and open source. If you enjoy it, consider buying a wallpaper pack and get a discord role. It would help me a lot. Thanks

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