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Raycast is a keyboard launcher with a large extension store, clipboard history and its own AI plans. Supermac is a native Swift app that keeps launcher search, AI with your own key, window snapping and a set of everyday Mac tools in one place. Both are good at different jobs.
Raycast wins on extension breadth and clipboard workflows. Supermac wins when you want launcher, AI, window snapping and the everyday utilities in one native app.
Visit Raycast| What you want to do | Supermac | Raycast |
|---|---|---|
| Open apps from the keyboard | Launcher search opens your apps from one native field; the same field also answers math and finds emoji and window layouts. Launcher search docsMath docsEmoji & symbols docsWindow snapping docs | Root Search opens apps, files and commands, and it is the entry point to built-in commands and installed extensions. Source: Raycast Manual - Search Bar |
| Chat with an AI using your own key | Streaming AI chat with your own OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or Grok key, or a local Ollama or LM Studio model. No bundled AI subscription. AI chat with your own key docs | Raycast AI has paid plans with monthly AI Credits, and also supports your own API keys or Claude/ChatGPT subscriptions without using credits. Source: Raycast AI |
| Snap windows from the keyboard | Snap the focused window to halves, thirds and corners from the launcher. Window snapping docs | Built-in Window Management commands cover halves, quarters, thirds, exact sizes and moving windows between displays. Source: Raycast Manual - Window Management |
| Keep small utilities in the same app | Math, emoji and symbols, translation, screenshots and break reminders are built in and documented one page each. Math docsEmoji & symbols docsTranslator docsScreenshots docsBreaks docs | Built-in commands and Store extensions cover many utilities; the exact set depends on what you install. Source: Raycast Store |
| Hold files while you move between windows | File Shelf holds files while you move to the destination, then you drag them out where they belong. File Shelf docs | Raycast documents File Search for finding files; a temporary file shelf is not part of its documented core feature set. Source: Raycast File Search |
| Extend the app with integrations | A curated plugin directory with 24 plugins, including GitHub, Homebrew, Home Assistant, Spotify, OBS, Linear and Notion. GitHubHomebrewHome AssistantSpotifyOBS StudioLinearNotion | A large Store of community extensions; most extensions that do not need native code run on both macOS and Windows. Source: Raycast for Windows |
| Search clipboard history and expand snippets | Not part of the current Supermac feature list. Supermac focuses on launcher search, AI and the built-in utilities documented on the feature list. | Clipboard History and snippets are built in, with extensions adding more text workflows. Source: Raycast Manual - Clipboard History |
| Run on more than macOS | Supermac is macOS only, built in Swift for macOS 14 Sonoma and later. | Raycast has apps for macOS and Windows. Source: Raycast for Windows |
Last checked October 2026. Competitor notes summarise Raycast's official documentation and can change; each row links its source. Every Supermac row links to a shipped feature documented on this site.
Sources: Raycast Manual - Search Bar · Raycast AI · Raycast Manual - Window Management · Raycast Store · Raycast File Search · Raycast Manual - Extensions · Raycast Manual - Clipboard History · Raycast for Windows
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No. Supermac covers launcher search, AI, window snapping and several everyday utilities, but it does not try to match Raycast's extension store, clipboard history or snippets. The table above shows the gaps.
Supermac always uses your own key or a local model; there is no bundled AI subscription. Raycast AI has paid plans with monthly AI Credits and also supports your own API keys or Claude/ChatGPT subscriptions.
No. Supermac is macOS only and needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Raycast also has a Windows app.
Every Supermac row is a shipped feature documented on /features or in the docs, and the page links to those pages. Competitor rows link to the vendor page they came from, and the page shows when those sources were last checked.
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