Free and open source for macOS

One hotkey.
Everything you reach for.

Redcast is an agent-native, Raycast-style launcher. Native SwiftUI, real Raycast extensions, and AI on your own models, keys and agents.

Install from source Star on GitHub

macOS 26+ · AGPL-3.0 · No account · No telemetry

Free.Open source.Native SwiftUI.

SIDE A

The launcher
you use all day.

A1 · ROOT SEARCH

Type a little.
Find it all.

Apps, files, commands, quicklinks and snippets behind one hotkey. Fuzzy search, an alias plus Space to open anything, and ⌘K actions on every row.

Search for apps and commands…

Applications

SafariApplication

System SettingsApplication

NotesApplication

TerminalApplication

Commands

Redcast SettingsCommand

Extension StoreCommand

Clipboard HistoryCommand

Toggle System AppearanceCommand

⌘Open Application ↵Actions ⌘K

A2 · EXTENSION STORE

Raycast extensions?
They run here.

Real Raycast extensions, rendered as native SwiftUI. Browse Featured, Popular, Recently Updated and every category right from the palette, and install with ↵.

Color

Featured

Color Pickerpixelkit↓ 312K

Kill Processember-labs↓ 120K

Timerstickwork↓ 98K

Translatewordline↓ 64K

Port Managerportside↓ 41K

Window Walkertilekit↓ 38K

Remembered.

Clipboard history with images, colours and links, snippets with keyword expansion and tags, and ⌘J to send any entry to AI.

Type to filter entries…All Types

Today

Image (1600×1000)

github.com/alesha-pro/redcast

#F23D32

Meet at five, then dinner.

launch-plan.pdf

git rebase -i HEAD~3

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alesha-pro/redcastAn agent-native, Raycast-style launcher for macOS.

#F23D32
rgb(242, 61, 50)
hsl(3, 88%, 57%)

Meet at five, then dinner.

launch-plan.pdf3 pages · 412 KB

$ git rebase -i HEAD~3

SourceColor Picker

CopiedJust now

⌘Paste to Notes ↵Actions ⌘K

A4 · WINDOW MANAGEMENT

35 window actions.

Rectangle-style halves, thirds and quarters, saved layouts and rooms, a window switcher and menu bar search.

NotesFileEditViewWindow⌘ Fri 9:41

Notes

# Launch checklist
– Record the demo
– Write release notes
– Update the README

Terminal

$ swift build -c release
Compiling Redcast…
Build complete! (12.4s)
$

Calendar

MTWDesign reviewTFShip it

Left Half

Calculatorunits, currencies, time zones
NotesMarkdown, pinned, in the menu bar
Calendarone-key meeting join
Quicklinkswith arguments and tags
Emoji & Dictionaryright in the palette
Systemlock, sleep, appearance, Bluetooth
Uninstallwith everything an app left behind
Backupevery setting, keys sealed by passphrase

SIDE B

Agents that work
while you do.

B1 · BACKGROUND AGENTS

@agent, do it.

Type @docs draft the release notes in the launcher. The agent runs with no window, in its own folder with its files, skills and memory, and ends as a chat. Schedules run daily or every few hours, with a spend cap.

NotesFileEditViewWindow ⌘ Fri 9:41

Agents

docs@docsChoose Agent

review@review

research@research

⌘Ask Agent ↵Run in Background ⌘↵

Read fileCHANGELOG.md

Search the webrelease notes, past versions

Write fileRELEASE_NOTES.md

docs finished Open

B2 · AI CHAT

Branch any chat.

Folders with their own instructions, a settings sidebar per chat, the files a reply names as links you can open, and edit, regenerate or branch from any message.

Release notesClaude Sonnet 4.5 · docs

Draft the release notes from the changelog.

Read CHANGELOG.md Wrote release-notes.md

Done. The notes are in release-notes.md, the highlights in highlights.md, and the screenshots are in assets/. Want a shorter version for the README?

Filesrelease-notes.mdhighlights.mdassets

CopyRegenerateBranch Chat4:21 PM

Message⌘Claude Sonnet 4.5

B3 · AGENT SESSIONS

Every session.
One key.

Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Goose and Hermes run over the Agent Client Protocol on your own logins. Every past session is searchable and resumes in its folder and terminal.

Claude Code

Codex

Gemini CLI

OpenCode

Goose

Search sessions…

Sessions

fix the flaky test● Needs you

refactor the store● Working

write release notesOpen

translate the docsYesterday

fix the flaky testClaude Code · ~/app · main

Youfix the flaky test in StoreTests

Found a race in the async setup. Run swift test --filter StoreTests?

● Waiting for you

⌘Resume ↵Actions ⌘K

B4 · VOICE

Dictate anywhere.

Spoken punctuation and lists, modes like Polish or Translate, and a searchable history. Double-tap right ⌘ to attach the window in front to a chat.

NotesFileEditViewWindow⌘ Fri 9:41

Notes

Friday
– Pick up the cake
– Call the venue
so um meet at five then dinnerMeet at five, then dinner.

Polish ⇥

Search models…

AClaude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic

◎GPT-5OpenAI

✦Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle

◆DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek

↯Qwen3 MaxOpenRouter

Bring your own keys. Quick AI and AI Chat on any model you connect: OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini or your own endpoint.

Codex (ChatGPT)Sign in with your ChatGPT account. No API key.

Status● Signed in

Answers onyour plan's Codex usage

Signed in

Codex on your ChatGPT plan. Sign in with ChatGPT, no API key.

No account.No subscription.No telemetry.

Quiet when idle.

Native and small

SwiftUI and AppKit. No Electron, no third-party dependencies, built to a 100 MB memory budget.

Waits for you

ACP agents stop after two idle minutes, voice keeps no process between presses, histories are read when you open them.

The network on your terms

AI goes only to the providers you connect, when you ask. A Redcast build never checks for updates.

Your data stays here

Chats, notes, clipboard, dictation and usage stay on your Mac. AI is off until you connect a provider.

Your keys. Your models. Your Mac.

▶▶ FF

Build it from source.

Redcast is built on your Mac: no downloads, no auto-updates. To update, pull and run the installer again.

macOS 26 or later
Xcode 26
An Apple Development signing identity (a free Apple ID is enough)

git clone https://github.com/alesha-pro/redcast.git && cd redcast
git remote add upstream https://github.com/abue-ammar/tinycast.git
git fetch upstream --tags
Scripts/fork/install.sh

Then open Settings → General, record a hotkey, and press it anywhere.

Open the repository What's new in the fork

Redcast

Free and open source for macOS.

github.com/alesha-pro/redcast