ΠΠΊΠΎΡΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ° Linux ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ»Π° ΠΊΡΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°ΡΠΎΠΊ β ΠΏΠΎΡΡ Raycast! π Π’Π΅ΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΈΠΌΡΠΉ Π»Π°ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅Ρ macOS Π΄ΠΎΡΡΡΠΏΠ΅Π½ ΠΈ Π½Π° ΠΏΠΈΠ½Π³Π²ΠΈΠ½Π°Ρ . π»π§ Π€ΠΈΡΠΊΠΈ:
β’ ΠΠΎΠ»Π½Π°Ρ ΡΠΎΠ²ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠΌΠΎΡΡΡ Ρ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π³ΠΈΠ½Π°ΠΌΠΈ Raycast β’ ΠΡΡΡΡΡΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΠΈΡΠΊ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ/ΡΠ°ΠΉΠ»ΠΎΠ² β’ Π£ΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΎΠΉ Π±Π΅Π· ΡΠ΅ΡΠΌΠΈΠ½Π°Π»Π° β’ ΠΠΎΡΡΡΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊΠ»Π°Π²ΠΈΡΠΈ Π½Π° Π²ΡΡ
Π Π°Π·ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΊΠΈ ΠΎΠ±Π΅ΡΠ°ΡΡ: Β«Π‘Π΄Π΅Π»Π°Π»ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΆΠ΅ ΡΡΡΡΡΠΎ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π² ΠΎΡΠΈΠ³ΠΈΠ½Π°Π»Π΅Β». Π£ΠΆΠ΅ ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅? ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΌΡΡ Π²ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΌΠΈ! π
- Raycast for Linux
- An open-source, Raycast-inspired launcher for Linux.
- For more background on this project, I have a
- post here
- .
- Disclaimer:
- This is a hobby project and is
- not
- affiliated with, nor endorsed by, the official Raycast team.
- β¨ Features
- This launcher aims to recreate most of Raycast’s core features on Linux:
- Extensible Command Palette
- The core of the application. Search for and launch applications, run commands, execute quicklinks, and more. Extension Support
- Run extensions built Raycast’s API. Features a built-in store to browse and install extensions from the official Raycast Store. Powerful Calculator
- A smart calculator integrated directly into the search bar, powered by SoulverCore . It handles unit conversions, currency, and complex math expressions. Clipboard History
- A searchable history of everything you’ve copied, with support for text, images, links, and colors. Snippets
- Create and manage text snippets that can be expanded anywhere on your system. Supports dynamic placeholders for dates, clipboard content, and more. AI Integration
- Connects to OpenRouter to bring the power of various AI models directly into the launcher. And more to come! 𧩠Extension Compatibility While the goal is to support a wide range of Raycast extensions, there are some inherent limitations due to the differences between macOS and Linux. Common reasons an extension might not work include: macOS-specific APIs
- Many extensions rely on native macOS features like AppleScript ( runAppleScript ), hardcoded paths ( /Applications/ ), or specific system libraries that do not exist on Linux. Native Binaries
- Extensions that bundle pre-compiled binaries for macOS will not work. Similarly, extensions that use Swift to interact with the operating system won’t work either. Assumed Permissions
- Extensions may assume they have access to macOS-specific permissioned data (like Contacts or Calendars) which have no direct equivalent. π Installation You can download the latest release from the GitHub Releases page . Currently, only an .AppImage is provided. After downloading, make it executable: chmod +x .AppImage ./ .AppImage This will open a long-running process in the background. To toggle the visibility of the window, simply run it again. Depending on your environment, you may be able to bind the script to a hotkey. For example, on Hyprland: bind = ALT, Space, exec, /path/to/raycast-linux.AppImage System Requirements The application requires glibc version 2.38 , which is installed by default on Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 40, and recent versions of Arch Linux. Wayland users: For the global snippet expansion feature to work, the application needs permission to read keyboard events. The recommended and most secure method is to add a udev rule. Create the udev rule file: sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-raycast-linux.rules Add the following line to the file: This rule grants the user at the physical console access to keyboard devices. KERNEL==»event*», ENV{ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD}==»1″, TAG+=»uaccess» Reload the udev rules to apply the changes: sudo udevadm control —reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger π οΈ Building from Source If you prefer to build the project from its source code, you’ll need to set up the development environment. Prerequisites Rust
- Install via rustup . Node.js
- Use a recent LTS version. pnpm is the package manager for this project ( npm i -g pnpm ). Tauri Prerequisites
- Follow the official Tauri guide to install system dependencies. Swift Toolchain
- The calculator feature uses a Swift wrapper around SoulverCore. Installation & Running Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/ByteAtATime/raycast-linux.git cd raycast-linux Install dependencies: This project uses a pnpm workspace. Install all dependencies from the root directory. pnpm install Build the Node.js sidecar binary: This step compiles the JavaScript plugin host into a binary that Tauri can execute. pnpm —filter sidecar build Run in development mode: This command will launch the Tauri application with hot-reloading for the frontend. pnpm tauri dev π Acknowledgements This project stands on the shoulders of giants: A huge thank you to the team behind the original Raycast . The powerful calculator is powered by SoulverCore by Acqualia. Special thanks to Zac for getting me a Linux build — on his vacation, no less! π License This project is licensed under the MIT License .
