Raycast Weekly. Issue RW001

Raycast Weekly Newsletter

Raycast Weekly. Issue RW001

Hello and welcome to the first Raycast Weekly Newsletter!

Most Interesting in the Raycast World Last Week

• Raycast introduced Glaze: A new way to create desktop apps

• Dany shared what is possible to build with Glaze

• You can now run multiple parallel background Raycast chats on iOS

• Watercooler #2 went live with Pedro and Thomas

• Pedro shared new flow for setting hotkeys that coming to Raycast 2.0

• Alexi (me, your newsletter author 😉) continues #100DaysOfRaycast challenge:

  • Day 154

  • Day 155

  • Day 156

  • Day 157

  • Day 158

  • Day 159

  • Day 160

Upcoming Raycast Events

• Glaze Sessions: London Edition (Mar 20) · Luma

• Glaze Sessions: Paris Edition (Mar 25) · Luma

• Glaze Sessions: Berlin Edition (Mar 25) · Luma

• Re/Raycafé (Mar 25) · Luma

• Raycafé Basel (Mar 28) · Luma

• Raycafé Mexico City (Apr 11) · Luma

• Raycafé Los Angeles (Apr 21) · Luma

Raycast Ambassador Program

Can’t stop talking about Raycast or want to host a Raycafé event? Check out the Raycast Ambassadors program!

Raycast Store Updates

new extensions in the store:

• TrustMRR: Browse TrustMRR startups and inspect detailed metrics. by Alexi Demo 🎥

• Wallhaven: Browse and download desktop wallpapers from Wallhaven. by Devadathan M B Demo 🎥

• Paste Safely: Paste with per-app and per-website confirmation policies by Alexi Demo 🎥

• DevContainer Features: Search and browse devcontainer features from the official registry by Keito Sato

• Polars Documentation Search: Quickly search through official Polars documentation by Felipe

• Lock Time: Quietly tracks how long your Mac stays locked and how long you stay focused between unlocks. by Mai Yang

• Spacer: Name your spaces & more… by JD Solanki

• Cut Out: Delete a horizontal or vertical strip from an image and stitch the remaining parts by lemikeone

• Job Dojo: AI-powered interview assistant - ask questions, generate recruiter messages, and create LinkedIn connection templates by Joseph Harwood

• Zo: Chat with Zo models, manage defaults, and review activity by Jordan Stella

• Raycast AI Custom Providers: Manage custom Raycast AI provider through extension by Ernest0n

• Quick References: Search and browse Fechin/reference cheat sheets with favorites and offline support. by Daniel Schoeman

• gRPC UI: Quickly launch gRPC UI for your saved services directly from Raycast. by Filipp Balakin

• HDRI Library: Browse and download high-quality HDRI images from Poly Haven. by Chad Ashley

• Doubao TTS: Read selected text aloud using Volcengine Doubao TTS with 90+ Chinese and English voices by Xianwei Zhang

• DesktopRenamer: Control DesktopRenamer from Raycast. by Michael Qiu

• Number Research: Research numbers and discover if they have been searched before on numberresearch.xyz by Dhruv Suthar

• TypeWhisper: Voice dictation, transcription history, and profile management for TypeWhisper by Marco Hillger

• Timely: List and create Timely projects from Raycast. by Jake

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Sincerely,
Alexi

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