Tinycast
Native macOS launcher with app search, clipboard history, snippets, and AI
Alternative toElectron-based
Visit tinycast.dev ↗What is Tinycast?
Tinycast is a lightweight, fully native macOS launcher built with SwiftUI and AppKit, requiring under 100 MB of RAM with zero third-party dependencies. Summoned by a single keystroke, it provides app search, clipboard history, calculator, snippets, custom commands, window management, and AI chat powered by Apple Intelligence, Claude, or your own API key. The project also runs Raycast extensions natively rendered in SwiftUI.
Designed for Mac users who want a fast, privacy-focused alternative to Electron-based launchers, Tinycast is free and open source. It includes features like fuzzy file search, calendar integration, notes, emoji picker, and system actions—all accessible without leaving the keyboard.
Momentum
Daily activity over the last 30 days: upvotes, unique visits, new GitHub stars and Hacker News points.
How do we know it's vibe coded?
vibetrend discovered Tinycast automatically. Evidence: GitHub abue-ammar/tinycast; repo has AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md. View source.
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