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Raycast v2.0 (Aug 19, 2026) exited beta and now replaces v1 as the default macOS app; Dictation and AI Chat, previously free during the beta, are now gated behind Raycast Pro (new users get a 7-day free trial, no credit card required).
v1.104.0 December 16, 2025 ... macOSmacOS v2βBetaWindowsβBetaiOS
Raycast 2.0 is out of Beta! ... With this release, Raycast v2 replaces v1. ... During the beta, Dictation and AI Chat were available for free ... With this release, these features will now be part of Raycast Pro.
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-macOSmacOS v2βBetaWindowsβBetaiOS
-v1.104.0December 16, 2025
+macOSWindowsiOSmacOS V1
+v2.0August 19, 2026
-🎁 RAYCAST WRAPPED 2025
+image [https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/901e5ffdc1d7e678ebfd39bf854ad3449b4ab8b9b463379d33e0e5d7835c0dc1.png]
-wrapped-25-r [https://releases.raycast.com/user-attachments/90de1828-ebc9-436d-88f5-18963de918c9]
+Raycast 2.0 is out of Beta! 🎉
-As 2025 comes to a close, it’s the perfect time to reflect on how Raycast has helped you be more productive and stay in flow.
+Thank you so much for being a part of it! We would not be at this point without all of your feedback and support.
-Take a look at your Raycast Wrapped to get insights on your Raycast launches, extensions usage, your most used apps, developer stats, time spent on meetings, AI usage, Focus stats, and so much more!
+With this release, Raycast v2 replaces v1. You will be guided through the update in Raycast, and your existing v2 beta data will remain unchanged. If you have not imported your v1 data yet, you will have the option to do so during the update. Some permissions may need to be authorized again after the migration.
-Look out for the Raycast Wrapped 2025 command, and make sure to share your summary by clicking the Copy as Image in each section. We’d love to see your stats.
+During the beta, Dictation and AI Chat were available for free while we tested and improved the experience. With this release, these features will now be part of Raycast Pro. To help with the transition, signing in gives you a 7-day free trial of Pro. No credit card is required.
-Disclaimer: Most of the data displayed is stored locally, and Raycast does not have access to it. If you moved between machines during the year, some of the data might have been lost. If you’ve used Raycast for less than 14 days, you will not have enough data to be displayed – but there’s always next year!
+For more information on the update process, see our FAQ.
+✨ NEW
+
+ * AI: Added a Clear Chat action, which resets a chat's messages while keeping its model, agent, and other configuration
+ * AI: Added support for mentioning AI extensions when replying to a question asked with the Ask User Question tool
+ * AI: Ask User Question tool can be collapsed to make browsing conversation easier while questions are unanswered
+ * MCP: Added loopback OAuth redirects so MCP providers that reject custom URL schemes, such as Atlassian, can now be connected
+
💎 IMPROVEMENTS
- * File Search: Update File Search Beta to be on parity with Windows File Search.
+ * AI: Error messages are clearer, more specific, and show a potential action to recover, like retry, change model, etc.
+ * AI: In the composer. backspace now only deletes text, and cmd+backspace is used to remove attachments, then the queued message, then the agent, then the folder
+ * AI: Code blocks now render tabs at four-space width
+ * AI: Speed up Screen Awareness screenshot captures
+ * AI: Improved OCR for PDFs when retrieving relevant context for AI conversations
+ * AI Commands: Updated the default AI Commands model to GPT-5.6 Luna
+ * Dictation: Added a word count to the details of each entry in dictation history
+ * UI: Improved scrolling performance across the app
+ * Window Management: Center hotkey now truly centers a window when “Respect Stage Manager” setting is enabled and there is enough space on the desktop for the centered window not to occlude the stage manager strip
🐞 FIXES
- * Lock Screen: Fixed an issue where the lock screen command could not be triggered reliably via hotkeys.
+ * AI: Fixed chats sometimes staying stuck in a working state after an agent or tool run had already finished, including after reopening the app
+ * AI: Fixed tool errors from third-party extensions being shown as raw JSON
+ * AI: Fixed an attachment error being shown for messages that had no attachment
+ * AI: Fixed a single failed image generation ending the whole run
+ * AI: Fixed long-running requests timing out too early by separating the wait for the first response from the idle timeout during streaming
+ * AI: Fixed a crash on machines where synced models had not been fully restored
+ * AI: Fixed importing settings and data deleting attachments from existing chats
+ * AI: Fixed compaction not reserving context when compacting in-between tool calls
+ * AI Chat: Fixed the pinned section in the sidebar reopening on every launch
+ * AI Skills: Fixed skill folders Raycast cannot read causing repeated background errors, and marked them with a "No Access" badge in Skills settings
+ * Calculator: Fixed calculator results not being saved to history when the main window was hidden or popped to root
+ * Notes: Fixed text being turned into links incorrectly
+ * Notes: Fixed bug in note deeplinks which opened last viewed note instead of linked note
+ * Root Search: Fixed Tab both opening a file and starting Quick AI
-v1.103.0September 15, 2025
+v0.71August 19, 2026
-💻 MACOS TAHOE READY
+image [https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/43fe39b860f1c7a1e09933f0b7844918df9e8d6f4f0cda261278557e1b881458.png]
-Release - 1.103 macOS Tahoe Ready [https://releases.raycast.com/user-attachments/d5bc1c3b-6daa-4689-b398-b12729a8cffc]
+The best chats start with the right context. Screen Awareness brings context from your focused app or window into AI Chat or Quick AI, so you don’t have to copy text, attach screenshots, or explain what you’re looking at.
-macOS Tahoe is out, bringing many user interface changes. While there are no major new features, we've focused on implementing some of these design tweaks in Raycast, such as Liquid Glass controls in AI Chat.
+Use the Send Focused Window to AI command, choose Screen Awareness from the @ menu, or simply ask “summarise this” or “reply to this”.
+The first time you use the command, a short onboarding guide helps you set a hotkey. Our team likes to double-tap the right Command key.
+
+✨ NEW
+
+ * AI: Send Focused Window to AI command includes richer app and window context
+ * AI: New Ask Screen Awareness AI Extension to quickly give context to Raycast
+ * AI: Added compaction and context management support
+ * Quick AI: “Send Message” AI setting is now respected by Quick AI as well which allows submitting queries on Command Return
+ * Dictation: Added a way to import your vocabulary and hotkeys from other apps
+ * Dictation: Added a new “Add Word to Vocabulary” command to add a selected word or entered argument into your vocabulary
+ * Feedback: New Ask Feedback AI Extension to contact the Raycast team
+ * Hotkeys: Added support for chords using a modifier held on both sides of the keyboard (e.g. left ⌘ + right ⌘), including recording and display in the hotkey recorder
+
💎 IMPROVEMENTS
- * Focus: Support for Comet browser
+ * Core: Text fields now expand your macOS Text Replacements
+ * Emoji Picker: Added the missing "Copy with Skin Tone…" action
+ * File Search: File detail previews now show document thumbnails (PDFs, Keynote, Pages, and others)
+ * File Search: Substantially reduced CPU from filesystem indexing during heavy file activity
+ * Hotkeys: The recorder now detects and warns about combinations that can't coexist with an existing hotkey, instead of flagging only identical ones (e.g. single-tap ⌘ vs double-tap ⌘⌘)
🐞 FIXES
- * AI Chat: Window can now be made full-screen again
- * AI Chat: Floating window will now follow the current space
- * Auto-quit: Fix video conference apps terminated while audio, video or screen sharing was active (macOS Tahoe)
+ * AI: Fixed answering a tool permission prompt doing nothing after quitting and reopening Raycast
+ * AI: Fixed the app crashing when a malformed question confirmation was received
+ * AI Chat: Fixed deleting a chat from the sidebar always asking for confirmation, even after choosing to not be asked again
+ * AI Chat: Fixed chats that stayed stuck looking busy after the agent had finished
+ * AI Chat: Fixed the window turning off Always on Top when opened from a background notification or by restoring a Window Management layout
+ * Clipboard History: Fixed macOS app-data permission prompts appearing when rendering file previews and icons
+ * Dictation: Fixed the dictation pill not following to the active Space
+ * Focus: Fixed the "no snooze" setting not being honored
+ * Focus: Fixed the duration picker not highlighting the right option when two durations were equal
+ * Focus: Fixed website blocking incorrectly matching text typed into Firefox's address bar
+ * Hyper Key: Fixed remapping and Caps Lock reset failing when multiple keyboards are connected, and fixed two Control keys being reported while the Hyper Key is held
+ * Stability: Fixed a machine-wide IOKit power-assertion handle leak that could eventually stop other apps from launching
-v1.102.0July 30, 2025
+v0.70July 23, 2026
-🎙️ AUTO TRANSCRIBE WITH GRANOLA, AUTO MODELS & BRING YOUR OWN MODELS
+image [https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/b7421fad78b7cdafee965225f6def3a44a10a4703067b56bafcd587992b516de.png]
-Release - transcribe - v1 102 0 [https://releases.raycast.com/user-attachments/bfe4ffe1-db6e-49bc-8e98-8fd51385fadf]
+Some AI Chat requests take a little longer, and you shouldn’t have to keep checking whether they’re done.
-Never take meeting notes again (😱) with Auto Transcribe, powered by Granola. Your meetings can now be transcribed and usefully summarized so you can stay focused on the discussion. Auto Transcribe works together with Auto Join Meetings so you can seamlessly jump into calls while Granola captures all the important details in the background.
+Background notifications let you know when AI Chat has finished responding or needs your input while you’re working elsewhere. Keep using another app or chat, then jump back in from the notification when you’re ready. You can turn them on or off anytime in AI settings.
-Go to Settings → Extensions → My Schedule to enable and customize. You can decide which meetings this applies to as well as whether to show a confirmation before joining so you’re never caught off guard before joining your next call.
-
✨ NEW
- * AI Chat Text Settings: You can now control the text size and line spacing in AI Chat independently of the main window. See Settings → AI → AI Chat
+ * AI: Generated images can be dragged and dropped into other apps
+ * AI: New speed and intelligence stat bars make it easy to differentiate models
+ * AI Chat: Chats in the sidebar can be dragged and dropped between sections like Recent, Archive, individual folders and Pinned
+ * Quick Fix: Added an experimental option to preserve text formatting in supported apps like Slack and Notion. Enable it in the command’s settings
+ * Dictation: A new activity graph to see when you’re using dictation the most
-🧪 NEW AI EXPERIMENTS
+💎 IMPROVEMENTS
- * Auto Model: Let AI choose the best model for the job at hand. We’ve enabled this by default so you can simply pick Auto when choosing a model and the most suitable model will be used for your prompt. We’re currently testing this (hence, experimental!) and will be fine tuning it as we receive your feedback. Please use the 👍 👎 and let us know how it’s going in #ai-experiments. Check out the AI Manual for more details.
- * Bring Your Own Models: For advanced users you can now add any OpenAI compatible LLM provider to Raycast AI. BYOM (Custom Providers) is disabled by default.
+ * AI: Changed links in markdown to blue color to make them more visible
+ * AI Chat: Simplified and cleaned up the layout of the composer, confirmation prompts and questions asked back to the user
+ * AI Chat: Added right-click actions for links and files, making it easier to open, copy and share them
+ * AI Chat: Right-click anywhere in the sidebar to quickly create a new folder
+ * Cloud Sync: Added support for networks that use TLS-inspecting proxies (common in corporate setups) — Raycast now trusts the system certificate store and user-installed certificates, and shows a clearer status when a network blocks the secure connection
+ * Cloud Sync: The Synced Content view now shows real progress while duplicate items are being cleaned up
+ * Cloud Sync: Syncing a large backlog now runs in small, paced batches and pauses itself when it would slow down what you're doing, so the app stays responsive during big catch-ups
+ * Dictation: The “Copy Last Transcription” command is now “Get Last Transcription” and supports pasting to the active app too
+ * Dictation: Added Cloud Sync support for Transcription Styles
+ * Hotkeys: Added support for multi-modifier hotkeys (e.g. ⌥⌘)
+ * Hotkeys: Added support for single-tap modifier hotkeys (e.g. Right ⌘, Right ⇧)
+ * Performance: Improved latency for opening Clipboard History and Search Emoji & Symbols via hotkey
+ * Root Search: Improved application icons refresh when the source bundle icon updates
+ * Root Search: Added indexing for Parallels (Windows) applications when App Sharing is enabled in Parallels
-Note: To enable or disable AI Experiments go to Settings → AI → Experiments
-
🐞 FIXES
- * Root Search: Do not present AI Extensions popover for @ prefix
- * AI Chat: Fixed chat image capture layout
- * AI Chat: Ensure AI Chat window is not shown before screen capture
- * AI Chat: Ensure Escape cancels screen area capture
- * AI Chat: Starting a new chat no longer cancels current completion if chat branching is enabled
- * AI Chat: Fix image upload for custom models
- * Markdown: Fixed hang when processing HTML comments
- * Quick AI: Fix duplicate messages when regenerating a response
- * MCP: Improved compatibility with HTTP servers including Github and Vercel
- * MCP: Fixes issue running mcpm servers
- * BYOM: Do not pass temperature if not supported by the model
- * BYOM: Fix reasoning for Google API
+ * AI: Fixed dictation getting re-triggered in some cases after running the Ask User Question tool
+ * AI: Branching a chat now duplicates its attachments, so the new branch keeps its files
+ * AI: Fixed bug in Quick AI where editing a message wasn’t regenerating the response
+ * AI Chat: Fixed chat deeplinks to open the linked conversation
+ * Cloud Sync: Fixed very long AI chats losing part of their history when syncing across devices
+ * Cloud Sync: Fixed disabling Cloud Sync and installing updates not working while the database was busy
+ * Cloud Sync: Fixed changes made right before a restart occasionally not being synced
+ * Notes: Fixed the emoji picker closing when text reflows
+ * Translator: Result text area can now be selected
-v1.101.0July 16, 2025
+v0.69July 16, 2026
-🌿 CHAT BRANCHING (EXPERIMENTAL)
+image [https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/e7d3a344f81e76a979c84faedfb40c0c45e2c59c36397ec418138ce5e2b18d05.png]
-Release - v1 101 0-r [https://releases.raycast.com/user-attachments/dd18d9d2-bb25-4c18-8621-3a259bd84caa]
+The wait is over. Cloud Sync beta is here. You can now keep your Raycast data in sync across macOS v1, macOS v2, Windows and iOS.
-Create alternate conversation paths from any point in your chat history. Think of it as a "save point" where you can explore different directions without losing your original conversation. With background execution, you can kick off multiple branches that continue processing even when you switch between chats.
+Switch seamlessly between your work and home computers, take notes on the go, or start an AI chat on your phone and continue it on your laptop. These are just a few ways Cloud Sync helps your work flow across devices.
-To use: From any AI Chat, simply press CMD + Shift + B to create a new branched chat and continue the conversation. Alternatively, you can right click on a chat in the sidebar, and select Branch Chat.
+Cloud Sync is available to Raycast Pro subscribers.
-Note: This is an experimental feature. We’d like to see if you find it useful and how we might improve it. We’ve enabled it by default as it won’t disrupt your existing workflow, but if you’d like to disable it, go to AI Settings → Experiments. Please share your thoughts and feedback in #ai-experiments.
-
✨ NEW
- * OpenRouter: We’ve added support for OpenRouter in order to give you even more control and flexibility over your AI usage in Raycast. OpenRouter provides access to a wide range of public models and has a beautiful, easy interface to manage your usage and costs without a subscription. To use: Add your OpenRouter API key in AI Settings → Custom Providers → OpenRouter. Once the key is validated, OpenRouter models will appear in the model picker.
- * Clipboard History: Added a new Paste Sequentially command allows you to paste previously copied content one after another into your frontmost application. It’s best used with a hotkey, e.g. ⌥ + ⇧ + V.
- * Calendar: Added support Riverside and StreamYard as conference providers for upcoming meetings.
+ * Cloud Sync: Sync your data across macOS V1, macOS V2 beta, Windows beta and iOS
+ * Cloud Sync: Customize what gets synced across your devices
+ * Cloud Sync: Manage your synced devices
+ * Clipboard History: Added new Reset Paste Sequence command
+ * Root Search: Added ability to show favorites in compact mode
💎 IMPROVEMENTS
- * AI: Added a Show Tool Call Info switch in Settings → AI. When enabled you can view arguments and output for all tool calls in the chat
- * AI: We now show a warning in the chat if there is an on-going incident with the LLM provider
- * AI Chat: Composer text is now preserved when switching between chats
- * AI Chat: Improved handling of presets in new chat menu
- * MCP: The server version is now displayed when viewing a server in Manage Servers
- * MCP: Added DENO_PATH and NODE_PATH to stdio environment
+ * AI: <br> tags in AI markdown now render as line breaks
+ * AI: @-mentions get preserved when copying a selection in the UI
+ * AI: @-mentions left in the composer when closing AI Chat get preserved when re-opening AI Chat again
+ * AI Chat: Consecutive tool calls get collapsed into a group to reduce visual clutter
+ * AI Chat: Auto-loaded extensions now get persisted into the AI Extensions list of a chat and therefore stay loaded after a restart of AI Chat
+ * AI Settings: Added default reasoning effort settings to models view
+ * Database: Improved database recovery when the Application Support folder has been mistakenly removed or there is a transient keychain failure
+ * Extensions Menu Bar Items: Optimized performance and reduced energy usage caused by Menu Bar items updates
+ * File Search: Improved index compaction checkpoints to reduce index size on disk
+ * Raycast Focus: Support Focus Categories in Import & Export Settings & Data
+ * UI: Improved ghost dropdown button design (Settings selects)
+ * Window Management: layout previews now show a hint when width or height are set to auto
🐞 FIXES
- * AI: Always use the original image when saving and sharing a chat image
- * AI: Fixed cursor jumping after mentioning an AI Extension in root search
- * AI: Fixed chat message layout corruption in Tahoe developer betas
- * AI: Improved model fallback handling when using an API key
- * AI Chat: Fixed jumping to first pinned chat after completion when >20 pinned items
- * AI Chat: Generated chat titles should now use the user’s language
- * Quick AI: Fixed Regenerate with Model action for commands
- * MCP: Fixed the Streamable HTTP client accept header
- * MCP: Fixed an issue parsing large numbers
- * MCP: The HTTP client is now compatible with Atlassian’s MCP server
+ * AI Chat: Fixed sidebar peek getting stuck when blurring window during peek open animation
+ * AI Chat: Fixed transparent overlaid sidebar
+ * Apple Shortcuts: Fixed running shortcuts requiring already provided automation permission
+ * Capture Window: Fixed window capture failing with non-default Interface Size
+ * Changelog: Fixed bad heading baseline alignment (with emoji)
+ * Clipboard History: Fixed bookmark triggering in Microsoft Office applications when copying
+ * Clipboard History: Fixed missing image when copying Figma layers as PNG
+ * Hotkeys: Fixed single-tap hotkey firing after fn combo (fn+key)
+ * Hotkeys: Fixed Script Commands hotkeys not being re-assignable after deleting a script
+ * Hyper Key: Improved Quick Press ABC input source switch reliability
+ * File Search: File Search no longer prevents Raycast from launching if the user’s disk is full
+ * Root Search: Fixed doubly-scaled icon in node command items
+ * Root Search: Fixed an alignment issue with compact command items
+ * Search Menu Bar Items: Fixed substring matching when searching for an item
+ * Search Menu Bar Items: Fixed occasional missing frontmost application icon
+ * Switch Windows: Fixed freeze caused by unresponsive app
+ * UI: Fixed potential crashes with virtual list/grid
+ * UI: Fixed date picker natural language edge cases
+ * UI: Fixed date picker dropping explicit clock times
+ * UI: Fixed calendar item icon on low-res screens
+ * UI: Fixed some icons scaling
+ * UI: Fixed a regression in preview/details spacing
-v1.100.0June 11, 2025
+v0.68July 9, 2026
-🔑 BRING YOUR OWN KEY
+image [https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/0ffe21c0afa4d7242c2cf7412d9177bc1e2b5c9038bf9067bce0fd459406d85c.png]
-Release - BYOK - v1 100 0 [https://releases.raycast.com/user-attachments/21987700-0a92-41b5-af9a-196ded3ce387]
+You can now edit any message you've sent in AI Chat. Just hit the edit button, use the hotkey, or tap the up arrow to jump straight into your last message. Refine your prompt, resend, and continue the conversation seamlessly.
-Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) seamlessly integrates your existing AI provider accounts with Raycast's intuitive interface. With BYOK you can now use Raycast AI with your own API keys for Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. This allows you to send as many AI messages as you want at your own cost without a Pro subscription. To add an API key, open Settings -> AI and scroll down to the Custom API Keys section.
-
✨ NEW
- * Manage Models: A new command to view and manage all your AI models. You can easily disable individual models or all models from the same provider using the command.
- * Experimental AI features: The AI landscape moves quick — what works with one provider today might behave differently tomorrow, or might not be consistently supported across different models. You can now toggle on experimental AI features to try out early-stage features that we’re exploring, testing and trialing. Turn them on in AI Settings and join #ai-experiments in our Slack Community to share your thoughts!
- Available Experiments:
- * 🎏 MCP HTTP Servers: Support for HTTP MCP servers using the SSE (Server Sent Events) and Streamable protocols.
- * 🦙 AI Extensions for Ollama models: If you’ve got Ollama installed, you can try out tool calling with local models. Since tool choice and streaming for tool calls aren’t supported by Ollama just yet, this can be a bit unreliable - which is why it’s experimental 😉
+ * AI Chat: Edit previously sent messages via the edit button, hotkey, or by pressing the up arrow
+ * AI Chat: Reference skills directly in the composer with @mentions
+ * AI Chat: Get more granular control on which tool calls run automatically with the new Always Allow list
+ * AI Chat: Reorder and edit queued messages before they're sent
💎 IMPROVEMENTS
- * Spotlight: Added new “Replace Spotlight with Raycast” command for a smoother transition to your favorite launcher
- * AI Chat: Added new Send Active Window to AI Chat, Send Selected Area to AI Chat, and Send Focused Browser Tab to AI Chat commands to capture context even quicker
+ * File Previews: Allowed SVGs to be previewed as images rather than code
+ * Hotkeys: You can now record ⌘+esc as a command hotkey
+ * Root Search: Removed Tab to browse on file search items to improve consistency around Quick AI usage
🐞 FIXES
- * Safari Extension: Fixed an issue where the connection to the app would be closed and couldn’t reconnect. Make sure to update Safari Extension to the latest version in App Store.
+ * AI: Fixed attachment drop-zone positioning bug
+ * AI Chat: Fixed an issue where content would sip through the sidebar when it was overlaid and the window was blurred
+ * Calculator: Fixed system Language & Region preferences (24h format, number format) not being taken into account
+ * Calendar: Fixed the Calendar menu bar item sometimes being mislabeled as missing permissions
+ * Core: Fixed an occasional blocking alert at startup on macOS 27
+ * MCP: Fixed a scroll padding issue when no description was present
+ * Quicklinks: Fixed Quicklink form closing when selecting a file with the system sheet
+ * Search Arguments: Added missing badge for optional args
+ * Search Arguments: Consistently ensured we don’t allow submitting with incomplete args (Root Search, Snippets, Quicklinks, AI commands, etc)
+ * UI: Fixed some characters like Å being cut off in navigation search field
+ * UI: Fixed characters sometimes being clipped on the left side at specific zoom levels
-v1.99.0May 21, 2025
+v0.67July 3, 2026
-🦙 LOCAL MODELS
+image [https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/d6950772d00dc557f22bb22e3647bd05388e58a8e55e7b16fb394f4d2cb42291.png]
-release-notes-local-models [https://releases.raycast.com/user-attachments/9af51605-7d8a-4662-813b-2ff37b514476]
+File Search can now help you find files by their text contents.
-Local models allow you to run nearly any open source LLM locally, on your machine. Through our new integration with Ollama, you’ll now have access to more than 100 AI models from various providers ranging from small 135M to massive 671B parameter models.
+If you want to quickly find that essay, source file or text document that you know contains a word or phrase but can’t quite remember the file name, just type the text in Root Search or File Search.
-We’ve also added experimental support for AI Extensions with Local Models. Since tool choice and streaming for tool calls aren’t supported by Ollama just yet, AI Extensions can be a bit unreliable when using Local Models. However, if you want to try it out, you can enable it by going to AI Settings. Keep in mind, it likely won’t be as reliable as using non-local models.
+To enable Content Search toggle it on in Settings > File Search. After this content-based results will appear after any name or path results in File Search.
+This is the first step in making File Search even more powerful and we aim to bring further improvements specifically to Content Search in the future.
+
✨ NEW
- * Local Models: Get started by installing Ollama. Then download Ollama models directly from the Raycast Settings, in the Local Models section of the AI tab by copy & paste model names. You can find the list of all available Ollama models here.
- * Local Models: Support for Vision with local models supporting it. You can find the list of supporting models here.
- * Local Models: Experimental support for AI Extensions with local models that support tool calls. You can find the list of supporting models here.
+ * AI: AI can ask you multiple choice questions through the Ask User Question tool when requiring extra information or when it’s not certain about something
+ * AI Chat: Long user messages collapse to take less space away with ability to expand them when needed
+ * File Search: You can now search contents of text documents from within File Search and Root Search
+ * File Search: Settings now have a “Reset to Defaults” button to restore all default Search Scopes and ignore patterns
+ * File Search: File Search now has a “Enforce Low Disk Space Block” to prevent File Search from indexing if you do not have enough disk space where Raycast is installed
+ * Hyper Key: Added Secure Input Compatibility mode. When enabled, you can use Hyper Key even in the context of Secure Input (e.g. password fields). While on, right Control shortcuts are reserved for Hyper Key and only Hyper shortcuts (⌃⌥(⇧)⌘) from Raycast will trigger.
💎 IMPROVEMENTS
- * MCP: Improved error reporting when stdio servers fail to run
- * MCP: Improved compatibility with server JSON schemas
- * MCP: Added a Copy to Clipboard action in Manage Servers
+ * AI: Resetting AI content zoom to default is now aligned with current Interface Size
+ * File Search: New File Search index backend which should improve indexing and search performance
+ * Interface Size: Better aligned traffic light when using large/larger interface sizes
+ * Notes: Resetting Notes content zoom to default is now aligned with current Interface Size
+ * UI: Aligned date picker icon/indicator treatment with other selects
+ * Root Search: Improved width handling of search arguments (inputs and select menus)
+ * System Actions: The Bluetooth toggle now shows its on/off state in the HUD
+ * Uninstall Applications: You’re now warned when uninstalling an application that is currently running
🐞 FIXES
- * Onboarding: Fixed image assets not loading in the onboarding pages
- * AI: Fixed issue where community AI Extensions were not disabled when AI was disabled
- * AI: Fixed remote tool calls in AI Commands
- * AI: Disable default tools in AI Commands
- * AI: The AI Chat/Quick AI Web Search setting now works even if the Ask Web command is disabled
- * MCP: Fix handling of quoted server arguments
- * MCP: Server updates are no longer saved if the updated server fails to run
- * Export: Prevent the export/import view from resizing the main window
+ * AI: Fixed web search results being shown in 2 rows instead of 3 by accident
+ * AI: Fixed an issue where AI mention icon would sometimes bust-out
+ * AI: Fixed visual alignment of some tool calls
+ * AI: Fixed Always on Top not being persisted when continuing a Quick AI chat in AI Chat
+ * Clipboard History: Fixed an issue with entries created by Warp terminal after dropping an icon in it where we weren’t displaying the copied image correctly
+ * Clipboard History: Fixed occasional hangs caused by pasteboard item capture
+ * Dictation Settings: Fixed an issue that prevented scrolling the style dialog when over the textarea
+ * Extensions: Fixed an issue where list detail content was sometimes cut-off at the bottom
+ * Extensions: Fixed icon being too small in exception view
+ * HUD: Fixed the HUD appearing on the wrong Space
+ * Input Sources: Fixed a freeze when auto-switch input is enabled and IME is active
+ * Menu Bar: Fixed a bootloop on macOS 27 related to menu bar extensions
+ * Quicklinks: Fixed Quicklink arguments not being prompted when launched via hotkey
+ * Root Search: Fixed an issue where in some cases descenders would appear clipped in text in the search field
+ * Root Search: Fixed an issue where pressing down whilst on the last value of a select search argument would leak out and start navigating the main list
+ * Window Management: Fixed instant Space switching on macOS 27
-v1.98.0May 8, 2025
+v0.66June 24, 2026
-🧰 MCP
+image [https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/491a93c17bc7617b69093e3870167ea4daadcc5783ed3bfc8d8e38262ba6b36c.png]
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+This release introduces a new Interface Size setting which lets you scale Raycast interfaces so you can find a comfortable size on your display. Choose one of three sizes available:
-Raycast now includes integration with the Model Context Protocol (MCP). You can install any local stdio server and then access the server’s tools from Quick AI and AI Chat by @-mentioning them, just like with AI Extensions.
+ * Default — the standard size
+ * Large — a bit bigger
+ * Larger — the biggest option
-Learn more about MCP in our manual and discover MCP servers with our new Registry extension.
+When you change the size, every Raycast window resizes to match, and all Ul elements scale with it, including text, buttons, and fields.
+Note: Interface Size can also affect the content zoom in Notes and Al Chat windows. If a window's content zoom is smaller than the new interface size, it grows to match. And if you scale Raycast back down while the two sizes are equal, they stay in sync. You can of course still customise those content zoom levels separately.
+
✨ NEW
- * MCP: New commands to install, import and manage servers
- * MCP: New Registry to explore servers available as a separate extension
+ * Settings: Added a new Interface Size setting
💎 IMPROVEMENTS
- * AI: Added a Confirm Always action for AI Extension / MCP Server tool confirmations. You can reset allowed tools in the AI Extension / MCP Server settings or in the general AI settings
- * AI Commands: The @location tool must now be explicitly mentioned to be used from commands
+ * AI: Show richer error messages when completion fails in certain cases
+ * AI Chat: Pressing Esc only closes history sidebar when in overlay mode
+ * Hyper Key: Improved diagnostics when Hyper Key is not working because another process is keeping Secure Input active
+ * Raycast Focus: Added missing Import Focus Categories command and Export Category action in Search Focus Categories
+ * UI: Improved performance of hover state in list views
+ * Root Search: Store and restore latest dropdown argument values
+ * MCP: Add support for CIMD
🐞 FIXES
- * AI: Fixed a crash happening when opening a markdown link while the message was rendered
- * AI: Fixed a rare crash happening when pasting file attachments to AI Chat
- * AI: Fixed an occasional crash that occurred when using the @location AI Extension
+ * AI: Fix provider icons in the auto model popover wrapping when they shouldn’t
+ * Applications: Fixed applications not always discovered in sub directories
+ * Dictation: Fixed occasional crash in the equalizer
+ * Dictation: Fix Styles hotkey not being cleaned up on deletion
+ * Dictionary: Fixed blank window for some definitions
+ * Dictionary: Fixed occasional crash when loading definitions
+ * File Search: Better handling of mixed Latin and CJK filenames
+ * Raycast Focus: Fixed “Restore Terminated Apps” not restoring apps after the session ends
+ * Root Search: Fixed an issue where selection was wrongly preserved after a item stopped being suggested
+ * Snippets: Fixed expansion mis deleting the keyword in some editors
+ * Snippets: Fixed the {cursor} placeholder landing in the wrong position in some editors
+ * Updater: Added privileged daemon process to ease updates for non admin users. If you’re in that case, you’ll be prompted to authorize the daemon in System Settings > Login Items & Extensions > App Background Activity. Once authorized, you can update it manually without entering admin credentials anymore.
-v1.97.0April 30, 2025
+v0.65June 18, 2026
-📱 RAYCAST FOR IOS IS HERE
+image [https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/df278eef221eeef8a0ea07def6e9be619d4eec451902ac3a6edd6bbfc036e392.png]
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+Introducing in-place behavior for custom commands in Raycast. Choose whether to open and run a command in Raycast, or automatically replace selected text with the output. It’s a faster, more flexible workflow for translation and AI-powered commands, built to fit the way you work.
-The wait is over! Raycast for iOS is finally here after being one of our most requested features. The app brings the power of your desktop experience to mobile:
-
- * 💬 Chat with dozens of AI models for perfect answers on any task
- * 📚 Capture and organize thoughts so brilliant ideas never slip away
- * 🔗 Access your Quicklinks instantly for important resources on the go
- * 📝 Use your code snippets and templates to maintain productivity anywhere
- * ☁️ Sync seamlessly across all your Apple devices with zero friction
-
-Wanna learn more? Watch this walkthrough with Pedro to get the most out of the app or read this blog post about how we built it.
-
✨ NEW
- * AI Extensions: You can now use our AI Extensions with a variety of different models such as GPT-4.1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Flash, and more. This way, you can @-mention your apps and services in your chats to gather context or perform actions. Try it out with @finder to save your latest research as a CSV table or @calendar to timebox your priorities for next week.
- * AI: Recently used models remain ranked higher across the app’s model picker
+ * AI: Custom AI commands now have an Output Behavior setting, so you can choose to open them in Raycast or replace selected text in place
+ * Translator: Custom translate commands now have an Output Behavior setting, so you can choose to open them in Raycast or replace selected text in place
+ * Manual: New Open Manual and Ask Manual commands
+ * Focus: New @raycast-focus AI Extension to manage a focus session or explore past sessions activity
💎 IMPROVEMENTS
- * AI: Added icon for reasoning effort next to model name in AI Chat
+ * AI: Removed flashes of incorrectly parsed content during streaming
+ * AI: All AI Modes now show their details in model switchers and models not available in the current subscription now lead to the subscription upgrade view
+ * AI: Improved retry logic for failed requests
+ * AI: Browser extension improvements for fetching the currently active tab
+ * AI Chat: Added zoom support for AI content
+ * AI Chat: Added rename chat action to action panel
+ * AI Chat: Improved task-list rendering
+ * Dictation: Using the “Copy to Clipboard” output mode no longer adds transcriptions to Clipboard History
+ * Dictation: Allow pasting of comma separated items into vocabulary, accessible via the Vocabulary command or settings
+ * Focus: Add support for Brave Origin browser
+ * Root Search: Improved search latency when Contacts are included in root search
+ * Search Menu Bar Items: Prioritized pinned menu bar items over other items when searching
🐞 FIXES
- * AI: Fixed an issue where the temperature was shown in AI Chat for models that don’t supported it
- * AI: Fixed an issue preventing AI from being disabled caused by ad-hoc AI Commands
- * AI: Fixed AI messages left count displayed in preferences window when AI is not enabled
- * AI Chat: Fixed incorrect action bar button text color
+ * AI Chat: Prevented collapsing/expanding folder when renaming a chat inline
+ * AI Chat: Fixed double-click on chat in sidebar not triggering chat rename
+ * Apple Shortcuts: Fixed missing Apple Shortcuts and improve fallback when Shortcuts Events privacy permission is missing
+ * Clipboard History: Fixed hangs when ingesting data from Universal Clipboard
+ * Core: Ensured the Raycast window’s cached position remains within the screen bounds
+ * Core: Fixed ⌘+Escape being swallowed by Raycast when ⌘+Tab window is frontmost
+ * Core: Fixed hotkey reset after an app updates or is otherwise removed then re-added
+ * Dictionary: Fixed regression showing a non-interactive button in the nav
+ * Dictionary: Fixed an issue where certain definition results led to an empty detail view
+ * File Search: Multiple queries are no longer emitted as you type
+ * File Search: While a new search query fetches results, existing results are no longer cleared
+ * File Search: “Recent Files” is now more accurate, fixed an issue with incorrect parsing of xattr dates
+ * Golden Gate: Fixed corner radius of most windows
+ * Root Search: File URLs now correctly resolve filesystem entries if they exist
+ * Snippets: Fixed snippet not expanding for some users missing accessibility entitlement in subprocess
+ * Snippets: Fixed snippet keyword not replaced in Terminal
+ * Snippets: Fixed snippet timeout when the target application is slow to handle paste operation
+ * Theme Studio: Fixed color editor UX (sliders not displaying correct colors)
+ * AI: Fixed attachment error messages not being surfaced
+ * Window Management: Layouts now work correctly with multiple displays
+ * Updates: Fixed an issue where updates requiring elevated permissions could fail to install
-v1.96.0April 16, 2025
+v0.64June 12, 2026
-❇️ TRY RAYCAST AI FOR FREE
+image [https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/9b8d056ba4ae8a054084e94785d3faf8b781c017fe317dde008846e29740c23d.png]
-Raycast AI For Free [https://releases.raycast.com/user-attachments/03fe2aa5-cc63-4279-bb3e-92d875863652]
+Raycast Focus is back to help you achieve your goals without distractions. Simply use the “Start Focus Session” command to get started. Set a goal, define the duration you want to work on it, and select the apps and websites you want to block.
-We’ve just made Raycast AI available to everyone. You get 50 free messages to use across AI Chat, Quick AI, and AI Commands - no subscription or account needed. Experience leading models with powerful extensions directly on your Mac!
+Learn how to get the most out of the feature with our manual.
-Here’s what you can do with Raycast AI:
-
- * Quick answers: Type a question and press Tab to get instant answers with web citations
- * Text improvements: Select text in any app and use AI Commands like "Fix Spelling and Grammar" to correct typos
- * Dozens of models: From OpenAI’s o3-mini to Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash, DeepSeek’s V3, and beyond. Select and switch to the ideal model for any given task.
- * Context-aware assistance: Attach PDFs, browser tabs, or screenshots to get help with what you're working on.
- * Extension integration: Interact and instruct using natural language with AI Extensions - for example, you can type @focus to get in the flow on your top @linear issues
-
-Want to learn more? Watch a walkthrough video or check out our new AI manual for all the details.
-
-Not into AI? No problem! You can easily turn it off via Raycast settings → AI tab → big toggle on the left.
-
✨ NEW
- * New Models: Added new LLMs to Raycast AI throughout the last few days. Here’s a quick overview:
- * OpenAI’s GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini and GPT-4.1 nano
- * Google Gemini 2.5 Pro
- * Meta Llama 4 Scout powered by Groq
- * DeepSeek v3 powered by Together
- * Screenshots: Added a Storage Duration preference. Setting a shorter duration will automatically move older screenshot files to the Trash once a day. The default is Unlimited.
- * Screenshots: Added a preference for the primary action: Copy to Clipboard or Paste to Active App
+ * Focus: Begin a session that shuts out distracting apps and websites with Start Focus Session.
+ * Focus: Edit Focus Session adjusts the duration or blocked categories while a session is running.
+ * Focus: Use Pause Focus Session , Resume Focus Session and Complete Focus Session to control current session.
+ * Focus: Toggle Focus Session starts or stops focusing with a single command, useful for a hotkey.
+ * Focus: Group the apps and sites that derail you into a reusable set using Create Focus Category, then review or change them with Search Focus Categories.
💎 IMPROVEMENTS
- * The “Send Feedback” command now opens a separate window and accepts file uploads
+ * AI: Improved usability of Create AI Command view
+ * AI: Markdown streaming is more stable with reduced flashes of incorrectly parsed content
+ * AI: Tool call permission description is parsed as Markdown, allowing for richer content
+ * AI Chat: Improved chat sidebar animation
+ * AI Chat: Improved chat sidebar handling of collapsed state and navigation
+ * Clipboard History: Better query matching for non-Latin alphabets (e.g. Cyrillic, CJK)
+ * Clipboard History: Improved UX of "… and Keep Window Open" actions by delaying the state update so items aren't reordered yet
+ * File Search: Paths ending with a slash in Browsing mode no longer display the folder as the top result
+ * Quicklinks: Prefer Existing Tabs setting now supports more Chromium and WebKit browsers
+ * Search Menu Bar Items: Grouped searched menu bar items into a single section
+ * Snippets: Improved snippet expansion reliability and accuracy. Faster expansion when snippets are expanded within Raycast. More accurate {cursor} placeholder placement.
+ * System: Add ability to skip confirmation for emptying the trash
+ * Core: Improved hotkey conflict detection
+ * Core: Hotkey conflict indicators appear in root search, Shortcuts settings
+ * Core: Command hotkeys are now unregistered when an extension is disabled
+ * Search Menu Items: Added support for disabling specific applications
+ * Search Menu Items: Search results are now displayed in a single group to improve discovery
+ * Root Search: Contacts now have an Open in Search Contacts primary action
🐞 FIXES
- * Fixed delay showing Calculator results for operators that matched Flight designators (e.g. bin 3 or hex 50).
+ * AI Chat: Removed flicker when searching through chats in sidebar
+ * AI Chat: Made sidebar peek trigger more conservatively to prevent accidental activations
+ * AI Chat: Fixed possibility to accidentally trigger sidebar peek while a menu is open
+ * Clipboard History: Fixed copying large amount of text from a Raycast action (like Copy Chat) slowing down Clipboard History
+ * Core: Fixed the main window appearing on the edge of another screen instead of the screen containing the mouse cursor
+ * Dictionary: Fixed font rendering regression
+ * Extensions: Fixed markdown in detail views not being selectable
+ * Extensions: Fixed an issue where uninstalling an extension wouldn't instantly remove the commands in Root Search
+ * File Search: Fixed issues with ignore files not being respected during incremental indexing
+ * File Search: Fixed an issue preventing indexed files from being returned as part of the result set
+ * File Search: Fixed an issue where we were attempting to preview database files which crashed File Search
+ * Root Search: Fixed space key being swallowed during root search loading
+ * Script Commands: Fixed AppleScript created with “Create Script Command” not being indexed
+ * Settings: Fixed Escape closing the window instead of dismissing an opened alert
+ * Settings: Fixed menus showing “Default” value accessory truncating their content
+ * Settings: Removed duplicate settings for a few items (quitting apps, etc)
+ * Settings: Added missing settings for resetting confirmation warnings (deleting chats, Quicklinks, Snippets, etc)
+ * UI: Fixed an issue with open Select breaking some layouts
+ * Window Management: Commands now work correctly when Displays have separate Spaces is off
+ * Import: Applications in ~/Applications are now imported correctly from v1
+ * Import: Added support for various Calendar settings previously missing from v1 import
+ * Import: Added support for importing rich text from v1 snippets
-v1.95.0April 9, 2025
+v0.63June 4, 2026
-✨ IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES
+image [https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/2278ce96d04862055e323edfab35aa43a637df814f9de0c1967c3a7547e80fce.png]
-1 95-improv-r [https://releases.raycast.com/user-attachments/4d137cae-7db2-4764-8413-675efe9a948c]
+Teams can now share AI Agents, AI Commands, and Dictation Styles across the organization, making it easier to give everyone access to the same setups and work more consistently.
-Some releases are bigger than others. This time we’ve been working away on improvements and bug fixes to enhance your Raycast experience - enjoy!
-
✨ NEW
- * Reasoning Effort: You can now set the reasoning level for OpenAI’s o3-mini and Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning). Increase it when you need deep analysis or dial it down for quicker, more straightforward problems. You can change it in the settings of your AI Chat or Presets. It isn’t supported in AI Commands yet.
- * Favicon Provider: We added a new setting to let you pick your favicon provider or disable it altogether, allowing you to balance user experience and privacy. You can configure it via Raycast Settings → Advanced → Favicon Provider. Read more about it here.
- * macOS Support: Raycast now requires macOS 13 or later. If you are still running macOS 12 you should consider upgrading to ensure you continue to receive updates to Raycast.
+ * Clipboard History: Added new setting for “Prefer pasting as plain text”
+ * Clipboard History: Copy text from QR code action for images
+ * Teams: Share AI Agents across your organization
+ * Teams: Share AI Commands with your whole team
+ * Teams: Share Dictation Styles with everyone in your organization
💎 IMPROVEMENTS
- * Clipboard History: Changed the visual information for links setting to also enable or disable favicons
- * AI: Improved handling AI Extension @mentions in root search
- * AI Chat: Significantly improved performance when loading large code blocks
- * AI Chat: Improved scroll to bottom behaviour during completion
- * AI Chat: It should now be possible to copy code blocks during completion
- * AI Chat: Improved responsiveness during live resize
- * AI Chat: Enabled LaTeX in user messages
- * Clipboard: Passwords should now be ignored when copied using the Passwords menu bar extension. Note: Requires the Passwords app to be excluded from Clipboard History and requires Accessibility permissions for Raycast.
- * Calculator: The text in the search bar won’t be selected when performing calculations and temporarily hiding and reopening the Raycast window, allowing you to easily append text to the expression.
- * Raycast Notes: Added an action to duplicate notes
+ * AI Chat: Active chat is always preserved when closing AI Chat while streaming, irrespective of “start new chat” setting
+ * Dictation: Improved the startup performance when using dictation, so your dictation responds even faster to pressing the hotkey
+ * Hotkeys: Support for standalone navigation keys (Home, Insert, End, Page Up, Page Down)
+ * OCR: Improved text recognition for small texts in Search Screenshots and Clipboard History
+ * Root Search: Improved non-selected states of special items (calculator, color, etc)
+ * Root Search: Improved ranking for previously used search terms
🐞 FIXES
- * AI: LaTeX $$ delimiters are no longer recognized within code blocks
- * AI: Improved handling of LaTeX \begin \end commands
- * AI: Fixed an issue where the selected text would be cleared during completion
- * AI Chat: Fixed layout of chat settings panel after changing model
- * AI Chat: Fixed handling of images when receiving multiple responses from the LLM
- * AI Chat: Fixed issues with inline code block layout
- * Quit All Apps Except Frontmost: Improved handling when Finder or Raycast are frontmost apps
- * Focus: Improved Firefox based browsers website blocking reliability
+ * AI: Fixed model resetting when changing reasoning effort in certain situations
+ * AI: Fixed “Send text to AI” opening a new chat instead of using the currently active one
+ * AI Chat: Fixed auto-loading of chats in the “Recent” section not working in some situations
+ * AI Chat: Fixed content jumping at the end of AI generation
+ * AI Chat: Auto-hide AI Chat toolbar in Full-Screen mode
+ * Clipboard History: Fixed an issue where we unnecessarily showed the Paste as… action
+ * Clipboard History: Fixed a race condition leading to entries not being recorded for some users
+ * Clipboard History: Fixed stale file-based entries that were not removed when their associated file was deleted
+ * Contacts: Added caching to improve load performance
+ * Core: Fixed an issue where text would sometimes get selected when dragging a scrollbar
+ * Extensions: Fixed an issue in required preferences view where app picker would jump when opened
+ * File Search: Fixed an issue with infinitely recursive directory trees
+ * File Search: We no longer index the contents of .aplibrary, .band, .fcpbundle, .imovielibrary, .logicx, .migratedaperturelibrary, .postlabteam, .pvm, .sparsebundle , .theater, .turf and .tvlibrary bundles
+ * Hyper Key: Improved recovery from a stuck Secure Input state that prevents the app from remapping Caps Lock
+ * Import: Fixed missing calendar settings when migrating or importing from v1
+ * Notes: Fixed issue preventing users from creating a new note with the ⌘N shortcut
+ * Quick AI: Fixed Quick AI not expanding the view in compact mode when logged out
+ * Root Search: Fixed occasional delay leading to an aliased command no being open with alias + ␣ input
+ * Root Search: Fixed missing Chinese localization in Apps and System Settings
+ * Root Search: Improved ranking for localized apps and settings when using the non-localized name as the search term (e.g. “Journal” for “ジャーナル”)
+ * Search Screenshots: Show preview for non downloaded cloud files
+ * Snippet Expansion: Fixed snippets not expanding in Secure Inputs
+ * Translator: Fixed translation not working in root search
+ * Typing Practice: Fixed an issue where starting a new practice from the results view would restart the current one instead
+ * Typing Practice: Fixed layout breaking with large scores
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