Raycast has become one of the best power-user Mac tools over the last few years. What started as a launcher — sort of a faster and better version of Apple’s own Spotlight tool — has become a way to interact with apps, manage windows, chat with AI, and much more. It’s kind of a modern take on a command line, both in how powerful it can be and in how challenging it can be to get used to.
Now the company is branching out: Raycast just announced it’s planning to bring its app to both Windows and iOS in the coming months. Both are already in progress, Raycast co-founder and CEO Thomas Paul Mann tells me, and the plan is to ship sometime next year.
The Windows version should look and work mostly like the Mac app, Mann says, and if anything,…
