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Raycast Store

Productivity

Raycast Technologies Ltd. · Browser & OS extension stores

Best for: Developers building productivity tools for Mac power users.

Overview

The Raycast Store is the extension marketplace for Raycast, a macOS (and now cross-platform) productivity launcher. Extensions are built in React and TypeScript against Raycast's Node-based API, giving developers a rich UI toolkit for building keyboard-driven commands that integrate external tools directly into the launcher.

Publishing is distinctive: rather than uploading a binary, developers open a pull request against Raycast's public raycast/extensions monorepo. Community Managers review PRs first-in-first-out, and all published extensions must be open source under the MIT license, which makes review transparent and code-auditable. There is no store payment layer — Raycast monetizes through its own Pro subscription, not extension sales — so extensions are free. Raycast ships a built-in OAuth2 helper for connecting to services, and many extensions store API keys in preferences. Notably, Raycast supports AI Extensions, letting its AI/agent features call extension tools, which makes the store relevant for AI-agent integrations.

How to build & ship

  1. 1Install Raycast and scaffold an extension with the CLI (npm-based, TypeScript + React)
  2. 2Build the UI and logic against the Raycast API and Node/npm ecosystem
  3. 3Validate locally with npm run build and follow the store guidelines
  4. 4Run npm run publish to open a pull request against the raycast/extensions GitHub repo
  5. 5Address reviewer feedback; on merge the extension auto-publishes to the store

Key APIs & SDKs

Raycast API
TypeScript / React
Node.js / npm
Raycast CLI

Integration types

Extension

Authentication & security

  • Primary auth: None
  • Also supports: OAuth 2.0, API key
  • Security review: Required
  • Every extension is submitted as a pull request to Raycast's open-source monorepo and reviewed first-in-first-out before merge.
  • Community/team review via GitHub pull request; merge triggers automatic publishing, with turnaround depending on reviewer availability.
  • No marketplace-wide rate limit; extensions run locally against the Raycast API and any third-party APIs they call.
Auth docs Store policies

Monetization

Free
Onboarding
$0
Commission
No store commerce system (Raycast monetizes via its own Pro subscription)
Merchant of Record
Not applicable

Pros & cons for builders

Pros

  • Free to publish
  • Modern React/TypeScript developer experience
  • Engaged Mac power-user audience
  • Git-based, transparent review

Cons

  • macOS-first, relatively small user base
  • Review depends on open-source maintainer bandwidth
  • Requires familiarity with the GitHub PR flow