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Raycast
✓ verifiedFreemium
A fast, keyboard-driven Mac/Windows launcher with an extension store and built-in AI commands for power users who live in shortcuts.
1.1M visits/mo3.4K saves
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Kilo Code
✓ verifiedFreemium
Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at zero inference markup and BYOK.
10K visits/mo57K saves
Pricing
Pro (with AI): $8/month
Free trial available
No public pricing
No public pricing
No public pricing
Free: $0 (open source; AI usage billed separately)
Teams: $15/user/mo (14-day free trial)
KiloClaw hosting: from $55/mo
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦Extendable command-bar launcher for macOS and beta Windows support
- ✦Thousands of third-party extensions from a public store
- ✦Built-in AI chat and custom AI command automation
- ✦Clipboard history, window management, and calculator utilities
- ✦Text snippets and quicklinks for repetitive actions
- ✦Hotkeys and aliases for common apps and commands
- ✦Team plan for sharing snippets, quicklinks, and extensions
- ✦Automated AWS cost optimization
- ✦Commitment management (Reserved Instances & Savings Plans)
- ✦Cost allocation and chargebacks
- ✦Kubernetes cost management
- ✦Resource rightsizing and scheduling
- ✦Idle resource optimization
- ✦Real-time cost visibility
- ✦Unlimited chatbots deployment
- ✦Automatic retraining on webpages
- ✦Customizable appearance and personality
- ✦One-click deployment to multiple platforms
- ✦User Management
- ✦Custom APIs
- ✦Lifelike voice AI agents
- ✦24/7 availability
- ✦Customer-led conversational platform
- ✦Integration with enterprise systems
- ✦500+ AI models at zero inference markup
- ✦Bring-your-own-keys and local model support
- ✦MIT-licensed, fully open source
- ✦Works in VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud
- ✦Agent modes (Code, Architect)
- ✦Parallel isolated worktrees
- ✦Slack code reviewer and gateway
Use cases
- →Launching apps and running quick commands without leaving the keyboard
- →Automating repetitive text and file tasks with snippets and quicklinks
- →Getting AI answers or writing help without switching apps
- →Sharing productivity tooling and extensions across a team
- →Reducing AWS costs for startups and enterprises
- →Optimizing EKS and ASG scalability and discounts
- →Maximizing Savings Plans and mitigating commitment risk
- →Automating time-consuming cost optimization tasks
- →Allocating AWS, Kubernetes, GenAI & SaaS costs
- →Customer service chatbots
- →Help desk chatbots
- →HR chatbots
- →Training chatbots
- →Consulting chatbots
- →White labeled chatbot for web apps
- →Answering customer service calls
- →Providing information and support
- →Resolving customer issues
- →Automating call center operations
- →Writing and refactoring production code with AI
- →Planning features before implementation
- →Running agents across multiple IDEs and the CLI
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