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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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Paperguide
✓ verifiedPaid
All-in-one research platform for reading, writing and managing papers; high traffic.
286K visits/mo4.1K saves
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AnythingLLM
✓ verifiedFree
Free all-in-one desktop AI app to chat with your documents and run RAG and AI agents fully local and private.
682K visits/mo
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PlayThis
✓ verifiedPaid
Gaming assistant recommending Steam backlog picks with playtime insights; fun niche tool.
92K visits/mo2.6K saves
Pricing
Pro (with AI): $8/month
Free trial available
Free: $0/month
Starter: $9/month
Advanced: $16/month
No public pricing
Free: $0
Pro: $6.99/month
No public pricing
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
- ✦AI Search
- ✦Literature Review
- ✦AI Writer
- ✦Reference Manager
- ✦Chat with PDF
- ✦Chat with your documents (RAG)
- ✦Runs locally and offline for privacy
- ✦Supports any LLM (local or cloud)
- ✦Built-in AI agents
- ✦Handles PDFs, Word, CSV, codebases
- ✦No-code setup
- ✦Seamless Steam Integration
- ✦Backlog Insights (Quality Per Hour, Extended Play Ratio)
- ✦AI-Driven Game Recommendations
- ✦Custom Categories
- ✦Achievement Progress Tracking
- ✦Estimated Completion Times
- ✦Coding education platform for beginners
- ✦Curriculum on Next.js, Vercel, and AI
- ✦AI-powered app development
- ✦Live events and hackathons
- ✦Coding community
- ✦AI-centric platform for software engineers
- ✦Nia AI for code understanding
- ✦Context management and codebase understanding tools
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
- →Finding relevant research papers and getting research-backed answers.
- →Analyzing papers faster with accurate data extraction.
- →Generating and polishing academic content using AI.
- →Streamlining citation and reference management.
- →Privately querying your own documents
- →Running local AI without the cloud
- →Building AI agents over your data
- →Using multiple LLM providers in one app
- →Sorting and prioritizing games in your Steam library based on ratings and playtime.
- →Identifying top-rated, short-duration games for quick gaming sessions.
- →Discovering hidden gems and RPGs worth the time investment.
- →Planning streaming schedules and content calendars based on completion estimates.
- →Learning to code and build AI-powered applications
- →Developing AI agents that can work with code safely and effectively
- →Empowering developers to orchestrate AI agents across the software lifecycle
- →Improving context management and codebase understanding for AI agents
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