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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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Macaron AI
✓ verifiedFreemium
Personal AI agent that builds custom mini-apps and tools on request and remembers your preferences to help with daily life.
184K visits/mo
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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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ChatPRD
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI copilot for product managers: turns ideas into PRDs and specs, gives CPO-style feedback, and integrates with PM tools.
164K visits/mo
Pricing
Pro (with AI): $8/month
Free trial available
No public pricing
Free: $0/month
Starter: $9/month
Advanced: $16/month
Starter: $9/mo
Pro: $18/mo
Expert: $25/mo
Free: $0/mo (3 limited chats)
Pro: $15/mo (unlimited docs)
Teams: $29/mo per seat (collaboration)
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
- ✦Personal AI agent for daily life
- ✦Deep Memory that remembers user preferences
- ✦Builds custom tools and mini-apps on request
- ✦Personality test for personalization
- ✦Mobile app
- ✦Content and template library
- ✦AI Search
- ✦Literature Review
- ✦AI Writer
- ✦Reference Manager
- ✦Chat with PDF
- ✦Access to multiple AI models (GPT-4, Claude 3, Mixtral)
- ✦PDF analysis
- ✦AI image generation
- ✦AI data scientist
- ✦AI visualizations
- ✦Music composition
- ✦Generate PRDs, one-pagers and user stories from a prompt
- ✦CPO-level document coaching and gap analysis
- ✦Custom templates matched to team standards
- ✦Integrations: Linear, Notion, Slack, Confluence, GitHub
- ✦Shared team workspaces and personas
- ✦Export to Notion, Confluence, Google Docs
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
- →Getting personalized help with daily tasks
- →Generating small custom tools on demand
- →Building an AI that remembers your context
- →Creative writing and story generation
- →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.
- →Chat with PDF documents to get instant insights
- →Turn data into easy-to-understand visuals
- →Create high-quality images with AI
- →Manage tasks more efficiently with AI assistance
- →Draft product requirement docs fast
- →Get expert feedback on specs
- →Standardize docs across a product team
- →Turn PRDs into tickets and prototypes
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