With all the launcher talk recently on the podcast I had been trying Raycast out. But once again failing to get the hang of it, just too many decades of muscle memory to break.
Now there seems to be a new-ish launcher in the scene, SuperCMD. I was surprised the search brought up zero mentions of it on these forums. Seems to combine Raycast extensions, Wisprflow, AI chat, agents, Cleanshot Pro, Moom, and Maccy all into one launcher and at a one-off price.
Anyone trying it out?
I follow the SuperCMD dev on social media, but Iām embarrassed to say Iāve not tried it. Iām an Alfred die-hard.
Thereās also another launcher called SuperMac and it was fun to see those two devs speed run making their own Raycast clone.
SuperCMD came out in February.
Usually these clones donāt solve the hard problems finding files, (for one),and donāt understand why anyone would care when you bring it up.
I realize this sounds a bit uncharitable, but thereās real work that needs to go into the foundations of these things, even with code generation and a target project to copy/steal to help. The UI on top (for the basic launcher results, anyway) is relatively easy.
Have you tried them?
A couple released in the last year. Not all of them, Iām sure.
Then, yeah, I think itās a bit unfair to tar these two with that brush.
Is this a joke, or his attitude?
built by the goat
(PS: If the website is any indication, it might be built by AI; not him)
If thatās true then itās by far the most impressive piece of AI created software Iāve come across. Itās quicker, lighter, and more functional than Raycast.
Sorry, I donāt understand your question.
Thereās a developer that I follow on social media, just a statement of fact, thereās nothing more to it. I follow hundreds of developers on social media, rss, newsletter, etc. But I donāt use all of their software.
I thought that with ābuilt by the goatā he was referring to himself as GOAT.
In sports GOAT stands for Greatest of All Time.
Maybe I misunderstood?
Yes, he probably is. He hasā¦a large personality. 
This sort of thing actually gives me some significant pause about even trying an app. Just scrolling back a page or two on Twitter, it seems like the sort of attitude that I donāt want the developer of something deeply integrated with my Mac to have. Just feels entirely too cavalier with things.
I realize thatās just my impression, and others may differ. But in the current security climate, the attitude + the bragging about token spend combine to be a rather large red flag to me.
Thatās fair enough I suppose.
Personally I see it as bravado and take it all with a pinch of salt. But then I also donāt use any of the devs apps.
In some ways seeing this sort of extreme and the opposite sort of extreme helps keep my moral compass centred.
SuperCMDās file search is predictably rough. 
I really think itās just a blind spot in the eyes of most developers. Glad Alfred (and, as of recently, Apple!) get it.
Iāve just looked at SuperCMD and Iām baffled that a developer could rip off Raycast so blatantly and not be embarrassed. Theyāre essentially identical in these screenshots. If this isnāt a vibe-coded ācreate an exact clone of Raycastā project, Iād be amazed.
This is my second post in which I sound like Iām cheerleading for Raycast, but Iād honestly much rather give my money to a team who seem genuinely interested in making a good product than a developer whoās just ripping off other peopleās work.
I totally agree, @snptrs. I am a Raycast fan but Iām not at all interested in their push into increasing AI in Raycast.
Iām hoping they will find a way to make useful for users who want it and want to pay for it ā and hopefully make it unobtrusive to users like me who donāt care.
AFAIK SuperCMD was a reaction to Raycast going non-native to show that it could be done better, faster, smaller, lighter using SwiftUI and native macOS technologies. So I guess it proved the point.
It also shows that one person snd an agent can achieve the same as a team of people.
I do feel uncomfortable that it went from proving a point to a product that is being sold. For me that crosses the line.
