Good to see something like this, don't forget there is already an open source alternative (pre-existing) for Alfred and Raycast. It's called Quicksilver - https://qsapp.com
We are working on revamping Quicksilver after a period of relative dormancy; I'm new to the project, but a long-time user.
We've made several releases over the last few months -- some new features I'm excited for include support for scripting in JXA (instead of just AppleScript), and I'm working on Swift support in the plugin template for those who (like me) don't know ObjC but want to build a plugin.
I used to love QS so much, and I'm very happy that development has commenced again! With the switch to M1, I've switched to Raycast, as QS wasn't M1 native at the time. Which is nice, but I really prefer the Object → Verb [→ Target] grammar of Quicksilver.
I'll go and install QS again soon to check out what's new. Thank you for your work (please tell the rest of the team as well)!
So cool! Thanks for waking it up, I'm still using it, have been for more than 10 years, and recently upgraded to your 2.x version. Excited to see it move forward!
Quicksilver was one of those apps that really drew me into the Apple ecosystem. All those neat little tools like QS, Notational Velocity, TextExpander, GeekTool...
Speaking of "neat little", not a big fan of splicing the whole web stack into some of those, though.
Quicksilver is most excellent! I made this account to share it before I saw this comment.
I have used it for a decade. I use it primarily as a launcher but it supports a usage model of select thing then select action to perform on the thing which makes it a versatile and powerful way to drive things by keyboard.
It also has a plug-in system with integrations for other apps.
I remember first installing quicksilver years ago, and it really being a game changer. Probably 5 or so years ago (maybe more, yikes), I switched to spotlight after Apple improved it a bit. Every once in awhile I consider looking back though, mostly for the nostalgia.
We've made several releases over the last few months -- some new features I'm excited for include support for scripting in JXA (instead of just AppleScript), and I'm working on Swift support in the plugin template for those who (like me) don't know ObjC but want to build a plugin.
Thanks for the shout-out!