Rustcast

<!-- Header --> <p align="center"> <img src="docs/icon.png" width="128" height="128" alt="RustCast icon" /> </p> <h1 align="center">RustCast</h1> <p align="center"> An open-source, Rust-powered productivity, blazing fast popup launcher for apps, utilities, and workflows. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/RustCastLabs/rustcast/releases/latest"> <img alt="Latest release" src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/RustCastLabs/rustcast?display_name=tag&sort=semver&style=flat-square" /> </a> <a href="https://github.com/RustCastLabs/rustcast/releases"> <img alt="Downloads" src="https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/RustCastLabs/rustcast/total?style=flat-square" /> </a> <a href="https://discord.gg/bDfNYPbnC5"> <img alt="Discord" src="https://img.shields.io/discord/1463119282459119844?label=Discord&logo=discord&logoColor=white&style=flat-square" /> </a> <a href="https://github.com/RustCastLabs/rustcast/stargazers"> <img alt="Stars" src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/RustCastLabs/rustcast?style=flat-square" /> </a> <a href="https://github.com/RustCastLabs/rustcast/blob/main/LICENSE"> <img alt="License" src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/RustCastLabs/rustcast?style=flat-square" /> </a> </p>

Those who sponsor me also get a personal easter egg inside RustCast

Config docs: https://github.com/RustCastLabs/rustcast/wiki

Community: https://discord.gg/bDfNYPbnC5

Plugins:
RustCast Library for shell scripts

For support use github discussions / issues / the discord

You can also contact RustCastLabs / secretised at
admin@rustcast.app

Installation:

Via Homebrew:

brew install --cask unsecretised/tap/rustcast

Via github releases

1. Download the dmg from this link
   https://github.com/RustCastLabs/rustcast/releases/latest/download/rustcast.dmg

Config:

Full config docs can be found
here

The config file should be located at: ~/.config/rustcast/config.toml RustCast
creates the default configuration for you, but it does use its
default options Here's a full list of what all you can
configure The list.

Feature list:

Finished:

• Autoload installed apps 11/11/2025
• Search through apps 11/11/2025
• Generate randomvar (between 0 and 100) via
  the app. Simply type randomvar and it will generate the num for you
• Image icons next to the text 13/12/2025
• Scrollable options 12/12/2025
• Customisable themes (13/12/2025)
  • Configurable colours
• Spotify control - Ability to control spotify via the app
• Allow variables to be passed into custom shell scripts.
• Google your query. Simply type your query, and then put a ? at the end,
  and press enter
• Calculator (27/12/2025)
• Clipboard History (29/12/2025) This works by typing cbhist to enter the
  cliboard history page, which allows u to access your clipboard history,
• Blur / transparent background (7/1/2026)
• Select the options using arrow keys
• Tray icons (8/1/2026)
• Unit Conversions (19/1/2026) thanks to
  Hriztam
• Emoji Searching (19/1/2026) Allows people to search for emojis through
  rustcast
• RustCast modes (2/3/2026)
• Better documentation for the config (3/3/2026)
• Image rendering from clipboard history (13/3/2026)
• File searching (11/3/2026)
• CTRL n / p (vim motions) navigation for search results (5/3/2026)
• Settings Panel (22/3/2026)

Planned:

• Popup note-taking
• Plugin Support (Partially implemented on 15/12/2025)
• Hyperkey - Map CMD + OPT + CTRL + SHIFT to a physical key
• Better hotkey picking
• Ability to pick between tabs in firefox / chromium browsers - using
  Puppeteer

Not planned:

• Cross platform support Cancelled for now, as not within my ability to
  support and maintain it

RustCast wouldn't be possible without these people:

• Nazeofel - First sponsor + initiater of windows
  support
• Mnem42 - Helped add windows support
• Random Scientist - First ever community
  contributor to rustcast
• Lemon - Sponsored me, and gave me free
  Discord Nitro
• Julie / Zoey - Gave me amazing feedback
  and has been using RustCast since almost the first version!
• Hriztam - Added support for unit conversions to
  rustcast
• Lars-Schumann - Sponsored me
• Tanishq Dubey - Contributor, improved the
  file search to use mdfind
• JON - Contributor,

And ofc, all the people who starred my repo!!

And the updated list of contributors to the macos version:

<a href="https://github.com/RustCastLabs/rustcast/graphs/contributors"> <img src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=RustCastLabs/rustcast" /> </a>

Easter egg list:

• Nazeofel (Random Variable on discord) -> led to the randomvar easter egg
• Lemon -> led to the lemon easter egg that shows "lemon" on rustcast
• Lars-Schumann -> search f and get ferris.rs as a result
• Me -> 67

If you like rustcast, consider starring it on github :)

Motivations:

I didn't want to pay for raycast + wanted to get better at rust. Raycast in
itself is one of the most useful productivity apps in my opinion, and it is
truly an underappreiciated marvel of computer engineering