Vicinae (pronounced "vih-SIN-ay") is a high-performance, native launcher for your desktop — built with C++ and Qt.
It includes a set of built-in modules, and extensions can be developed quickly using fully server-side React/TypeScript — with no browser or Electron involved.
Inspired by the popular Raycast launcher, Vicinae provides a mostly compatible extension API, allowing reuse of many existing Raycast extensions with minimal modification.
Vicinae is designed for developers and power users who want fast, keyboard-first access to common system actions — without unnecessary overhead.
✏️ Features
Note Some features may not be fully supported yet on some environments.
Start and retrieve information about installed applications
File indexing with full-text search across millions of files — available via the file search module or directly from root search
Smart emoji picker with support for custom indexing keywords
Fully fledged inline calculator with history (multiple backends available)
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