Vicinae
Dev tools
command palette
SHOW HN2026
6points
6comments
#3,625of 4,366 in 2026
Top 84%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Performance: 2 for, 0 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fast and lightweight, lower memory use than Raycast
From 3 comments
Amazing! This is exactly what I was waiting for. Vicinae is so much faster and memory-efficient. Huge kudos!
kevinpiac on HNive been using vicinae for a long while on linux now and was missing my (vicinae specific) extensions on raycast. that time is over now \\\(۶•̀ᴗ•́)۶//／／ now i have not…
schromp on HNa lot more memory efficient too, especially if you compare it to V2 :D It's on par with V1 I think.
aurellius on HN
Users are glad to have a Raycast-compatible option on macOS
From 2 comments
Was waiting for this one, glad it’s live now. Been using it on Linux for a while now, since I was missing spotlight/raycast from work laptop that runs macOS. Now I come full…
voshond on HNive been using vicinae for a long while on linux now and was missing my (vicinae specific) extensions on raycast. that time is over now \\\(۶•̀ᴗ•́)۶//／／ now i have not…
schromp on HN
Requests
Tiling support
From 1 comment
How easy would it be to implement tiling?
VedekKimchi on HN
Questions
How easy would tiling be to implement
From 1 comment
How easy would it be to implement tiling?
VedekKimchi on HN
Alternatives named
Raycast
From 3 comments
Was waiting for this one, glad it’s live now. Been using it on Linux for a while now, since I was missing spotlight/raycast from work laptop that runs macOS. Now I come full…
voshond on HNive been using vicinae for a long while on linux now and was missing my (vicinae specific) extensions on raycast. that time is over now \\\(۶•̀ᴗ•́)۶//／／ now i have not…
schromp on HNa lot more memory efficient too, especially if you compare it to V2 :D It's on par with V1 I think.
aurellius on HN
Spotlight
From 1 comment
Was waiting for this one, glad it’s live now. Been using it on Linux for a while now, since I was missing spotlight/raycast from work laptop that runs macOS. Now I come full…
voshond on HN