# 🔗 A Technical Deep Dive Into the New Raycast

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-05-31
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/05/31/a-technical-deep-dive-into-the-new-raycast/
- Categories: link, technology
- Tags: raycast, software, development

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> If the [launch post](https://raycast.com/blog/the-new-raycast) was about what's new, this one is about how it's built. The story behind the rewrite, the calls we made along the way, and what it took to pull off a rewrite of this size. The hard part wasn't making Raycast run. The hard part was making it feel right.

*Source:* [A Technical Deep Dive Into the New Raycast](https://www.raycast.com/blog/a-technical-deep-dive-into-the-new-raycast)

Even Raycast is losing its voice. 

> Maintaining two separate UI stacks would mean twice the work without moving any faster.

*Source:* [A Technical Deep Dive Into the New Raycast - Raycast Blog](https://raycast.com/blog/a-technical-deep-dive-into-the-new-raycast)

This is a narrative violation to the AI is going to make life easier. 

Modulo some AI writing, this is a great post exploring the trade offs between web and native-only technologies to achieve a cross platform high quality desktop app. 

I am confident there will be detractors and Raycast also clearly admit they understand the trade offs here. 

For anyone still interested in a fully native Mac OS alternative, I continue to recommend [Alfred 5](https://alfredapp.com/)