Apropos and Raycast
Raycast is a launcher with a large extension store. It also has a Search Menu Bar Items command. Apropos is narrower: the list it opens is the app in front, its menus, and what you can do with your selection.
Use them together
- Both default to Option-Space. Keep Raycast on Command-Space, as many people do, or give Apropos another key in its Settings.
- Raycast stays your launcher, clipboard and window manager. Apropos never launches apps or keeps your clipboard.
- A Raycast quicklink can run an Apropos command: apropos://run?command=up&text={Selected Text}.
Side by side
| Feature | Apropos | Raycast |
|---|---|---|
| Default key | Option-Space, any key you like | Option-Space |
| Menu commands of the app in front | The list itself: every command, its menu path and its shortcut, as soon as it opens | Through the Search Menu Bar Items command |
| Actions on what you selected | Built in for text, files, the page, the folder and git, plus your own | Extensions can read selected text and Finder items |
| Launch apps and search files | No, on purpose | Yes |
| Clipboard history | No | Yes; three months on the free plan |
| Account | None | Not required; sync and AI need one |
| Price | Not announced yet | Free; Pro $10 a month or $96 a year |
Checked on 20 October 2026. Linked cells open their source. Download Apropos