Glaze by Raycast - Create your own Mac apps by chatting with AI
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Glaze is the easiest way to go from an idea to a Mac app. Describe what you want, and it builds a real app that lives in your dock, launches instantly, works offline, and taps into the full power of your computer.
Software that's finally personal, shaped around you. From the makers of Raycast.
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I like the idea of Glaze, but are there any plans to let us use our own AI subscriptions instead of Glaze’s credit system? That’s my biggest concern with AI tools at the moment, as nobody likes paying API pricing, but I would happily pay for “Pro Features” on Glaze.
Raycast
@thallesp1 We might add something like this but also there is a lot of custom things going on.
Love the idea of making software more personal and less “one size fits all.” Curious to see how far people can push it in real workflows beyond early demos.
Raycast
@kaerels_fernandez Thanks for the kind words; I’ve seen some really wild things already, and I’m amazed every day by the creativity users have 🔥
I build a fully GitHub Review HUB for our team that unifies the way we work with PRs within our team and it has been a gamechanger
Raycast
@kaerels_fernandez The sky is the limit. We haven't seen the true crazy things just yet.
Raycast
@thys_beesman super automated. Prompts can be super short messages. Try it out!
Raycast
@thys_beesman just chat and the rest is fully automated. Super fun!
How does Glaze actually handle saving and sharing the apps it builds, like can you export them or are they locked to my machine?
Raycast
@durmumnda it lives on your Mac. You can then publish in the store to share with others or internal.
made a quick app to rename batches of files and it actually worked without me touching a terminal. The offline part is what sold me, didn't expect something this capable to skip the cloud entirely.
Raycast
@biroluxab Let's gooo!
How does Glaze actually handle updates when the underlying Mac OS or your prompt-based code changes, do you have to rebuild from scratch each time?
Raycast
@tunahanvsbv That's all taken care off
Yolo being built by one of your own engineers to juggle git worktrees and multiple coding agents is the most convincing demo here — that's exactly the kind of hyper-specific tool nobody ships commercially, and it's the one I'd use daily.
What stands out vs other app-gen tools is the distribution story: private team sharing means internal tools actually stay internal instead of dying as a repo someone has to clone and build. Congrats @thomaspaulmann — curious what the store looks like in six months.
Raycast
@akbar_b Yeah, this blew my mind in a team meeting. I have a bunch of these apps myself. We run easily on a dozen apps already. More to come, glad it clicks.
The idea of describing what you want and getting a real Mac app in your dock that launches instantly is wild. Big respect to the Raycast team for actually shipping something this ambitious instead of just teasing it.
Raycast
@serhat273347 thanks 🙏
This is exciting. I’d probably use it to finally build a few small Mac apps I’ve been putting off for a while.
Raycast
@akashnawani go for it. It’s almost too easy and tons of fun.
How does Glaze actually handle more complex app logic, like connecting to external APIs or saving user data locally, or is it mainly for self-contained little tools right now?
Raycast
@kamile1170180 It can connect to anything. I have apps connected to Linear, Notion, GitHub, local CLIs and MCPs. Just ask the agent and it will figure it out.