Vicinae
Productivity
application launcher
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How HN took it
15 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.58.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished UI and easy installation
From 3 comments
Looks amazing, thank you - installing!
alluro2 on HNInstalling (Arch btw), love the UI
bazhand on HNThis looks very slick and polished. Nice work! I'm used to drun/rofi and enjoy their simplicity, but have also secretly envied the out-of-the-box experience of more fully…
imiric on HN
Fills a gap for Raycast-like launchers on Linux
From 3 comments
This is amazing and incredible. Thanks for this. Raycast is great, and there are not many good launchers on Linux unfortunately. Launchers are so important in my opinion to…
robinhood on HNThis looks very slick and polished. Nice work! I'm used to drun/rofi and enjoy their simplicity, but have also secretly envied the out-of-the-box experience of more fully…
imiric on HNI've been ogling Raycast for a while now, wishing I could have that level of functionality. I'm excited to try this instead of ilia in Regolith.
raun1 on HN
Strong technical quality
From 1 comment
This is actually very impressive - such a high quality project on technical level. I'll definitely dig into the source to see how the React & C++ widgets integration works as it…
diath on HN
Objections
Some Raycast extensions are broken or incomplete
From 2 comments
what version are you running? I'm currently working on improving extension support but yes, some are still in a broken state.
aurellius on HNThanks, although it's not up to Raycast's level (yet)!
aurellius on HN
Not yet at Raycast's level of polish
From 1 comment
Thanks, although it's not up to Raycast's level (yet)!
aurellius on HN
Unclear why it is needed over existing launchers
From 1 comment
I dont understand why I would use this. Can someone eli5?
whydoineedthis on HN
Requests
macOS ARM build
From 2 comments
Any chance to compile it for macOS ARM?
avdept on HNyesssss please
hmokiguess on HN
Window resizing support
From 1 comment
Works great on hyprland with uwsm! I hope window resizing will be supported as it would be nice for extensions (that wish to resize it temporarily). Already have some extension…
sureglymop on HN
Comparison of RAM usage with other launchers
From 1 comment
It would help if somebody makes a comparison. Mostly comparison of consumed RAM with identical set of extensions might help me choose without trying each of this projects.
Self-Perfection on HN
Questions
Whether it works with specific Raycast extensions such as raindrop.io
From 1 comment
Installation was easy, and it works as expected without interfering with i3 window controls. However, the sole reason I'm keeping an eye out for raycast-compatible launchers is…
xn--yt9h on HN
How the React and Qt integration works
From 2 comments
Great job! Would love to see a write up on how you implemented that - especially React integration into the Qt app.
rubymamis on HNThis is actually very impressive - such a high quality project on technical level. I'll definitely dig into the source to see how the React & C++ widgets integration works as it…
diath on HN
Alternatives named
Gauntlet
From 1 comment
Insanely cool. I wrote my own raycast inspired launcher a while ago and never got around to adding proper extension support. There is also…
mgrandl on HN
Loungy
From 1 comment
https://github.com/MatthiasGrandl/loungy
mgrandl on HN
raycast-linux
From 1 comment
You should join forces with https://github.com/ByteAtATime/raycast-linux, mentioned some time ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551762
kwbr3000 on HN
KRunner
From 1 comment
IMO after launcher is optimized to be truly idle while there is no interaction with it shaving memory usage becomes more important for snappiness and battery life. Extra RAM that…
Self-Perfection on HN
rofi and drun
From 1 comment
This looks very slick and polished. Nice work! I'm used to drun/rofi and enjoy their simplicity, but have also secretly envied the out-of-the-box experience of more fully…
imiric on HN