Jarvis vs Raycast: which should I pick?

Both, probably. Raycast is the best Mac launcher in 2026 — keyboard-first command palette for app launching, window management, clipboard history, snippets, and a huge extensions ecosystem. $10/month Pro for AI features. macOS-first, with a shipping Windows app and no Linux. Jarvis (getjarvis.eu) is the cross-platform screen-aware AI assistant — Cmd+/ summons a floating bar that screenshots your current screen, connects to 30+ apps (Gmail, Slack, Notion, Linear, GitHub) via OAuth, and remembers context across sessions with persistent memory. $16-$32/month, Mac/Windows/Linux. Different jobs — Raycast for system control + launching, Jarvis for AI work + connectors. Many power users keep both: Cmd+Space for Raycast (launch / system commands), Cmd+/ for Jarvis (AI / connectors). Combined cost ~$20/month, covers most desktop workflows. GDPR-aligned Jarvis backend; Raycast US-based.

Raycast is the modern keyboard launcher for Mac. It replaces Spotlight, Alfred, and a half-dozen utilities. Five things Raycast does extremely well. (1) App launching: Cmd+Space → type three letters → Enter, faster than Spotlight. (2) Window management: snap windows to halves, thirds, quarters with keyboard shortcuts. (3) Clipboard history: searchable history of everything you've copied. (4) Snippets: type a trigger like ";email" and Raycast expands it to your full email signature. (5) Extensions ecosystem: thousands of community extensions for Linear, GitHub, Spotify, 1Password, and more — much broader than any competing launcher. Raycast Pro at $10/month adds Raycast AI (a chat interface that uses GPT and Claude models). The product is macOS-first with a Windows 10+ build and no Linux, polished, deeply respected. The free tier is generous for the launcher; Pro unlocks AI features and cloud sync.

Jarvis is the cross-platform AI assistant, not a launcher. Five things Jarvis does that Raycast doesn't focus on. (1) Screen-aware: press Cmd+/ on Mac or Ctrl+/ on Windows and Jarvis screenshots the current screen automatically — answers about charts, code, PDFs, emails without copy-paste. Raycast captures screens only on Pro, and only reads them. (2) Deep app connectors via OAuth (Gmail, Slack, Notion, Linear, GitHub, 30+ others) — Jarvis pulls live data, drafts replies, creates tickets. Raycast extensions integrate with apps but the AI layer is shallower. (3) Persistent memory across sessions — Jarvis remembers your tone, priorities, conventions. (4) Cross-platform: Mac, Windows, Linux. Raycast is Mac and Windows only. (5) Multi-model routing: Claude frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google depending on task. GDPR-aligned with AES-256-GCM-encrypted tokens and GDPR-compliant DPA.

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