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Raycast Store Scraper — Extension Catalog and Metadata

Export the full extension catalog from the Raycast Store — the public marketplace for Raycast extensions on macOS and Windows. Returns flat JSON records for every extension, including commands, AI tools, author profiles, download counts, and source-repo URLs. No authentication required.

What does the Raycast Store Scraper do?

The scraper hits Raycast's public JSON API to pull all 2,800+ extensions in a single paginated run. Two modes are available: catalog streams every extension in popularity order; search finds extensions matching a keyword. You can further filter by platform (macOS or Windows) and cap results with maxItems.

What data does it extract?

How to use it

Full catalog run:

{
"mode":"catalog",
"maxItems":0
}

Search mode — find GitHub-related extensions:

{
"mode":"search",
"query":"github",
"maxItems":50
}

Sample of the top 500 most-downloaded extensions (completes in under 5 minutes):

{
"mode":"catalog",
"maxItems":500
}

The catalog is returned in popularity order by default, so maxItems: 500 gives you the 500 most-downloaded extensions.

Pricing

Pay-per-record: $0.001 per extension plus $0.10 per run start. The math for the full catalog of 2,800 extensions: $0.001 × 2,800 + $0.10 = approximately $2.90. A sample of 500 extensions costs approximately $0.60.

Use cases

• Technical recruiters — The download_count + source_url + author_github combination gives you a ranked list of active macOS developer-tooling contributors. The top 50 most-downloaded extensions by author GitHub handle is a direct list of highly active developer-experience engineers who ship public tools.

• VC and analyst intelligence — Export the full catalog sorted by download_count, then filter for extensions with 100k+ downloads that have an active source_url GitHub repo. Those are the highest-signal extension authors — the ones building things people actually install.

• Developer tool market research — Track which categories are growing, which extensions are gaining downloads fastest, and which authors dominate specific verticals (productivity, AI, developer tools).

• AI extension builders — Survey existing AI tool definitions (the tools field) and command structures before designing a competitor or complement.

• Ecosystem completeness analysis — Cross-reference source_url against a list of popular SaaS products to find which ones already have Raycast integrations and which are missing one.

FAQ

Does this scraper need authentication? No. Raycast's extension API is fully public — no token, no account.

What are the commands and tools fields? Commands are the action palette entries an extension adds to Raycast. Tools are AI-callable functions the extension registers. Both are flattened to human-readable strings ("name: title — description") for spreadsheet compatibility.

Can I export to CSV or Excel? Yes. Apify supports JSON, CSV, and Excel export from the dataset view.